OBSERVATION & RESEARCH

THE SURVEY – FACTS & FIGURES OF THE LIVE MUSIC SECTOR

DATA 2019-2022 – PUBLICATION 2025

This new report shows that rising costs are challenging for live music venues and clubs across Europe. A major concern is that venues, especially private ones, are being forced to cut back on innovative and diverse programming to survive financially. Emerging artists, niche genres, and risk-taking performances are often sacrificed in favor of more commercially viable acts, reducing the sector’s cultural diversity.

PREVIOUS PUBLICATIONS

• SURVEY REPORT DATA 2019-2020: ENGLISH / SPANISH / FRENCH
• COVID19 IMPACT ON VENUES & CLUBS: ENGLISH / FRENCH
• COVID19 KEY NUMBERS 2020: ENGLISH
• SURVEY REPORT DATA 2017: ENGLISH / FRENCH / SPANISH
• SURVEY REPORT DATA 2015: ENGLISH
• SURVEY REPORT DATA 2013: ENGLISH

ANALYSIS – VOLUNTEERING FOR POPULAR MUSIC

PUBLICATION 2024

This resource provides a condensed overview of research on volunteering in the live music sector, highlighting different cultural approaches, motivations, benefits, and risks. It also includes a panorama of legal definitions of volunteering in different European countries. Dive into the role of a volunteer, the advantage of this position, but also the risks linked to volunteering in the live music sector.

STUDY – EXPLORING BOOKING PRACTICES IN EUROPE

PUBLICATION 2024

Released in early 2024, this study aims to talk about the realities of the peculiar position of being a music booker, by giving an overview of who the bookers are and highlight the main challenges of music programming. The idea was also to identify the main partners of a booker to allow more transparency within these operators and eventually pave the way for more social and artistic diversity. This research is a first step, aiming at fostering dialogue and exchange between peers and professionals of the live music sector, and reflect on the future of our European live music venues!

YOUR FEEDBACK MATTERS!

We would now like to build the future endeavours of this research with you! This place is for you to share your feedback, insights, hopes, wishes, needs, ideas, plans… with us, regarding booking practices. What did you think of the study? What would be an interesting follow-up? What would be useful to you?

LIVE DMA INVENTORY

Live DMA inventory is a useful tool that helps mapping the European live music sector. It shows the representation of the network with two main data: the number of venues, clubs and festivals per countries & their legal status.