Barcelona protects small live music venues
The underground live music scene in Barcelona will receive protection from the council under the new “live culture spaces” category
News By | 13 February 2019
The Barcelona City Council has announced the creation of the Espais de cultura viva (live culture spaces) venue classification to protect its small live music venues, allowing flexible capacity limits and relaxing sound restrictions.
The council has finalised work on the category, which applies to spaces with a capacity of up to 150 people that host a minimum of 40 live music events or other live performances a year.
The category, which does not exist in other Spanish cities, allows venues to…
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