Punk-folk troubadour Frank Turner has made his living entertaining packed houses, rattling off 2,500 gigs the world over. But it was a show played to an empty room that ...
The government has pledged £2.25 million of emergency funding to support UK grassroots music venues at imminent risk of collapse.
Up to 150 venues across the country are expected to benefit ...
In the new edition of Music Week we welcome Biffy Clyro to our cover for the very first time.
Ahead of the release of their excellent new album, A Celebration ...
The Music Venue Trust (MVT) has hit the £1 million mark in its fundraising effort to save the UK’s grassroots venues from closure during the coronavirus crisis.
Beggars Group, ...
Mark Davyd has told Music Week that it would be “impossible to exaggerate” the scale of the problems facing the grassroots venues circuit as the coronavirus lockdown continues.
The Music ...
The Music Venue Trust (MVT) is calling for the creation a £1 million fighting fund to prevent the permanent closure of hundreds of grassroots music venues across the UK.
Despite Government ...
The Music Venue Trust (MVT) has called for the government to cancel its 2022 Festival Of Britain and divert funds to grassroots venues.
CEO Mark Davyd sent a letter to ...
Music venues with a rateable value below £51,000 will not have to pay business rates this year.
The relief for 2020, designed to lessen the impact of the Covid-19 outbreak ...
The five nominees have been revealed for the Grassroots Venue: Spirit Of The Scene honour at the 2020 Music Week Awards.
Created in collaboration with the Music Venue Trust, ...
The Sugarmill is celebrating after being awarded a grant from Arts Council England’s Supporting Grassroots Live Music fund.
The grant will enable the 400-capacity Stoke-on-Trent venue to upgrade its 20-year-old ...
