MVT’s Mark Davyd ponders what new PM Andy Burnham can bring to the grassroots sector
Andy Burnham is a proper music fan. But whenever the conversation turns to his specialty ...
Music Venue Trust (MVT) has announced updates about its senior leadership team as it enters its next phase of growth.
The news comes as the charity completes a multi-year programme ...
The music industry received an emphatic reminder of the importance of grassroots venues at this year’s Music Week Awards.
Kicking off the star-studded event that celebrated a huge year ...
MVT’s Mark Davyd on why we need to join up grassroots geography...
For over a decade now, the music industry has been learning to speak fluently about pipelines. We ...
Only The Poets are offering an unsigned UK artist the chance to support them at O2 Academy Brixton.
The long sold-out gig, which will see the Capitol-signed group become the ...
On Wednesday, November 26, the Chancellor will deliver a Budget that could change the fate of the UK’s grassroots live music sector. The question is, as always, whether it will. ...
Investment to drive growth in the UK music industry, worth up to £30 million, has been announced as part of the Creative Industries Sector Plan.
The plan, which will be ...
You can’t pay bills with hope. We’ve all said that a lot in the last year – venues, fans, promoters and artists all clinging to the idea that things really ...
We spend a lot of time talking about why grassroots music venues are struggling: rents, noise complaints, business rates and soaring costs driving them to closure and depriving our ...
There’s a distinctive element to the Music Week Awards Grassroots Venue: Spirit Of The Scene category this year. Each nominee isn’t just a potential winner, they all represent something about ...
