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
publications
On this page, you can find publications of studies and reports.
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Healthy music audiences: music, gender and health is a small research project by the University of Leeds, investigating sexual violence at gigs in Leeds. The researchers are Dr Rosemary Lucy Hill, Professor David Hesmondhalgh and Molly Megson (University of Leeds). The project is a collaboration with The Leeds Music Hub, a venue and community music…
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Our member in the United Kingdom, Music Venue Trust has published two guides on how to open and run a Grassroots Venue. Grassroots venues share the same values and mission. Live music is their main purpose, and they often take a financial risk when presenting new talents. From local band support to renowned stages, the…
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This paper studies the autonomy of music bookers in regard of the structural independence of live music clubs and venues through the examples of Paris and Berlin. It was published in June 2019 in Symbolic Goods, a Social Science Journal on Arts, Culture and Ideas. It was written by Myrtille Picaud. The growing monopoly of…
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Creative Lenses is a project coordinated by Trans Europe Halles, European network or cultural centres. Co-funded by the Creative Europe Programme of the European Union, the project aims to make arts and cultural organisations more resilient and sustainable by improving their business models and developing their long-term strategic and innovation capacities. This case study focuses…
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Yourope, association gathering nearly 100 festivals and live music events in 26 European countries, published the results of their 2018 members survey. This survey investigates the general setting of their member festivals, gives insight on the events’ audiences, explores their European dimension, and analyses the structural and economic settings of their member festivals. Key facts…
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The Report āLiving Together: Fostering Cultural Pluralism Through the Artsā was published in July 2018 by the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts. This study report is co-authored by Dr. Feyzi Baban from Trent Univeristy (Canada) and Dr. Kim Rygiel from Wilfrid Laurier University (Canada). The main focus of this report lies on the role…
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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.”