About live DMA
Live DMA is a European network of live music associations, aiming at supporting the global ecosystem of music venues, clubs and festivals. Live DMA fights for the recognition of live music venues, clubs and festivals all over Europe, so they can be considered as real cultural, economic and social places.
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JOB OFFER: COMMUNICATION OFFICER
Read postPosition: Part-time (28 hours/week)Location: Live DMA Office in Nantes (France)Remote work: Possible, with occasional presence in Nantes (to be discussed during interviews)Contract type: Permanent contract (CDI)Start date: 01/09/2025 About Live DMA Live…
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The Music Puzzle: exploring booking practices in Europe
Read postThis Live DMA research first explores the individual journeys behind the profession, tackling the musical, educational and professional paths of the bookers now on the job, before investigating their daily tasks: how…
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Green Mobility: initiatives from the live music sector
Read postIn order to better understand a live music event’s carbon emission, and to take action upon it, many organisations have started to measure their carbon footprint. These researches led to interesting results,…
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The map of our network
The Live DMA networks spans over 16 countries with 20 members representing together over 3000 music venues, clubs, festivals and other live music organisations.
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“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.”
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“It’s all about sharing and cooperation!”
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“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”
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“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!”
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“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”
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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.”