Music Industry Health and Wellness Resources
ORGANIZATIONS
American Federation of Musicians
The largest labor union for professional musicians in the U.S. and Canada that negotiates fair wages and working conditions, protects their rights and contracts, and advocates on their behalf in the music industry.
Mental health and wellness resources for music industry professionals and their families.
Human resources for live event professionals. Their All Access program pays for 4 therapy or coaching sessions per year for people who work in live entertainment (and their families). All Access Onsite provides free counseling at major festivals and events across the US. Their Fall Workshop offers practical sessions and networking.
Provides performing-arts and entertainment professionals with health and wellness support, career and life services, affordable housing, emergency financial assistance, and other social services (formerly The Actors Fund.)
HAAM (Health Alliance for Austin Musicians)
Provides Austin-area musicians access to affordable health, wellness, and prevention services (including navigation, insurance assistance, medical, dental, vision, and mental health care.)
Help Musicians/Music Minds Matter (UK)
Help Musicians provides financial, health, and career support to professional musicians. Its service Music Minds Matter offers confidential mental health support, information, and a 24/7 helpline for people working in music.
Provides a pro bono network for uninsured musicians in health crisis.
Minding Creative Minds (Ireland)
Irish organization offering free, confidential 24/7 mental-health, wellbeing, legal, financial, career, and counselling support services to people working in the creative industries.
MITC (Music Industry Therapist Collective)
Global network of therapists with music industry experience that provides mental health services tailored to the unique challenges of touring and working in the music business.
Helps music industry professionals access and navigate affordable healthcare, health insurance, and mental-health resources by providing free advocacy, guidance, and connections to medical services.
Provides support for UK musicians with mental health, addiction, and wellbeing challenges through a confidential helpline, counseling, training, safe spaces at events, and support services.
Provides a nationwide safety net of critical health, mental-health, addiction recovery, financial aid, and emergency support services to music industry professionals in need.
Provides professional musicians who can’t afford care with free or low-cost specialized orthopedic treatment for shoulder, elbow, and hand injuries.
Provides direct financial grants to professional musicians and their families to help cover essential bills and expenses during times of need, crisis, or transition.
New Orleans Musicians' Clinic & Assistance Foundation
Provides low-cost comprehensive healthcare, social services, and wellness support tailored to the needs of Louisiana-based musicians.
Annual art, music, and wellness festival and year-round exchange clinic in Kingston, NY where underinsured artists and musicians can trade their creative work for healthcare and wellness services.
Provides free confidential support, guidance, and counseling to touring and recording artists and their partners.
Free vision care for musicians.
Provides affordable mental health care, substance-use recovery services, and counseling and treatment access for musicians, music industry professionals, and their families in Austin, TX.
SMASH (Seattle Musicians Access to Sustainable Healthcare)
Helps working Seattle-area musicians access free or low-cost healthcare (mental health treatment, dental, vision, hearing, and primary care), and assists them with navigating the healthcare system.
SONA (Songwriters of North America)
Fights for fair pay, rights, education, and equity for songwriters in the music industry. They offer free Amazon One Medical memberships to members and their families.
Provides songwriters with resources, programs, and funding in mental health, career development, and financial wellness.
Healthcare made for music and entertainment professionals.
Provides emergency financial grants to professional musicians and music-industry workers to help cover medical, living, and related expenses when they’re facing health issues, disability, or financial hardship.
BOOKS
Touring and Mental Health: The Music Industry Manual by Tamsin Embleton
Comprehensive guide created by mental health professionals and music industry experts that helps musicians and live-music workers manage the psychological, physical, and relational challenges of touring life.
Sound Advice by Lucy Heyman and Rhian Jones
Guide book offering musicians practical, research-based advice on mental and physical wellbeing, career resilience, and navigating the demands of the music industry.
