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Over a third of UK grassroots music venues are loss-making, charity finds
Alarm in sector as cost of living crisis and rent rises mean that 125 independent venues either closed or stopped hosting live music in 2023
High-profile examples include Moles, the Bath venue that once hosted the likes of Radiohead and Ed Sheeran on their path to success. The charity’s chief executive Mark Davyd called for UK political parties to make pledges for the sector as part of their general election campaigning, and for larger venue groups and concert promoters to contribute to what he describes as “research and development carried out on their behalf”: the hosting and nurture of up-and-coming artists who later become major box office draws. A band promoting the approach are chart-topping rockers Enter Shikari, who donated £1 per ticket from their upcoming arena tour to distribute to smaller venues, via MVT.
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