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This fight is far from over — without urgent support, we risk losing more vital spaces that are the heart of live music. We need to keep working together to protect the future of our venues.

Le Pub is the latest venue to be saved via @MusicVenueProp, offering a glimmer of hope for grassroots venues, but many others remain on a knife edge.

🔄Repost from @musicvenuetrust🔄 Grassroots music venues are the heartbeat of live music and vital for building artists, communities, and scenes. Support them by buying tickets early, joining mailing lists, and sharing their events online.

Pre-order records, grab merch, and engage with your favourite artists to amplify their reach and keep the music ecosystem thriving. Together, we can ensure the future of independent music stays loud and proud! Check out the full list at @DrownedinSound: drownedinsound.org/25-ideas-to-ke…

Discover new talent at local open mics or random gigs — because these small actions can create big changes.

Grassroots music venues are the heartbeat of live music and vital for building artists, communities, and scenes. Support them by buying tickets early, joining mailing lists, and sharing their events online.

If you need some weekend viewing - you'll find our very own Chris Sherrington (Policy & Strategy Support) featuring in the new Amazon Prime documentary: ‘Unsigned – Backing the Dream.' 🎥 Watch at: amazon.co.uk/Unsigned-Jazzi…

We are incredibly grateful to Fred Perry for their continued support and delighted to share that over £20,000 was raised for MVT through this initiative at the end of last year.

Each year @FredPerry donates 10% of net sales from their website and select stores on Black Friday to community organisations - and for the last five years that has included Music Venue Trust.

With backing from See Tickets, the project supports both emerging artists and the grassroots venues that fuel the UK’s thriving music scene.

This initiative celebrates rising talent, providing a snapshot of the future of music, while helping artists gain exposure on stages where icons like Adele and Coldplay first performed.

MVT and members of the Music Venue Alliance have teamed up with @DrownedinSound to create The Class of 2025, spotlighting 58 “must-see” live acts nominated by over 800 grassroots venue operators across the UK.

Keep It Unreal returns in March as part of @mrscruff1's UK tour supporting @musicvenuetrust & @SaveOurSceneUK 💿 The 14 date ‘miniature arena tour' will donate £1 from each ticket sold to LiveLine Fund. 🎟️ bandmcr.org/3CayOuC

Live Trust launches as 'transformative' new funding initiative with initial grassroots focus musicweek.com/live/read/live…

Manchester’s legendary Star & Garter issues update on future as music venue @musicvenuetrust @Star_GarterManc nme.com/news/music/man…

Attitude Is Everything founder and co-leader Suzanne Bull to step down after 25 years musicweek.com/live/read/atti…

It’s time for real investment — like adding a £1 grassroots levy to stadium ticket sales — to save the spaces where music begins. Without grassroots venues, the future of music in Wales, and beyond, is at risk. Long live The Moon!

Without them, the leap to larger stages becomes impossible, and the pipeline of talent dries up. Cardiff was once named the UK’s first Music City, but titles mean nothing without action.

The closure of The Moon was a devastating blow to Cardiff’s music scene, another lost cornerstone in a crumbling foundation of grassroots venues like Gwdihŵ and Buffalo.