Grace Blake is a music industry veteran who brings her many years of management and programming, artist relations, talent buying and production to her role as Programming Director at City Winery NYC, Pier 57 and City Winery Hudson Valley. During her previous tenure as Director of Operations, Artist Relations and Programming at The Iridium in Times Square she was recognized and inducted into the New York Blues Hall of Fame as a Great Music Manager & Promoter.

Blake is the producer of two award winning PBS series “Front and Center” and “Speakeasy,” which featured performances by superstar talent such as Shawn Mendes, Sting, Sheryl Crow, Gary Clark, Jr., Liam Gallagher and many more. She also produced season one of MTV Live Set List, with performances by Dua Lipa, Kaleo, Børns, Léon and more, prior to playing bigger stages.

Blake is currently serving her third term as a Board member for NIVA (National Independent Venues Association) and has been an actively involved in NIVA Insurance, Commercial and Healthcare. Since May of 2020, Blake has served as Co-Executive Director of My Good (mygood.org), a 501(c)3 non-profit organization she co-founded with Charyn Harris and Grammy award singer Macy Gray, to provide support, mental health services and legal resources for the mothers and families who have lost loved ones due to police violence and brutality. My Good is not an anti-police organization.

Blake was recognized by Pollstar as one of 2022 Women of Live honorees and again in 2024 for Black Women Executives in the Pollstar February issue.

Born in Jamaica, raised in Kingston, Ontario, Canada, Blake is one of the most respected music industry veterans worldwide.