UK Music will once again open the upcoming annual Venues Day event, building on progress made at last year’s symposium.
It will present the Building on Progress panel at the national gathering of grassroots music venues on 18 October at The Roundhouse, London.
The line-up includes Steve Lamacq (BBC Radio 6 Music), Jo Dipple (UK Music), Rt Hon Ed Vaizey MP, Mark Davyd (Music Venue Trust), alongside Laura Dyer (Arts Council England) and Lord Tim Clement-Jones.
It will be chaired by Adam Sherwin (The Independent).
It marks a return for UK Music to the opening panel slot, which last year provoked fierce debate around planning, development, licensing and the role of cultural funding.
As a direct result of comments made during the debate, the Music Venue Trust, UK Music and Musicians’ Union worked with government to change the Town & Country Planning Act to protect grassroots music venues.
The review of licensing currently being undertaken by an all-party parliamentary group and how best to support music venues through the cultural funding mechanism are likely to be the hot topics this year.
Jo Dipple of UK Music said: ‘The economic value of music to the UK is proven. Its cultural value, to our communities and lives, needs more vocal national and local government support. You cannot have a bigger night time economy without a strong cultural base to underpin it.
‘Grassroots music venues create that cultural base in our towns and cities. UK Music is proud to sponsor Venues Day. It acts as a unique platform to work out what venues in the UK need and what bodies like UK Music must do in terms of lobbying Government and Parliament. We’ve changed a bit of planning law. We need to change more as well as influencing political hearts and minds.’
Mark Davyd, of the Music Venue Trust, added: ‘We’re delighted to be working closely with UK Music in a number of areas protecting, securing and improving grassroots music venues.
‘The recent success with the change to UK law on permitted development rights shows just what can be achieved by collaboration, and it’s great to have Jo and her team on board again to help us bring together a panel which can genuinely take action to support grassroots music venues.’
Venues Day 2016 is the only national event aimed specifically at the people who run small to medium scale independent music venues.
Venues Day 2015 took place 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.
This year’s event has grown again, with over 500 delegates representing over 150 venues already confirmed.
General delegate passes are on sale here. Find more info here.
It will present the Building on Progress panel at the national gathering of grassroots music venues on 18 October at The Roundhouse, London.
The line-up includes Steve Lamacq (BBC Radio 6 Music), Jo Dipple (UK Music), Rt Hon Ed Vaizey MP, Mark Davyd (Music Venue Trust), alongside Laura Dyer (Arts Council England) and Lord Tim Clement-Jones.
It will be chaired by Adam Sherwin (The Independent).
It marks a return for UK Music to the opening panel slot, which last year provoked fierce debate around planning, development, licensing and the role of cultural funding.
As a direct result of comments made during the debate, the Music Venue Trust, UK Music and Musicians’ Union worked with government to change the Town & Country Planning Act to protect grassroots music venues.
The review of licensing currently being undertaken by an all-party parliamentary group and how best to support music venues through the cultural funding mechanism are likely to be the hot topics this year.
Jo Dipple of UK Music said: ‘The economic value of music to the UK is proven. Its cultural value, to our communities and lives, needs more vocal national and local government support. You cannot have a bigger night time economy without a strong cultural base to underpin it.
‘Grassroots music venues create that cultural base in our towns and cities. UK Music is proud to sponsor Venues Day. It acts as a unique platform to work out what venues in the UK need and what bodies like UK Music must do in terms of lobbying Government and Parliament. We’ve changed a bit of planning law. We need to change more as well as influencing political hearts and minds.’
Mark Davyd, of the Music Venue Trust, added: ‘We’re delighted to be working closely with UK Music in a number of areas protecting, securing and improving grassroots music venues.
‘The recent success with the change to UK law on permitted development rights shows just what can be achieved by collaboration, and it’s great to have Jo and her team on board again to help us bring together a panel which can genuinely take action to support grassroots music venues.’
Venues Day 2016 is the only national event aimed specifically at the people who run small to medium scale independent music venues.
Venues Day 2015 took place 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.
This year’s event has grown again, with over 500 delegates representing over 150 venues already confirmed.
General delegate passes are on sale here. Find more info here.
