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The Trust's annual gathering for grassroots music venues will take place at Woolwich Works in London on 8 October
By James Hanley on 22 Jul 2024
The UK’s Music Venue Trust (MVT) has announced details of the 10th anniversary edition of its annual Venues Day.
The event will take place at Woolwich Works in London on Tuesday 8 October.
MVT, which represents over 850 UK grassroots music venues (GMVs), has held Venues Day – the largest gathering of GMV professionals in the world – since 2014, with representatives attending from venues, promoters, agents, artists, government departments, funding bodies and ancillary service providers.
Headline sponsors Ticketmaster with support from Fred Perry have also allowed Venues Day 2024 to offer subsidised delegate passes and travel bursaries to ensure that venue representatives from across the UK can attend.
Eschewing a specific ‘theme’, Venues Day’s 10th anniversary will instead focus on the broader importance of artists to the sector, in addition to providing the opportunity to reflect on progress made over the previous 12 months and the ongoing challenges facing the market.
“This year we want to recognise and celebrate the artist community without whom we wouldn’t exist and for whom we continue to strive”
“As we celebrate the 10th anniversary of Venues Day there is much to reflect on and much to look forward to,” says MVT COO Beverley Whitrick. “This year we want to recognise and celebrate the artist community without whom we wouldn’t exist and for whom we continue to strive and we look forward to welcoming our colleagues from grassroots music venues around the UK.
“Venues Day is always an opportunity for us all to meet old friends, share experiences and remind each other that whilst we have all had to endure some very dark days and weather some major storms in recent years we are still here, we are still strong and we remain defiant.”
Further information on speakers, panels and other activities at Venues Day 2024 will be announced in the near future.
Tickets for Venues Day 2024: The 10th Anniversary Edition are available here.
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