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Plea to save UK’s grassroots music venues as hundreds face closure: ‘We’ll all be poorer for it’
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Plea to save UK’s grassroots music venues as hundreds face closure: ‘We’ll all be poorer for it’

Nearly a quarter of the UK’s grassroots music venues required  ’emergency’ support to help them stay open over the past year

The Story Hive: London’s new storytelling night is a chance for people to dream, imagine and enjoy
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The Story Hive: London’s new storytelling night is a chance for people to dream, imagine and enjoy

The Story Hive is so full of stories for all tastes that Phil Ryan has, by popular demand, had to break out from his audio storytelling to tell them physically

From Oasis to… who? Why we need help nurturing our next generation of northern music stars 
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From Oasis to… who? Why we need help nurturing our next generation of northern music stars 

As funding across the music sector reaches a historic low, grassroots organisations fostering creativity and musicality in young people are under threat

‘The Jazz Bar is too important to fail’ says the couple who saved an Edinburgh institution
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‘The Jazz Bar is too important to fail’ says the couple who saved an Edinburgh institution

Letters: Sunak and his cronies who think benefits are unsustainable should stop lining their pockets
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Letters: Sunak and his cronies who think benefits are unsustainable should stop lining their pockets

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Grassroots music venues need your help to survive now more than ever. Here’s why
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Grassroots music venues need your help to survive now more than ever. Here’s why

‘When I was mentally ill, I could only listen to hard techno’: Why is music so important to us?
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‘When I was mentally ill, I could only listen to hard techno’: Why is music so important to us?

‘Against the odds’: How the Lubber Fiend made Newcastle’s music scene exciting again
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‘Against the odds’: How the Lubber Fiend made Newcastle’s music scene exciting again

‘This is not the end’: Experimental arts venue Iklectik fights to survive after shock eviction
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‘This is not the end’: Experimental arts venue Iklectik fights to survive after shock eviction

This grassroots venue brings ‘astonishing’ music and mental wellbeing to rural Wales
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This grassroots venue brings ‘astonishing’ music and mental wellbeing to rural Wales

Grassroots venue Off the Cuff is home to UK’s biggest youth open mic – and it needs your help
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Grassroots venue Off the Cuff is home to UK’s biggest youth open mic – and it needs your help

Big Issue’s Venue Watch helps save Woking’s only grassroots music venue: ‘It’s a big win’
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Big Issue’s Venue Watch helps save Woking’s only grassroots music venue: ‘It’s a big win’

English Teacher on the power of diversity and how grassroots venues keep music from becoming boring
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English Teacher on the power of diversity and how grassroots venues keep music from becoming boring

‘No mean feat’: How Leeds grassroots venue The Wardrobe defied the odds to celebrate 25 years
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‘No mean feat’: How Leeds grassroots venue The Wardrobe defied the odds to celebrate 25 years

At least two grassroots music venues closing each week
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At least two grassroots music venues closing each week

Save Luna: London venue fights to survive in face of crippling costs and founder’s tragic passing
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Save Luna: London venue fights to survive in face of crippling costs and founder’s tragic passing

‘You can have a life-changing experience for the price of pizza’: Why Sneaky Pete’s is vital to Scottish music
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‘You can have a life-changing experience for the price of pizza’: Why Sneaky Pete’s is vital to Scottish music

2023 was brutal for UK music venues with at least one closing per week. We must fight to save them
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2023 was brutal for UK music venues with at least one closing per week. We must fight to save them

The unusual story of how one Lancashire venue rose like a phoenix: ‘It’s a place for everybody’
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The unusual story of how one Lancashire venue rose like a phoenix: ‘It’s a place for everybody’

How tiny music venue The Pit at Newstead revived a former mining community: ‘It’s a lifeline’
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How tiny music venue The Pit at Newstead revived a former mining community: ‘It’s a lifeline’

Snow Patrol’s Gary Lightbody crowns Bangor music venue National Lottery Project of the Year
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Snow Patrol’s Gary Lightbody crowns Bangor music venue National Lottery Project of the Year

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Iconic venue where Oasis and Pulp cut their teeth shuts after 45 years: ‘We won’t be the only ones’
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Iconic venue where Oasis and Pulp cut their teeth shuts after 45 years: ‘We won’t be the only ones’

Urgent campaign to save London music venue Matchstick Piehouse after landlord sends in bailiffs
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Urgent campaign to save London music venue Matchstick Piehouse after landlord sends in bailiffs

This hidden gem Hull music venue counts Paul Heaton, Jarvis Cocker and Idles as friends
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This hidden gem Hull music venue counts Paul Heaton, Jarvis Cocker and Idles as friends

‘Meltdown averted for now’: Grassroots music venues’ relief at Jeremy Hunt’s Autumn Statement
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‘Meltdown averted for now’: Grassroots music venues’ relief at Jeremy Hunt’s Autumn Statement