Music Venue Trust (MVT), the UK charity representing and supporting Grassroots Music Venues (GMVs), has announced a UK tour by British soul legend Omar Lye-fook MBE, supported by MVT’s Liveline Fund. Running across May and June 2026, the Brighter The Days tour will see Omar perform in intimate grassroots...
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Interview: Ricky Bates of legendary Southampton venue The Joiners
Words: Darren Grayer. Pictures: Chris Moorhouse. The recent news that Southampton music venue The Joiners is in line to be granted funding from the Music Venues Trust was gratefully received by everyone involved in running it as well as the hundreds of music lovers who regularly attend gigs there....
Music Venue Trust announces ‘manifesto for grassroots music’
The Music Venue Trust (MVT), the charity which represents hundreds of Grassroots Music Venues (GMVs), has called upon politicians from all parties to “seize the moment” ahead of the forthcoming UK General Election on July 4th, and to help save the sector from the deepening crisis it finds itself in....