Independent Venue Week 2016 is on now - found out how to support your local venue here.
Don Broco Our first ever show was at our local venue Bedford Esquires.
One local venue helpfully shared with us their live screening programme for the next eighteen months.
He worked as a barman in the VIP area of a local venue.
We sang on street corners, in department stores and, at the end of a week, in a local venue.
It is a popular local venue and there have been, according to reports, some complaints about noise and disruption.
Music is my thing, so I often go along to free open-mic nights at a local venue.
Friends and neighbours gathered at a local venue to visibly show support for their candidate, accompanied by final pleas on behalf of each, before voting.
To be fair to the brides and grooms, they have done as much as they could to cut costs, with one third of respondents to the survey saying that they chose a local venue to reduce expense.
So please: support your local venue; invest a small amount in a favourite artist or company's crowdfunding campaign; or send an email to someone you admire in the arts to let them know that their work means something to you.
We know from speaking to audience members after the show that once you have them hooked, they may be yours for life, once they realise they can "own" a local venue that is responsive to their needs and dreams.
