“The point is to wake up, not to earn a Ph.D. in waking up.” – Jed McKenna
If you love music, please help shape the future of Birmingham’s Music visitor experience.
Share your views and ideas on how people discover, experience, and engage with Birmingham’s Music culture.
Birmingham Music Visitor Experience Survey https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=DJWFoCVM1USUWrhS-kSiISzmFcU2yRJNsTXX4nYBSd1UQ0dSR005MVRTT0ExSzJBMTVENlVQTjQyNC4u
The view from Independent Venue Week. The measure of the warmth and community of a grassroots space https://www.drownedinsound.org/the-view-from-independent-venue-week/?ref=drowned-in-sound-newsletter
Independent Venue Week 2026 kicks off with over 700 shows across the UK. It comes at a vital time, with Music Venue Trust reporting recently that 2025 was yet another concerning year for UK grassroots venues https://www.nme.com/news/music/independent-venue-week-2026-kicks-off-with-over-700-shows-across-the-uk-3925539
Music Venue Trust Calls Out Live Nation. The state of grassroots music in the spotlight https://www.drownedinsound.org/music-venue-trust-calls-out-live-nation/?ref=drowned-in-sound-newsletter
6,000 jobs lost in grassroots music venues. More than 40% were operating at a loss in 2024. But in 2025’s results, nearly 54% of the music hotspots failed to make money, while total employment within GMVs fell from 30,885 people in 2024 to 24,242 in 2025. https://buff.ly/IILyFfL
Rock band’s brutally honest confession highlights music industry crisis in 2026. “We’re broke as fuck – and we just did two months in arenas. We also can’t get a job because we’re back on tour in March, so nowhere will hire us. This is just crazy that this is what the music industry is like at the moment.” https://chaoszine.net/uk-rock-bands-brutally-honest-confession-highlights-music-industry-crisis-in-2026/
Nokia Predicts Death of Music Industry https://betanews.com/article/nokia-predicts-death-of-music-industry/
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