The future of British music is at risk. We are losing grassroots music venues at an alarming rate and, without government action, we will lose many more.

Iconic music venues, the very places where artists shape their craft and build a following before moving on to the next stages of their career, have been lost despite more of us than ever before seeing live music.

If we continue to lose grassroots music venues, the damage to our live music scene, the arts and creative industries could be irreversible.

Our Music For The Many campaign is fighting back. We are turning the tide on the destruction of the arts. For the past 18 months, we have been demanding urgent action to address the threat to grassroots music venues.

In May, after taking submissions from across the music industry, the Culture, Media & Sport committee published its ‘Grassroots Music Venues’ report and recommended that:

A small ticket levy be placed on arena and stadium shows to invest in grassroots music venues to secure the long-term sustainability of these invaluable community assets and the emerging artist pipeline.

We believe that this levy should be paid for by the corporate sponsors of arenas and stadiums who are attaching their name to live music and the hard work of artists who have come up through grassroots music venues.

Now, it is time for the government to do its part to save our venues, implement the levy and ensure all communities have access to live music.

We can’t let grassroots music venues die.

Write to your MP using the form below and demand they stand up for grassroots music venues: