London resurgent: The capital’s venues fight back
Boosted by government support and increased investor confidence, 2016 looks to be the year London's struggling small venues start to see a change in their fortunes
News By | 9 June 2016
At least four new music venues will open in London in 2016, IQ has learnt, as the capital begins to stem the decline that has long characterised its grassroots music scene. Following the news last week that Nottingham-based DHP Family had acquired ex-MAMA venues The Borderline (cap.
300) in Soho and The Garage (cap. 600) in Highbury, and with some of the Capital’s most established grassroots sites being renovated and relaunched, the tide appears to be turning for London’s live music…
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