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Music Commission: hotel-occupancy collections up, STR reporting to be included quarterly

Austin Music Commission · February 2, 2026
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Program manager Kim McCarson reported hotel-occupancy-tax collections and a year-over-year 10% increase; Erica Shmali said short-term rental (STR) revenue has been collected into the Live Music Fund and staff will receive quarterly STR breakdowns from convention center budget staff.

Kim McCarson, Program Manager for the Music and Entertainment Division, presented the hotel-occupancy tax collections for the Live Music Fund and said the most recent reporting column totaled $18,002.26 and that the cumulative collections so far total $959,845, which staff said represents about a 10% increase compared with the same point…

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