Music Venue Trust has created a series of events to build towards its flagship networking event Venues Day, which takes place in London in October.
Venue representatives will have the chance to attend seven meetings spread across the country during May and June. Designed to be on major travel routes, the events cover Scotland, Northern Ireland, Wales and England.
Music Venue Trust stategic director Beverley Whitrick said: “Opportunities to bring venue reps together are incredibly important to share positive news and discuss challenges and how they can be tackled. All our work is informed by discussion with members of the MVA and not everyone can make it to London for Venues Day. We are particularly excited to be holding our first Scottish Venues Meeting and returning to Wales and Northern Ireland this spring.”
The full list of events is as follows:
|
Event |
Date |
Venue |
City |
|
NW England Regional Meeting |
Wed 9 May |
Night People |
Manchester |
|
Northern Ireland Venues Meeting |
Thu 10 May |
Voodoo |
Belfast |
|
Welsh Venues Meeting |
Wed 23 May |
Le Public Space |
Newport |
|
SW England Regional Meeting |
Thu 24 May |
Thekla |
Bristol |
|
SE England Regional Meeting |
Tue 12 June |
City Hall |
London |
|
Scottish Venues Meeting |
Wed 13 June |
King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut |
Glasgow |
|
NE England Regional Meeting |
Thu 14 June |
The Crescent |
York |
|
Venues Day 2018
|
Wed 17 Oct |
Islington Assembly |
London |
TicketWeb has been confirmed as headline sponsor for Venues Day once again and is also partnering in two of the seven spring meetings. Representatives from TicketWeb will attend all the events to explain the benefits of GMVs TicketWeb Backline package, which it created in partnership with MVT.
Andrew Parsons, MD of Ticketmaster and TicketWeb, said: “It is imperative that grassroots music venues thrive in big cities and regional areas across the UK, for artists and fans alike. This is why TicketWeb is proud to be the major partner for the 2018 MVT events in Manchester and Glasgow, bringing together the local experts for these important venues to share their needs and concerns with one another.
"These meetings will culminate in Venues Day, of which we are proud to be headline sponsor third year running. Bringing this community together in the one room ensures the best fight for the future of the grassroots industry.Ticketmaster and TicketWeb’s partnership with MVT over the years has allowed us to help protect and progress the interests of grassroots music venues across the UK, and we are proud to continue this mission together.”
