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Stamp Out Hunger 2025

Letter Carriers’ 2025 Food Drive: Help “Stamp Out Hunger”!

On Saturday, May 10, 2025, put your non-perishable donation in a bag by your mailbox. Your letter carrier will deliver it to a local food bank.

Volunteers Needed!

The American Federation of Musicians Local 47 and The Animation Guild IATSE Local 839 have adopted the Glassell Park post office to help unload and sort bags of donated food off the mail delivery trucks on Saturday, May 10:

Glassell Station Post Office
3950 Eagle Rock Blvd (at Avenue 40)
Los Angeles, CA 90065

Please join us from 2-4pm & 4-6pm (2 shifts available) and get hands-on to help stamp out hunger! Register at bit.ly/hunger47-2025

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AFM Represents at the Entertainment Industry Foundation Careers in Entertainment Expo

Photo by Noah Murty // AFM Local 47 Live Performance Business Representative Amber O’Donnell and Communications Director Linda Rapka spent a fun afternoon in Exposition Park on April 25 chatting with high school and college students pursuing careers in music and entertainment.

AFM Local 47 was thrilled to exhibit with dozens of fellow unions, guilds and organizations at the Entertainment Industry Foundation Careers in Entertainment Expo on April 25. Continue reading →

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Next General Membership Meeting: Monday, April 28, 2025

Monday, April 28, 2025 – 7:30 p.m.

This will be a hybrid meeting format, both online and in person.
In-Person Location: Captain Greg Welch Gathering Place, 3220 Winona Ave. Burbank CA
Virtual Location: Zoom

On the Agenda (subject to change):
– Presentation of 50-Year Pins
– Elections for Election Board and Salary Review Board
– Officer Reports
– Old and New Business

Please join us for our next General Membership Meeting where we will be voting for Election Board (7 seats) and Salary Review Board (5 seats), both of which carry a term of three years. 

Open to all AFM Local 47 members in good standing. Light refreshments will be served.

If you will be attending via Zoom: Registration is required. Click here to register. Please be sure to register early — Zoom registraton will close on April 28 at 7:30 p.m. sharp. Once your membership is verified by our staff, you will receive an email link with the virtual access code.

Visit afm47.org/gmm for more information.

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2025 Spring Membership Drive

It pays to be #UnionStrong

AFM member benefits include:

• Wage protection
• Health insurance & pension
• Low-cost rehearsal rooms
• Instrument insurance
• Free classes & seminars
• Emergency travel assistance
• Musicians referral service
• Expert help from union staff

Local & international contracts cover:

•  Low-budget/student films
• Studio recordings
• Video games
• Live concerts
• Theatrical stage shows
• Motion pictures & television
• Commercials/jingles
• Demos

New and returning members pay ZERO initiation fees through June 30, 2025 — a savings of $140!

Learn more & fill out our online application at afm47.org/join.

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AFM Local 47 3rd Annual Jazz Festival

We are thrilled to announce the 3rd Annual AFM Local 47 Jazz Festival! The two-day concert series, celebrating AFM Local 47 Life Members, will take place on Saturday, April 26 and Sunday, April 27 in our Captain Greg Welch Gathering Place.

Saturday, April 26
12 pm – The Hard Bop Ensemble
1 pm – Gina Kronstadt & the Winona Wyz Guyz
2 pm – Encore Saxophone Quartet
3 pm – The Witham Section
4 pm – Geoff Stradling & the StradBand
5 pm – LA6
6 pm – Darrell Leonard’s Line Up

Sunday, April 27
12 pm – Tony Jones Vocal Project
1 pm – Bonnie Janofsky Quintet
2 pm – The Eric Ekstrand Ensemble
3 pm – Six Beats Apart
4 pm – Steve Huffsteter Big Band
5 pm – Jennifer Leitham Trio

These performances are generously sponsored by the Music Performance Trust Fund and the American Federation of Musicians Local 47.

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Join AFM & MPTF at NAMM 2025!

The American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada and the Music Performance Trust Fund are excited to once again be co-hosting a booth at this year’s National Association of Music Merchants Show, the industry’s largest stage uniting the global music, sound and entertainment technology communities. The event takes place at the Anaheim Convention Center.

Find us at Booth 7806 during the event’s three exhibit days, January 23-25 (view map).

Snag your 2025 NAMM badge here.

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General Membership Meeting/Musicians’ Club Annual Meeting: 1/27/2025

Monday, January 27, 2025 – 7:30 p.m.
This will be a hybrid meeting format, both online and in person.

In-Person: Captain Greg Welch Gathering Place, 3220 Winona Ave. Burbank CA
Remote: If you will be attending via Zoom, registration is required. Please click here to register; registration will close 1/27 at 7:30pm. Once your membership is verified by our staff, you will receive an email link with the virtual access code.

Musicians’ Club Annual Meeting to immediately follow GMM

Open to all AFM Local 47 members in good standing.
Light refreshments will be served.

On the Agenda (subject to change):
– Presentation of 50-Year Pins
– Voting on 2 Resolutions to Amend the Bylaws
– Officer Reports
– Old and New Business Continue reading →

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