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    Calling for mentees for our newest start programme!

    START is a new mentorship programme aimed at supporting the emergence of live music associations in Europe. Apply to be a mentee before 30 November 2025!

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    discover crowdbuilder, our new audience development tool

    Crowdbuilder is a free, multilingual tool to help live music event organisers develop their audiences and strengthen their communities. It is the result of years of joint work by Live DMA and European venues, driven by a shared desire to put their audiences centre stage.

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    About live DMA

    We are a European network of national live music associations, created in 2012. Our members represent live music venues, clubs and festivals in their respective countries, and through them, we support a community of over 3000 live music scenes across 1 countries.

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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.

    Our membership

    • “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”

      Elda Gomez, ACCES
      – (
      Spain
      )

    • 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.”

      David Dehard, Court-Circuit
      – (
      Belgium: Wallonia & Brussels
      )

    • “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.”

      Hilma Kekkonen, Svensk Live
      – (
      Sweden
      )

    • “It’s all about sharing and cooperation!”

      Boris Colin, FEDELIMA
      – (
      France
      )

    • “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”

      Ingrid Stroom, Live Music Estonia
      – (
      Estonia
      )

    • “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!”

      Marc Steens, Clubcircuit
      – (
      Belgium: Flanders
      )

    • “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”

      Elda Gomez, ACCES
      – (
      Spain
      )

    • 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.”

      David Dehard, Court-Circuit
      – (
      Belgium: Wallonia & Brussels
      )

    • “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.”

      Hilma Kekkonen, Svensk Live
      – (
      Sweden
      )

    • “It’s all about sharing and cooperation!”

      Boris Colin, FEDELIMA
      – (
      France
      )