The Music Venue Trust (MVT) has announced three regional workshops to discuss challenges and opportunities for live music in the area.
Taking place in Manchester, Leicester and Bristol over three days in April, the events will look to bring local music communities together to explore current issues facing the scene on both a national and regional level.
The three new events will be delivered in partnership with UK Music and are supported by Arts Council England. Delegate passes will be free to regional grassroots music venues.
Mark Davyd from MVT said: ‘With these new regional events we aim to ensure venues from across England are able to make their voices heard at national level.
‘We want to make sure that Venues Day 2016 has a programme that really represents what grassroots music venues want and need to talk about, and to do that we are going to where they are to hear directly from them about local and regional issues.’
Jo Dipple, UK Music chief executive, said: ‘The pressures faced by music venues are the same all over the UK. They require nationwide action and publicity. Our recent report into the Bristol music economy showed that half of the venues surveyed said they were negatively affected by developmental, noise or planning issues.’
Venues Day 2015 took place at the Ministry of Sound and saw 400 delegates networking with representatives from leading music industry businesses, cultural organisations and advisors on issues such as accessing finance, insurance, licensing and legal issues.
Visit the MVT website to find out more.
Taking place in Manchester, Leicester and Bristol over three days in April, the events will look to bring local music communities together to explore current issues facing the scene on both a national and regional level.
The three new events will be delivered in partnership with UK Music and are supported by Arts Council England. Delegate passes will be free to regional grassroots music venues.
Mark Davyd from MVT said: ‘With these new regional events we aim to ensure venues from across England are able to make their voices heard at national level.
‘We want to make sure that Venues Day 2016 has a programme that really represents what grassroots music venues want and need to talk about, and to do that we are going to where they are to hear directly from them about local and regional issues.’
Jo Dipple, UK Music chief executive, said: ‘The pressures faced by music venues are the same all over the UK. They require nationwide action and publicity. Our recent report into the Bristol music economy showed that half of the venues surveyed said they were negatively affected by developmental, noise or planning issues.’
Venues Day 2015 took place at the Ministry of Sound and saw 400 delegates networking with representatives from leading music industry businesses, cultural organisations and advisors on issues such as accessing finance, insurance, licensing and legal issues.
Visit the MVT website to find out more.
The date are as follows:
North: Band on the Wall, Manchester - Weds 6 April
Midlands: The Cookie, Leicester - Weds 13 April
South: The Exchange, Bristol - Thurs 14 April
