“Independent venues have given us some of the most memorable nights of our lives”

Earlier this year, we marked ten years of Independent Venue Week [IVW], celebrating the passion and importance of these vital music spaces in the best way possible – by encouraging audiences to get out of the house, to buy a ticket, and enjoy one of over a thousand IVW shows taking place all over the country that week.

As IVW’s founder, it’s been incredible to watch the concept blossom, and, along the way, we’ve enjoyed some fantastic support – not least from some of the UK’s most important and influential artists, who have an innate understanding of why these venues are so important.

In 2023, our ambassadors were Radiohead’s Philip Selway, beabadoobee, Young Fathers, and Adwaith. They joined the likes of Suede, The…

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