Music Venue Trust represents 670 independent UK music venues right across the UK and as a result of the current ‘lockdown’ and social distancing policies the prospects for many are grim. #saveourvenues , which has so far raised over £1.5m in donations, was initiated by MVT in response to the continued economic threat to over 500 grassroots music venues throughout the UK. Toggle Navigation WELCOME; EVENTS; ARTISTS CLICK HERE. The Music Venue Trust (MVT) have announced the virtual festival fundraiser Save Our Scottish Venues. Please help us.”The world's defining voice in music and pop culture since 1952. VENUES CLICK HERE. ACTIVITY Find out more; ... Music Venue Trust is a Charity registered with the Charity Commission of … Music Venue Trust (MVT) has announced a new campaign #saveourvenues, in response to the continued economic threat to over 500 Grassroots Music Venues throughout the UK.Following on from the launch of their Grassroots Music Venues (GMV) Crisis Fund last month, #saveourvenues is aimed at artists, music fans and the wider music industry … #SaveOurScottishVenues Festival Announced. CAMPAIGN TIPS; BUY MERCH; BUY LAGER; Toggle Navigation. At least 556 Over 400 Grassroots Music Venues in the UK are at imminent risk of being closed permanently.

Artists are being encouraged to head to Over 556 venues are at risk, and each venue will have their own crowd funding page on the site “with a clear target of the funds it needs to raise to stay afloat throughout this difficult period”. #saveourvenues Campaign Sees 140 UK Music Venues Removed from ‘Critical’ List ………For Now Music Venue Trust has announced that the #saveourvenues campaign launched three weeks ago today has now resulted in 140 grassroots music venues being removed from its ‘critical’ list. The Save Our Venues campaign is joint initiative by Music Venue Trust and Independent Venue Week, inspired by Frank Turner’s Independent Venue Love, to help artists stage virtual online events to help fundraise for venues. First Artists Revealed Music Venue Trust today announce the #SaveOurScottishVenues virtual festival. As a result of donations from music fans, music industry companies and other organisations, alongside important interventions from public bodies such as The London Mayor’s Office, Creative Wales and Arts Council England 140 Grassroots Music Venues are now protected from imminent closure. Music Venue Trust Welcomes £2.2 Million Fund From Scottish Government For Grassroots Music Venues; ANNOUNCEMENT: Grassroots Music Venues Receive Lifeline; Venues Day 2020 Cancelled; Statement on ‘Project Speed’ Music Venue Trust Leads Calls for £50m to Save Grassroots Music Sector; New Patrons Take Part in Save Our Scottish Venues

SUBMIT EVENT Submit your event here. Music Venue Trust Launches #saveourvenues Campaign. “I’m not able to save the whole thing on my own, but I decided to do a series of livestream shows to raise money for specific independent venues that I know and love, and that are in serious risk of disappearing right now.“The success of these shows demonstrated the love that exists between music fans and their favourite grassroots music venues so the #SaveOurVenues campaign is a brilliant way of building on that and hopefully giving artists and music fans a chance to get involved and play a big part in helping them survive.”Music fans are being encouraged to show their support for grassroots venues by engaging with the #SaveOurVenues campaign by accessing upcoming live streams and donating to their local venue’s crowd funding page.The wider music industry is also being encouraged to donate to the main #SaveOurVenues“We have received some magnificent support so far from music companies, but we need a lot more to step up and help save this essential part of the music eco-system,” Davyd said in a statement.“We cannot stress enough how critical it is that the music industry supports the #SaveOurVenues campaign as without them over 500 of the UK’s grassroots music venues could go out of business, never to return, in the coming months. The work done by the The artist community are supporting the campaign with donations and live events and a number of virtual festivals have also taken place or are scheduled, including Independent Music News Lockdown, Vive Le Rockdown, Bristol Takeover Online and Liverpool Digital Music Festival. A lot of grassroots music venues are already operating on very thin margins and since these restrictions came in only 17% of them, equating to just 114, are currently secure for the next eight weeks . © 2020 NME is a member of the media division of Frank Turner is among the main drivers of this important new initiativeMusic Venue Trust (MVT) have launched a new campaign, ‘Save Our Venues’, in a bid to stave off the continued economic threat to over 500 grassroots music venues throughout the UK.The MVT are following up the Grassroots Music Venues Crisis fund they established last month — which has gone on to raise over £182,000 — with the initiative, with the fund now being renamed the #SaveOurVenues Fund.The ‘Save Our Venues’ campaign is hoping to reach artists, music fans and the wider music industry in order to help save the hundreds of grassroots music venues in the UK.