Concerts and live music acts are a huge part of the European culture as they take place in essential cultural and social sites where people can meet and exchange. On Saturday, the 2nd of February 2019, live music venues & clubs all over Europe open their doors on the same day during daytime and invite the audience to discover what is happening behind…
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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 from small concerts and non-musical events,…
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Complaints about sound emission are an important factor of a venue closing. With urban densification and gentrification, more and more people move closer to live music places. Besides increasing rents, these phenomenons may also lead to conflicts between cultural live music places and their neighbours. These conflicts may lead to venues and clubs closing. The…
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Noise complaints are one of the main challenges for live music venues everywhere in Europe. While live music participates to vibrant cities and dynamic rural areas, it is rarely included in the city planning. As a result, tensions can emerge when residents move next to a live music pub, club, venue or festival area. The…
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SOUNDS OF… LIVE MUSIC VENUES Live DMA presents Sounds of live music venues! Embark on a journey into some of the coolest live music venues in Europe: discover their stories, what the cities’ local music scenes sound like and learn more about the places where music becomes alive. You’re listening to Sounds of Live Music Venues,…
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Our Resource Platform provides various articles, research, methodologies or tools on different themes relevant for the live music sector in Europe. The various content are classified in the following themes: To learn more about what we are talking about in this Resource platform, feel free to read our Glossary which consists of words and concepts…
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Every month, the Live Style Europe radio show brings you to the backstage of the live music sector to better understand how it works, listen to the ones who work and fight for great music, and discuss the main challenges they may face. In this episode you will learn more about Live DMA’s activities: our advocacy work, our capacity-building workshops,…
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Live DMA welcomes Live Music Estonia (Live ME) as a full member. The European network counts now 20 members in 16 countries. Live Music Estonia (Live ME) is a live music branch of Music Estonia (ME), music industry development centre and export office Music Estonia. Live ME was founded in August 2019 by and for…
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The first Live Style Europe radioshow of 2020 focuses on advocacy within the European live music sector. Advocacy means “public support for an idea, plan, or way of doing something”. Learn more about how Live DMA advocates for better conditions for the live music sector and the several campaigns we took part in the last…
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