Live music charity Attitude is Everything has announced the Outstanding Attitude Awards, recognising innovation by venues providing access for deaf and disabled audiences.
The new initiative aims to celebrate the UK’s most forward thinking venues, festivals and music events and the approach they take to access.
More than 120 venues and festivals are signed up to Attitude is Everything’s Charter of Best Practice - all, plus any looking to sign up over the coming months, are eligible to enter.
Nominations are open now and will close on Friday 21 October.
Entrants will be judged by a panel of industry experts including Mark Butler, head of venue operations, Roundhouse, Paul Reed, general manager of the Association of Independent Festivals and James Hanley, senior staff writer at Music Week.
Suzanne Bull, Attitude is Everything chief executive officer, said: ‘Attitude is Everything’s Charter of Best Practice is designed to promote innovation and dismantle barriers to accessing live music. Venues and festivals that join at our Bronze stage are encouraged to keep moving forward until they reach silver or gold, and as a result of this process we are seeing the most forward-thinking event producers become ever more creative and resourceful in how they encourage deaf and disabled fans to attend their shows.
‘The Outstanding Attitude Awards were conceived with these businesses in mind. We want to shine a light on the most creative, the most interesting and most envelope-pushing examples of access provision - and look forward to celebrating the best of the best in just over two months time.’
The winner of 2016’s Outstanding Attitude Awards will be announced on Monday 21 November 2016.
The new initiative aims to celebrate the UK’s most forward thinking venues, festivals and music events and the approach they take to access.
More than 120 venues and festivals are signed up to Attitude is Everything’s Charter of Best Practice - all, plus any looking to sign up over the coming months, are eligible to enter.
Nominations are open now and will close on Friday 21 October.
Entrants will be judged by a panel of industry experts including Mark Butler, head of venue operations, Roundhouse, Paul Reed, general manager of the Association of Independent Festivals and James Hanley, senior staff writer at Music Week.
Suzanne Bull, Attitude is Everything chief executive officer, said: ‘Attitude is Everything’s Charter of Best Practice is designed to promote innovation and dismantle barriers to accessing live music. Venues and festivals that join at our Bronze stage are encouraged to keep moving forward until they reach silver or gold, and as a result of this process we are seeing the most forward-thinking event producers become ever more creative and resourceful in how they encourage deaf and disabled fans to attend their shows.
‘The Outstanding Attitude Awards were conceived with these businesses in mind. We want to shine a light on the most creative, the most interesting and most envelope-pushing examples of access provision - and look forward to celebrating the best of the best in just over two months time.’
The winner of 2016’s Outstanding Attitude Awards will be announced on Monday 21 November 2016.
