{"id":83306,"date":"2021-01-29T18:00:38","date_gmt":"2021-01-29T18:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/?p=83306"},"modified":"2021-01-29T16:58:40","modified_gmt":"2021-01-29T16:58:40","slug":"show-your-love-for-local-music-venues-with-uk-independent-venue-week-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/show-your-love-for-local-music-venues-with-uk-independent-venue-week-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Show your love for local music venues with UK Independent Venue Week 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Image Credit: IVW UK<\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The ban on live gigs won\u2019t stop Independent Venue Week celebrating the best UK music venues. <\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Looking for gigs<\/a> to watch this weekend? Independent Venue Week has you covered. Taking place every year in the UK and the US, and this year the UK event runs from 25th <\/sup>to 31st<\/sup> January. The country is currently in its third national lockdown but that hasn\u2019t stopped the event from going ahead, albeit in a different form to usual. In its eighth year, events have gone digital, and virtual shows and conversations have been taking place all week on Facebook<\/a>, YouTube<\/a> and the Independent Venue Week website.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Streams and videos have included IDLES<\/a> sharing a live recording of the band performing \u2018Carcinogenic\u2019 in their favourite Bristol venues. Guitarist Mark Bowen commented:<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now more than ever independent musicians and the music industry at large need to unite to keep from being decimated\u2026 Independent venues are the fertile soil in which the future of the performing arts will grow. They are where your future favourite band will play, where the best song ever written will be tested out, where the new can bud and flourish.<\/p>Mark Bowen, IDLES guitarist<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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