Upcoming Events
V&A Takeover
Celebrating Grassroots Music Culture with Music Venue Trust
Sunday 3 May 2026, 10am-5pm
Lecture Theatre (level 3), V&A South Kensington
Past Events
Since forming in 2014, Music Venue Trust has organised the following events:
Venues Day 2026
Shoreditch Town Hall
Tuesday 17 March 2026
MVT Venues Meetings
Cheese & Grain, Frome
Tuesday 29 July 2025
Independent, Sunderland
Tuesday 12 August 2025
The Wardrobe, Leeds
Tuesday 19 August 2025
MVT Brighton Brunch & Workshops
Daltons
Brighton
Thursday 15 May 2025
Scottish Venues Meeting
The Voodoo Rooms
Edinburgh
Wednesday 23 April 2025
Northern Ireland Venues meeting
Voodoo
Belfast
Tuesday 11 March 2025
Venues Day 2024
Woolwich Works
The Fireworks Factory
8 October 2024
Venues Day 2023
Woolwich Works
17 October 2023
The National Lottery’s United By Music Tour
June-September 2023
MVT Skills Sessions 2023
Following on from the successful Skills Sessions piloted at Venues Day 2022, Music Venue Trust is hosting four FREE training days across April and May for Welsh Grassroots Music Venues. This project has received funding and support from Welsh Government via Creative Wales.
To enable participants to join from across Wales the event was held at four locations on the following days:
CARDIFF: Fuel Rock Club – 25 April, 10am – 5pm
SWANSEA: The Jam Jar – 26 April, 10am – 5pm
ABERYSTWYTH: Aberystwyth Arts Centre – 16 May, 10am – 5pm
WREXHAM: Tŷ Pawb – 18 May, 10am – 5pm
We are currently seeking funding to roll these sessions out across the rest of the UK. Watch this space.
Venues Day 2022
Hackney Church (previously known as St John at Hackney Church)
18 October 2022
The National Lottery Revive Live Tour
Venues Day 2021
EartH, London
5 October 2021
Open Club Day
Grassroots Music Venues across Europe will open their doors to demystify what they do and welcome their local community.
Run by Live DMA.
1 Feb 2020
Venues Day 2019
Islington Assembly Hall, London
9 Oct 2019
MVT Book Launch
City Hall, London
15 July 2019
5/50/500 Celebration
Basement Venue, Ticketmaster, London
18 June 2019
Scottish Venues Meeting
Mash House, Edinburgh
12 June 2019
Sandbox By The Sea
Ticketmaster New Music Artist VIP Area (on the beach), Brighton
10 May 2019
Venues Day 2018
Islington Assembly Hall, London
17 Oct 2018
NE Regional Meeting
The Crescent, York
14 Jun 2018
Scottish Venues Meeting
King Tuts Wah Wah Hut, Glasgow
13 Jun 2018
SE England Regional Meeting
City Hall, London
12 Jun 2018
SW England Regional Meeting
Thekla, Bristol
24 May 2018
Welsh Venues Meeting
Le Public Space, Newport
23 May 2018
Northern Ireland Venues Meeting
Voodoo, Belfast
10 May 2018
NW England Regional Meeting
Night People, Manchester
9 May 2018