“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…
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Independent Venue Week founder Sybil Bell looks back on ten years of the initiative, and explains where it goes from here
Comment 10 November 2023