On this page, you can find resource, best-practices, information and updates relevant for the live music sector on COVID-19.
Live DMA Data & Overviews
- COVID-19 campaigns
- Proving Live Music is Safe: Overview of Pilot events in Europe
- Live DMA – Key Numbers – Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on music venues and clubs in Europe
- Live DMA COVID-19 Map for the Live music sector
- Live DMA – Stay Alive: Evaluation of the effects of pandemic on live music scenes
- Live DMA – COVID-19 Impact on 2,600 venues & clubs in Europe in 2020
- Overview Ticket Refund Policies
- Measures on EU Level
Read, Watch & Listen
- Taking a look at the European Live Music Sector with Live DMA – EMC Episode 4, November 2022
- ”Decoding live music in Europe : what challenges for the popular live music scenes post-pandemic?” – MaMA Showcase Festival October 2022
- IASPM – The Impacts of Covid on Music Industry on the Music Industries of Europe – March 2021
- Amplify Music 2020 – Conference Playlist – April 2020
- Music Policy Forum: Music Cities Together Live Conference – March 2020
- IQ Magazine Focus Panel – Grassroots Music Venues in Crisis – June 2020
- MIL URL Talk – Why We Need to Measure the Value of Live Music in the Cities? – June 2020
- WAVES Vienna – “The Future of the European Music Eco-System” – September 2020
- Liveurope Online Festival – “Strength lies in numbers: joining forces to press policy-makers” – September 2020
- The Global Nightime Recovery Plan
- ESNS Online Conference – “Live Music Lockdown – Venues in Survival Mode” – November 2020
Statements
- EU Guidelines on Reopening of Cultural Events
- Claiming a Front Row Seat for Music
- Joint Letter on Reopening Live Events
- Relaunch of Venues and Events
- Secure a Future for Cultural Life in Europe
- Live DMA Reacts – European diversity is at stake
- Make Culture Central in the EU Recovery
- Europe’s Cultural and Creative Sectors Call for Ambitious EU Budgetary Measures to Get Through the COVID-19 Crisis
- Music Sector Joins Together to Call for EU and National Investment to Address Current Crisis and Promote Diversity
- Joint Letter – Effect of Covid-19 on Creative Europe and the European CCS
- Statement – Special Support for Small Live Music Organisations
Useful Links
- EMC – Make Sense of the EU Financial Support Jungle
- Creatives Unite – Creative Europe – Artists & Creatives Community Covid-19 Resource Platform
- KEA – A Collaborative Map to Track the Coronavirus Policy Measures
- IMPALA – COVID-19 Mapping, an overview of action accross Europe to address the impact of COVID-19 on the music sector
- PEARLE – Mapping of venues’ reopening for each European country
- KEA – Interactive Graphics on national measures to mitigate the COVID-19 impact on CCS