āIt’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 donāt have a sustainable future, we may not have a future at all.ā
news
On this page, you can find the latest news from the Live DMA network and updates on our current projects and activities.
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Live music venues and clubs lay the ground for an abundant artistic scene that we cherish as our European heritage. The diversity of the music stages, everywhere in Europe, gives thrilling opportunities for music encounters between people. They are the music sectorās foundation when it comes to artistic creation and the development of new talents.…
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At the occasion of MIL – Lisbon in March 2019, Live DMA met a delegation of music venues and clubs from Portugal. On behalf of Live DMA board members, we would like to applaud the on-going process of gathering voices and strengths of the participants to set up a national association for music venues and…
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The UK Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee released their live music report and we welcome that it puts a particular attention to the smallest and most fragile live music venues and clubs. One of the key messages of this report coming from the government is to protect, secure and improve the conditions of the…
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On the 20th & 21st of February, the Live Style Europe working group āMusic is not noiseā met in Trix, Antwerp (Belgium) to work on the challenges related to sound regulations. We drafted the working group so that it could address the challenges of sound regulations from a technical perspective, but also from a political standpoint,…
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Live Style Europe working group – First session āNoise pollution in our towns and cities is increasing, blighting the lives of many European citizens. More than a nuisance, excessive noise is a health risk – contributing to cardiovascular diseases, for example. We need to act on the many sources of noise pollution ā from motorized…
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We are very happy to announce that Hanzas Perons from Riga, Latvia, has joined our network this January 2019 as an associate member. Hanzas Perons, a former Riga cargo railway warehouse, is now being reborn into the modern space for culture and art that will open its doors in May 2019. āOne of our first…
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We are happy to kick off the year once again at Eurosonic where we have some interesting activities planned. You can meet us in Groningen from Wednesday, the 16th of January to Friday, the 18th of January 2019 after our panel sessions or at the Music Moves Europe Talent Awards ceremony. We are excited to…
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The report of the UK live music census was published in February 2018. This report is the result of a nationwide survey combining qualitative interviews at music events and responses of an online form for musicians, venues, promoters and audiences. The UK live music census intends to measure live music’s cultural and economic value in…
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Be inclusive yourself! The role of culture for social inclusion Live DMA was selected to participate at the Voices of Culture structured dialogue on fostering the contribution of culture to social inclusion. The process took place from April to September 2018. ThisĀ Brainstorming reportĀ on āSocial Inclusion: partnering with other sectorsā is the result of the brainstorming process between…
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āItās all about sharing and cooperation!ā
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āWe 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 levelā
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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 weāve succeeded in doing that!ā
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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 recognitionā
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Ź»Ź¼Thanks to Live DMAŹ¼s 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.”