Concerts and live music acts are a huge part of the European culture as they take place in essential cultural and social sites where people can meet and exchange. On Saturday, the 2nd of February 2019, live music venues & clubs all over Europe open their doors on the same day during daytime and invite the audience to discover what is happening behind…
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Since March 2020, most of the 2,600 live music venues and clubs represented by Live DMA and its members in 16 European countries are in survival mode. Due to government regulations, music venues and clubs had to cancel or reschedule all their events. Due to the current restrictions, apart from small concerts and non-musical events,…
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Noise complaints are one of the main challenges for live music venues everywhere in Europe. While live music participates to vibrant cities and dynamic rural areas, it is rarely included in the city planning. As a result, tensions can emerge when residents move next to a live music pub, club, venue or festival area. The…
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SOUNDS OF… LIVE MUSIC VENUES Live DMA presents Sounds of live music venues! Embark on a journey into some of the coolest live music venues in Europe: discover their stories, what the citiesâ local music scenes sound like and learn more about the places where music becomes alive. Youâre listening to Sounds of Live Music Venues,…
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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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In February 2019, Live DMA organized a Working Group on the topic of sound regulations in Europe. The aim of this Working Group was to achieve an inventory of the various sound regulations ruling the European live music scenes and exchange on the various difficulties these regulations bring to the live music sector. This Working Group highlighted…
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Setting-up a concert means, first of all, welcoming artists. When it comes to sustainability, live music venues can implement many things to welcome artists and their staff in a way that is comfortable for them AND respectful of the planet. This can be done in-house by the venue, as shown by the venues who took…
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For 10 years now, Live DMA has been working actively to help its members in making live music scenes better everyday. The creation of the network marks the beginning of a long-time cooperation story: 10 years ago, national live music associations in France ans Spain which were already defending live music scenes in their own…
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[last update: 12 July 2021] Since the beginning of the COVID-19 crisis in March 2020, live music events all around Europe have been put at a stop or with logistical and sanitary conditions never seen before. In order to investigate how to manage live music events of all formats and settings in a pandemic context,…
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