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Cooperation calls (Creative Europe programme)

Jun25

This action is expected to foster cooperation between organisations active in the culture field, to increase the European dimension of creation and circulation of European artistic content as well as to encourage the development, experimentation, dissemination or application of new and innovative practices. Live DMA members and their members...

Music Moves Europe Structured Dialogue

May21

20th & 21st of May 2019, Ancienne Belgique, Brussels Together with 100 representatives from the European music sector, Live DMA participated at the dialogue with the European Commission about Music Moves Europe. Tamás Szucs, new director of DG EAC, opened this two days session by directing the dialogue towards...

Catalan Parliament expands ‘Cases de la música’ project

Apr16

In April 2018, the Catalan Parliament decided to expand the “Cases de la música” programme. Besides programming live music, these labelled venues have also other functions: they support artistic creation and they provide training, both to professional and amateur musicians. These organisations also have an important educational mission that...

Support Your Local Music Scene – What Artists Say

Apr12

Live music venues and clubs lay the ground for an abundant artistic scene that we cherish as our European heritage. The diversity of the music stages, everywhere in Europe, gives thrilling opportunities for music encounters between people. They are the music sector’s foundation when it comes to artistic creation...

Live DMA supports the creation of a Portuguese venues & club association

Apr3

At the occasion of MIL – Lisbon in March 2019, Live DMA met a delegation of music venues and clubs from Portugal. On behalf of Live DMA board members, we would like to applaud the on-going process of gathering voices and strengths of the participants to set up a...

“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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