Southampton's The Joiners and The Croft in Bristol saved forever by "National Trust of venues" Music Venue Properties

Southampton's The Joiners and The Croft in Bristol saved forever by "National Trust of venues" Music Venue Properties

Both the Southampton grassroots music venue, The Joiners, and The Croft in Bristol have been saved forever by “National Trust of venues” Music Venue Properties. READ MORE: 2023 was “worst year for venue closures” while “no one in music industry seems to care”, say MVT First announced by Music Venue Trust back in May 2022, the campaign went on to raise £2.3million in the first year through a series of donations and investments. That figure now s…

Southampton’s The Joiners and The Croft in Bristol saved forever by “National Trust of venues” Music Venue Properties

Both the Southampton grassroots music venue, The Joiners, and The Croft in Bristol have been saved forever by “National Trust of venues” Music Venue Properties. First announced by Music Venue Trust back in May 2022, the campaign went on to raise £2.3million in the first year through a series of donations and investments. That figure now stands at almost £4million. Advertisement It has been… Source

"National Trust for Music Venues" buys 2 more iconic venues

Music Venue Properties (MVP), the pioneering Charitable Community Benefit Society, announce the purchase of The Joiners in Southampton and The Croft in Bristol under its Own Our Venues initiative with support from Arts Council England. image003.jpg image004.jpg The two grassroots venues, where artists including Arctic Monkeys, Ed Sheeran, Coldplay, PJ Harvey, Oasis, IDLES and Wet Leg played early in their careers, will now have permanent protect…

UK live-music update: Venue acquisitions, Green energy scheme

Against a backdrop of continued worries about the health of the UK’s grassroots live-music circuit, today we’ve got two positive stories about the country’s live scene. First, Music Venue Properties – the vehicle set up by the Music Venue Trust to buy endangered venues – has made two more acquisitions. The Joiners in Southampton and The […] The post is from Music Ally.

Southampton's Joiners and Bristol's Croft become community-owned venues

The future of these two vital small UK venues is now secure thanks to the Own Our Venues initiative from Music Venue Properties.