Our Mission
The Seattle Nightlife and Music Association (SNMA) is a coalition of music, night club, and bar interests formed to educate elected officials, civic and community leaders, and the media on the serious issues facing the music and nightlife industry in Seattle.

Action Agenda
  • Provide our customers a safe and vibrant nightlife.
  • Protect music venue, bar, and club owner's rights.
  • Respond to proposals which impact our industry.
  • Support our local communities.
  • Promote responsible music venue, bar, and club management.

 
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      • WSLCB Proposed Legislation
        01/31/07
        SeattleNMA has been very successful over the past month working with the Washington State Liquor Control Board to craft a new nightlife liquor license proposal which will help modernize the industry. This new proposal will protect our city’s music community and provide important safeguards for loca

      • Get Involved - Help Keep Seattle's Nightlife Safe and Vibrant
        01/31/07


        Get On The List to stay in touch with how you can help protect Seattle's vibrant nightlife and music scene!

      • Sprinkler Update
        01/29/07
        Legislation has been introduced in Olympia to modify the current law. HB 1811 sponsored by Representatives Simpson and Pedersen amends the current state statute regarding requiring nightclub to have sprinklers. Here's the link to the bill: http://www.leg.wa.gov/pub/billinfo/2007

      • Smoking Ban
        01/25/07
        The latest edition of The Weekly has an excellent piece on the impacts of Washington's smoking ban. Here's the link: http://www.seattleweekly.com/news/0704/butts.php

        Clearly the 25 foot rule is having major impacts on litter in the city. A solution to this problem may be to e

      • Action Needed – the City Council needs to hear from the nightlife community!
        01/24/07
        The City Council needs to hear from the nightlife community regarding our opposition to the proposed nightlife premises ordinance. SeattleNMA is hoping you will get involved today. Neighborhood activists are organizing an email campaign as we speak – the City Council must hear from our industry as

      • SeattleNMA Analysis of Mayor's Proposed Nightlife Ordinance
        01/12/07
        Today SeattleNMA sent correspondence to the Seattle City Council with analysis and comment on the Mayor's proposed nightlife ordinance.

        To view the letter to Council President Licata, please visit: http://seattlenma.org/downloads/SNMA_Licata_Letter.pdf

        To view the analysis

      • Sprinkler Legislation Update
        01/10/07
        This past Friday the State Building Code Council reviewed a draft bill amending the current sprinkler law. The new draft does two things: 1) it extends the date for nightclubs to install sprinklers from December 2007 to December 2009; and 2) it changes the definition of a nightclub. The new draft

      • Legislature to Propose Security Checks for "Bouncers"
        01/08/07
        A draft bill is being circulated which would create a new statutory definition of a “bouncer.” The purported purpose of this bill would be to require businesses who employ “bouncers” for crowd control to conduct background checks on potential applicants prior to hiring them, essentially placing door

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