TODAY'S THE DAY! The #OwnOurVenues share offer campaign closes today, and it's your last chance to join us as a co-owner for this phase. Every penny invested goes towards securing venues at risk of disappearing forever. Time to finish what we started: www.ownourvenues.com

Two more iconic grassroots music venues, The Joiners and The Croft, are now OFFICIALLY community owned buildings. Thanks to the herculean efforts of all involved, these institutions are saved - and with that, the opportunities for bands, music fans, and many more are secure for the next generation.

MVP AGM. Monday 13 October, 7pm (online). Our Annual General Meeting is how members shape the future of Music Venue Properties. Voting details have been sent out, and your voice matters, so if you're a confirmed member and haven’t received an email, please do get in touch. #OwnOurVenues

Community investment attracts partners, such as Figurative, Arts Council England, and the UK Government. In our first round, community shares unlocked significant additional funding and bought five venues. www.ownourvenues.com 📸 Bethan McConnell

Did you know that if you're under 25 you can become a part owner of venues for only £50? This is to help as many passionate young people be a part of this - and ensure that the next generation are those with a steak in the future of live music: www.ownourvenues.com

Love your local? Own it. Invest £100 and become a co-owner in the spaces that make live music possible - one member, one vote, one mission: ownourvenues.com 📸 Olivia Brytz

Peggy's Skylight in Nottingham is one of the grassroots music venues we're seeking to secure with #OwnOurVenues. It's a cornerstone of Nottingham's jazz scene and an important cultural hub, and you could become a co-owner by investing today: ownourvenues.com

We're going to be at IFF THIS THURSDAY - if you're heading along, reach out to us. Come find us, say hi, and chat about all things Music Venue Properties, from our success stories such as The Snug to our next steps and beyond. We'll also see you at the MVT showcase on 11 September at Omeara.

A huge thank you to Community Shares ICOF, a fund managed by Co-op and Community Finance, for their £50,000 investment in our mission to bring some of the UK's most incredible grassroots music venues into community ownership.

These aren't one-offs. This is a new ownership model we're creating. Every venue we buy proves it’s possible - and that together, we can shift the balance of power in live music.

The Joiners in Southampton built bands, friendships, futures, and was a vital part of the journey of so many bands you know and love today, including Creeper who are fresh off a heroic set at Bloodstock Festival. But now The Joiners is at risk. 📸 Katie Frost

For too long, the live music sector has been held hostage by uncertainty, rising rents, insecure leases, and landlords with no stake in the culture. 📸 Jeanie Jean

When you invest, you help buy venues as a part-owner - and protect them for live music, forever. Every venue we purchase is secured with a cultural lease that guarantees its future as a space for artists, audiences and music communities. www.ownourvenues.com 📸 Olivia Brytz

£1 million raised. 500+ co-owners are already in. Are you? The deadline is TOMORROW. Join the movement now to secure: – Artists’ futures – Community hubs – Jobs and Careers – 7 Iconic UK venues Don’t miss your moment to shape the future of live music: www.ownourvenues.com

Thank you to the HUNDREDS who have signed up to invest in #OwnOurVenues and become co-owners of seven iconic grassroots venues. There is one day left before tomorrow's deadline: www.ownourvenues.com 📸 Bethan McConnell

“Not Just Another Brick. A Movement.” There are just 4 days left to become part of something bigger. This isn’t just about saving music venues. It’s about owning them, together, forever. Be more than a supporter. Be an owner. www.OwnOurVenues.co.uk

Music Venue Properties is thrilled to announce a significant donation to Own Our Venues from Marshall Amplification co-founder Terry Marshall and his wife Lesley. 📸 Moe Hickman

So many of you are investing in the future of grassroots music, and almost everyone is doing it for a different reason. Everyone's ties to these places are different, and our reasons for getting involved and chipping in are different - but we're united for a common cause. 📸 Olivia Brytz

"Most of the venues on this list are places I played coming up, and the Joiners is the site of the first gig I went to as a kid; it could not be a more important part of how I got where I am today." Become a co-owner of some of the UK's best grassroots venues by investing at www.ownourvenues.com

The Pipeline in Brighton is an iconic part of the south coast's music history, and it's one of the seven venues we've earmarked for our #OwnOurVenues campaign. 📸 Georgia Penny

Matt Otridge has a long relationship with The Croft as a music fan and former operator. It's not just the chance to watch bands that's at risk if venues such as The Croft are lost. With #OwnOurVenues we're seeking to protect the future of grassroots music venues. Join us: www.ownourvenues.com

This weekend, Supergrass return to headline Bedford Park, over 30 years after their very first visit to Bedford Esquires.

Today Oasis return to Manchester for a mammoth run of comeback shows in Heaton Park. Many moons ago, they were a brand new band playing the grassroots venues that are vital to the talent pipeline, honing their craft and becoming one of the biggest bands on the planet. www.ownourvenues.co.uk

Through Music Venue Properties, we’re building the National Trust for Grassroots Music Venues - giving local people the power to own and protect the venues they love. Community ownership = a future for live music. www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/own-our-venues

Tomorrow, our own Matt Otridge joins the panel Communities Reclaiming Control Through Co-operation to spotlight how the live music sector is embracing community power and how we can Own Our Venues.

This weekend we’re in Rochdale, the birthplace of the co-operative movement, for the Co-Op Congress.

Last week Chris Sherrington was honoured to head over to Milwaukee and speak at #NIVA25 joining NIVA and an international panel from Australia and Canada to talk about the future of our industry and the work that Music Venue Trust and Properties is doing to empower the grassroots ecosystem.

"Grassroots Music Venues weren't just the places we performed in; they showcased the artists who inspired us, fostered and showcased the scenes we grew up in, and built friends and fans relationships that are still the core of who we are as a band."

"Grassroots Venues were an essential part of my journey... providing me with the space I needed to grow and develop as an artist. The 'National Trust of Music Venues' is an incredible idea that delivers ownership of these venues back to the artists, fans and communities that love + cherish them..."

"Grassroots venues played a key role in our journey, giving us a place to grow and develop as artists. Venues and live bands go hand in hand, one can't thrive without the other, making grassroots venues essential to the survival of the music industry."

Ahead of her performance at #Glastonbury this weekend, CMAT has been doing some intimate shows to get back up close to her fans, and you can see the love that she has for Bedford Esquires.

Music Venue Properties (MVP) is pleased to confirm that we will receive a second £500,000 loan from impact investment group Figurative, longstanding supporters of our mission to secure the future of UK grassroots music venues.

A huge thank you to everyone involved with the Save The Croft fundraiser at The Louisiana, Bristol, earlier this month! The show, which was organised by Alpaca Presents, Cellar Door, and The Louisiana, raised over £1100 for Music Venue Properties' #OwnOurVenues campaign.

By investing in MVP you are allowing us to buy Grassroots Music Venues, and ensuring that rents remain affordable for the local operators who run these venues for the purpose of the community. Be part of securing their future at www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/own-our-ve....

Thank you to everyone who has invested in the #OwnOurVenues campaign so far! [NUMBER] of you have already pitched in by investing, and with your help we can bring another seven landmark venues under community ownership.

We're delighted and thankful to have been offered £20,000 matched equity investment from the Booster Fund! Delivered by Co-Op UK in partnership with Locality, Plunkett Foundation, Community Shares ICOF, Co-Op Finance. Funded by @peoplesbiz and @si_acc.

When you invest in MVP, you’re helping us start the process of buying grassroots music venues and move them out of vulnerable commercial ownership - placing them directly into the hands of the communities they empower.

Own Our Venues is a national campaign with community at the core - the stories of the seven venues we're raising investment for are all unique, but a variation exists in every corner of the UK.

It's fantastic to see venues which have been secured for life through the community ownership scheme not just surviving, but thriving. The Booking Hall in Dover is showcasing the UK grassroots music scene with a programme of events running from June to September this year.

Thank you to everyone who has invested in the #OwnOurVenues campaign so far, but there is still further to go! A generous investment from Tickets9UK took us over the £200k milestone and shows exactly how industry and individual investments can secure these venues.

In the 20 years since Arctic Monkeys played Joiners, The Croft, and a whole heap of other amazing grassroots venues, only a fraction remain. This sad reality has been an all-too-common story across the country for far, far too long.

Be a part of history. Through the Own Our Venues campaign, you can own a stake in the legendary grassroots venues that launched Coldplay, Oasis, Ed Sheeran, Adele, and countless others. Like Joiners in Southampton, or The Croft in Bristol - where Arctic Monkeys played exactly 20 years ago today.

MVT and Music Venue Properties are on a mission to protect the cultural spaces that shape British music history - not just for the legends they launched, but for the next generation of artists and fans.

Read my latest Substack: lnkd.in/dbvN2427 There's a whole world movement going on that I didn't know about and it's a radical opportunity not just for music, but for culture, sports, all the community facilities we all care deeply about but are at risk.

Thank you to the first 300 investors who have pledged to secure the future of grassroots music venues. You too can join us on our mission at www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/own-our-venues.

Thank you, @nme.com, for sharing our campaign! Read more about how you can get involved in our mission to permanently secure the future of grassroots music venues at www.nme.com/news/music/y....

You could help secure the future of the legendary Esquires as part of the groundbreaking 'Own Our Venues' project... #Bedford #BedfordNews #LiveMusic #OwnOurVenues #MVT

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You may have heard of the fantastic work of the @musicvenuetrust.bsky.social to secure endangered venues in the UK. Marvellous Gig Photography supports their work and I joined the movement myself! Please #JoinTheMovement and #OwnOurVenues so that we can all help protect our grassroots music venues.