UK industry lambasts Arts Council over venue funding
The arts quango has been accused of ignoring live music after allocating less than 1% of its total budget through 2022 to popular music venues
News By | 11 August 2017
Arts Council England (ACE) has insisted there is no culture of elitism at the organisation, telling IQ it is ready to work with more of the country’s embattled small venues – despite allocating just 0.06% of its total funding to popular music venues in its latest round of grants.
The announcement of ACE’s latest funding priorities come at a critical time for the UK’s small venues. Despite some signs of improvement in the health of the sector over the past 18…
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