The Music Venue Trust (MVT) have spoken of their “delight” after two more grassroots music venues in the UK were saved this week from having to close permanently.
The MVT’s ongoing #SaveOurVenues campaign is supporting a number of independent UK gig spaces that have suffered significant financial hardship during the coronavirus-enforced shutdown of live music over the past year.
These venues are also being represented by the fundraising campaign as they were either ineligible or unsuccessful in their application to receive full funding from the recent government-backed Cultural Recovery Fund.
A ‘Red List’ of UK venues that are in danger of being closed forever due to financial constraints previously totalled 20 at the end of February.
However, that number has now been reduced to 18 following the news this week that The Venue in Derby and Dryad Works in Sheffield…