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These appointments reflect years of growth and a shared commitment to protecting, securing and improving the UK's grassroots music venue network. With an incredible team now in place, we're excited for what's next. Read more via the 🔗 in our bio.

These appointments reflect years of growth and a shared commitment to protecting, securing and improving the UK's grassroots music venue network. With an incredible team now in place, we're excited for what's next. Read more via the 🔗 in our bio.

📸 Abbi Draper Scott 📸 Georgia Penny 📸 Lee London 📸 Lily Doidge 📸 Luke Brennan 📸 Rob Rad Stuff

Because the story of grassroots music isn't finished. It's still being written. For £5 a month, you can help MVT protect the places where that story continues and become part of the movement keeping it alive. 🔗 in bio or at: save-our-venues.backstreetmerch.com/.../membership

The Supporters Circle is full of people who understand that the future of grassroots music won't be decided by nostalgia alone. It will be shaped by the people willing to stand behind the venues, communities and local scenes that are still creating culture every single week.

Since this conversation, The Pipeline has been secured by Music Venue Properties and is now the tenth grassroots music venue protected for generations to come. Because great music needs great venues.

Mark Davyd, CEO of Music Venue Trust and Norman Cook (Fatboy Slim) chat about why grassroots music venues matter, why communities should have a stake in protecting them, and how we can all play a part in securing their future.

The Supporters Circle helps MVT protect, strengthen and champion the grassroots music venues still creating those moments. Because the venues that stay with us deserve the chance to stay with the next generation too. Become a venue activist from £5 a month via the 🔗 in our bio.

We all have a space that became part of our story. A place we returned to often enough that it started to feel like ours. Somewhere that changed us in ways we only understood later. Some places never stop shaping us.

This Guardian article explores the balancing act venues face every day. What's your take? We'd love to hear your thoughts in the comments. Read the full article on The Guardian or via the link below:
www.theguardian.com/music/2026/j... Article by Daniel Dylan Wray for The Guardian

‘It’s more than backcombing a beehive!’ How tribute acts got massive – and put the live music scene back in the blackVersions of Amy Winehouse and hundreds of other musicians are generating millions for beleaguered UK venues. But what is the emotional toll for the imitators, and are they pushing out original artists...www.theguardian.com

The reality is that many venues rely on a mix of programming to survive. As Nathan Clark, owner of Brudenell Social Club in Leeds, puts it: "There is an elitist attitude about them, but these acts really do keep parts of the live music infrastructure moving."

Norman reflects on why the city's grassroots music venues remain as vital as ever in giving the next generation of artists somewhere to begin. New episodes premiere monthly on the Music Venue Trust YouTube channel.

Created by Big Orange in partnership with Music Venue Trust, episode one follows Norman Cook (Fatboy Slim) as he returns to Brighton to retrace the steps from the now long-gone Concorde Club to an international career.

From Brighton to Scotland, the series celebrates the venues where careers begin, local scenes take shape and the future of live music is written night after night.

MVT: Origins is a new series exploring the grassroots music venues that shaped some of the UK's most celebrated artists. Across five episodes, musicians return to the rooms where they found their feet, reconnecting with the people, places and communities that helped make those early years possible.

Audoo is helping build a fairer future for live music by using music recognition technology to improve royalty distribution and make rights management simpler and more accurate for grassroots music venues. Small device. Big impact. #MusicVenueTrust #Audoo #SetTheRecordStraight

The Supporters Circle is about more than protecting what's already here. It's about making sure the next scene has somewhere to begin. Join the Supporters Circle from £5 a month via the 🔗 in our bio.

That's what Music Venue Trust exists to protect, strengthen and champion. Not just the venues themselves, but everything they make possible.

Find out more about Music Venue Properties and how you can support grassroots music venues: www.musicvenueproperties.com #MusicVenueTrust #MusicVenueProperties #GrassrootsMusic #Brighton @musicvenueprop.bsky.social @andyburnham.bsky.social

The Pipeline has a capacity of 60 and is a room that has been bursting with talent, energy and community. Thank you to everyone who has helped make this milestone possible. Together, we're protecting the spaces that make live music possible.