Why you need to support your local music venues

It seems like almost every week that music venues are closing down across the country, regardless of how big or small they are. This is a crisis for not only music fans, but also those who work at the venues and those involved in the music industry.

Many people view concerts as something that will always happen, but once all the venues are gone there will be nowhere to see the ‘next big thing’ perform. Smaller and more intimate venues allow fresh, new and exciting talent to showcase themselves to the world, hopefully leading on towards bigger things. So many of the artists that you’re listening to started off in a tiny room, performing to people who may not have even known their name, allowing them to rise to fame due to their hard work and talent. Without local music venues, the music industry would be dominated even more by talent show wannabes who are only famous due to a television show. Hard work and persistence is something that gets taught to children from a young age, so why should the music industry be full of people that got to where they are from doing nothing?

Local music venues are also somewhere that people can go to watch concerts last-minute, allowing people to discover new artists for a small entry fee. Supporting venues and new artists is not only helpful to the music industry, but it also allows you to spend your money in a way which helps so many people. Many local concerts are charity gigs, which end up raising huge amounts of money for those who are in need. Drink prices and ticket prices are also usually a lot cheaper than bigger venues, meaning that you get much better value on a night out.

Although the economy is not in great shape and times are hard, continuing to support your local venue will not only help to save the music industry, it will help future talented bands to find a way to achieve their goals.