The 2021/22 Music Venue Trust annual survey results

The 2021/22 Music Venue Trust annual survey results are in. Here are some findings from Music Week’s Mark Davyd,

There are 950 grassroots music venues operating in the UK today. This means the total capacity on any one night is around 300,000.

The number of live music shows being presented by these venues is down a whopping 24%, from 230,000 shows in 2019 to just 175,000 shows in 2020/21.

Grassroots music venues have simply had to stop taking risks with their programming.

Find out more in Music Week’s Mark Davyd’s article here

About the Author: Pete Cogle

Pete Cogle is probably best known as being a podcaster. His first podcast PC Podcast, started in January 2006 ad has been going (with a couple of minor stoppages) ever since. His second podcast The Dub Zone, started iin May 2007 and has been going ever since. Outside of podcasting he’s just a normal bloke really: husband & father of a son and daughter. Although originally trained as a geophysicist, he moved into IT and has worked for a couple of big software houses.

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Grassroots music venue live performances have fallen by 17% since 2019 - The Northern Quota 1st February 2023 at 8:15 am - Reply

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