02/06/2026
I am excited to be part of "Everywhere At Once" powered by The National Lottery this June.
Taking place from 26-28 June, it’s the UK’s biggest music festival on your doorstep with 1000+ gigs, 400+ venues, 1 weekend.
It celebrates the importance of grassroots music venues and the communities around them.
A different kind of festival.
Closer to the music.
Where local matters.
Where everyone belongs.
👏Whilst I am incredibly chuffed that Jo's return has already rightfully sold out I'd like to take the opportunity to point out that sold out shows here are incredibly rare.
Bringing in exceptional international and homegrown talent to an intimate space some of you may be shocked to hear that only a handful of shows officially sold out (50 cap) over the past 12 months.
The shows that do sell out tend to be the bigger names (understandably), but then they are also the shows that are £20+
Anything less than £15 remarkably seems to struggle. Even the Free Entry shows rarely hit capacity. 🤷♂️
Last year I paid out over £46K to live music talent.
Ticket sales barely reached £21K to cover that, and so my business subsidised the remaining £25K to support those artists.
That is not a viable way to operate, and I come ever closer to the bottom line and hard questions on the sustainability of this business.
Every grassroots/independent live music venue across the country takes those financial burdens to continue to bring you unique music experiences, but we cannot keep it together forever, and that's when we lose great venues.
Not because we don't care enough for the scenes we build; but because of the lack of central support from our dear leaders in government who could easily save this industry but they choose not to; and the choices you make in prioritising which bands/venues/businesses you think should have your hard earned money.
PLEASE: support local, independent venues and grassroots entertainment.
