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European venues and clubs in survival mode – Key Numbers

Sep29

Since March 2020, most of the 2,600 live music venues and clubs represented by Live DMA and its members in 16 European countries are in survival mode. Due to government regulations, music venues and clubs had to cancel or reschedule all their events. Due to the current restrictions, apart...

6 questions to Elda Gómez (ACCES – ES)

Apr28

1) Can you please introduce yourself? “My name is Elda Gómez, cultural manager who works for ACCES, the Spanish association of private concert venues. I have also been the ACCES survey coordinator since we started this project with Live DMA seven years ago.” 2) Who are the members of...

VAT IN THE EUROPEAN LIVE MUSIC SECTOR

Apr22

This article presents: WHAT IS THE VAT The Value Added Tax, or VAT, in the European Union is a general, broadly based consumption tax assessed on the value added to goods and services. Source: European Commission The live music sector is international. It can thus be difficult to grasp all...

Amateur Practices of Popular Music in France – A Study by FEDELIMA

Apr17

According to a governmental study on the cultural practices of the French population, music is the first art practiced by French people. The practice of music is a cultural expression that enables people to become cultural actors and not only consumers. In that sense, the practice of music is...

Volunteers in European Live Music Scenes

Jan27

Volunteers are a huge part of the culture and functionning of live music scenes in Europe. Whether it is an activity that you start to meet new people, as an commitment to your local community and/or to get a foothold on the live music sector, the reasons to volunteer...

“It’s really important for us to be at the forefront on the sustainability and inclusion questions, to inspire others and help with all these things. If we don’t have a sustainable future, we may not have a future at all.”

Hilma Kekkonen, Svensk Live - (Sweden )

“It’s all about sharing and cooperation!”

Boris Colin, FEDELIMA - (France )

“We need organisations like Live DMA to support our activities. During COVID, it was important to have Live DMA meetings so that we could learn what was going on in the other countries, and that was very helpful when it came to the lobby work on the local level”

Ingrid Stroom, Live Music Estonia - (Estonia )

“We have been celebrating the 10th anniversary of Live DMA, a network which was created in 2012 by venue networks from all over Europe. The purpose was to share knowledge and skills with each other, and to set up common projects, and I think we’ve succeeded in doing that!”

Marc Steens, Clubcircuit - (Belgium: Flanders )

“I learned to collect and process data with good quality, and also I learned the importance of data to start a dialogue with institutions. Good data gave ACCES a lot of recognition”

Elda Gomez, ACCES - (Spain )

ʻʼThanks to Live DMAʼs Survey, we showed our government that the more a venue is subsidized, the more money they generate. The Ministry of Culture had little knowledge of our sector. So to present these figures from different European countries was crucial in re-valorising our subsidies.”

David Dehard, Court-Circuit - (Belgium: Wallonia & Brussels )

ʻʼAs a venue, we believe that the live music sector is insufficiently recognised as part of culture. Networks like Live DMA can amplify local voices. Being part of Live DMA help us gain knowledge from across Europe and find partners with similar challenges.ʼʼ

Ieva Irbina, LPNVA - (Latvia )

ʻʼ[European Cooperation] gives indeed vision: weʼre every day provided with mental-openness and support. It might seem imperceptible but itʼs fundamental to feel part of a wider ecosystem. It boosts our awareness as representative of a whole sector and this bring direct advantages to our members.ʼʼ

Federico Rasetti, KeepOn Live - (Italy )

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