25/03/2024
The Reading & Leeds festival lineup poster, minus any artists who launched their careers in Grassroots Music Venues.
Today's festival headliners can only sell thousands of tickets because of the essential role played by these venues in their development. Nurtured in grassroots music venues, they built their audiences from tens to hundreds, laying the foundation for their success on the grand stages of festivals like Reading & Leeds.
Find out more by tuning into Parliament Live and the CMS YouTube channel on 26th March to hear more from Music Venue Trust and those affected by the Grassroots Music Venues crisis: https://committees.parliament.uk/work/8227/grassroots-music-venues/