Alarm bells over Germany’s struggling small venues
As LiveKomm calls for govt support for clubs, the association tells IQ how high taxation and the familiar threat of noise complaints are paving the way for a venue crisis
News By | 11 April 2017
Many of Germany’s club venues are on an “extremely precarious” economic footing, a leading industry association has warned, squeezed by excessive taxation, restrictive licensing conditions and a lack of investment from local and federal authorities.
At its annual meeting last month, LiveMusikKommission (LiveKomm) – which represents more than 400 German venues – called on political parties to commit to greater support for small and medium-sized venues ahead of May’s general election, outlining a set of ‘election touchstones’ it says are necessary to avert a…
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