Thank you so much to everyone who has taken part in this years #VenueTShirtDay and BBC 6 Music’s #TShirtDay. Massive thanks to Huw Stephens for the shoutout on BBC 6 Music 💛

More faces and more T Shirts for #VenueTShirtDay 💛 #TShirtDay

Some more great T Shirts for #VenueTShirtDay 👕 #TShirtDay

Keep em coming #VenueTShirtDay #TShirtDay ✨

Happy #VenueTShirtDay 💛 Running alongside BBC 6 Music’s brilliant #TShirtDay we are chuffed to see so many of you getting involved either in your venue merch or you artist tee, keep on sharing your photos and giving us a tag.

The Cellar: Another venue from our brilliant community sharing their story. We hope you'll all join in tomorrow for #VenueTShirtDay and #TShirtDay.

Only 1 day left until #VenueTShirtDay. Is your T-Shirt washed and ironed ready or are you pulling it out of the laundry basket? #TShirtDay

A quick message from Sybil Bell, CEO and founder of Independent Venue Week, on why you should get involved in #VenueTShirtDay on the 18th September. #TShirtDay

Only 2 days left until this years #VenueTShirtDay… #TShirtDay 💛

What will you be wearing for #VenueTShirtDay? Let's see how many venues we can include this Thursday #TShirtDay

Hear from Sybil Bell, Founder and CEO of Independent Venue Week, on why she decided to start #VenueTShirtDay.

6 Days until #VenueTShirtDay - Thursday 18th September

The most enormous happy birthday to total legend BIG JEFF on his birthday today. A huge part of our IVW and IVC family, a dear friend, a brilliant companion and amazing artist, both musically and graphically. Sending enormous love and hugs big guy. ❤️

Here's how to get involved in this years #VenueTShirtDay on the 18th of September, put on a T-Shirt from a venue you love, take a picture, post it and make sure to tag us with the hashtags #TShirtDay and #VenueTShirtDay.

Looking back at some of the wonderful gigs from this years #IVW25. Stay tuned for what's to come in the New Year and make sure to get your T-Shirts ready for #VenueTShirtDay on the 18th of September. #VenueTShirtDay #TShirtDay #IVW26

Some familiar faces from last years #VenueTshirtDay. Only 9 days until we go again, celebrating our favourite independent venues across the UK. #VenueTshirtDay #TShirtDay

#VenueTShirtDay is BACK We’re excited to announce our 2nd #VenueTShirtDay. Inspired by & running in parallel to @bbc6music.bsky.social #TShirtDay, on Tues 18th Sept, #VenueTShirtDay is a chance for music fans everywhere to put on a venue T-shirt & post about nights out from their favourite shows.

So tough to see @theleadmill.bsky.social closing it's doors after such a passionate fight. But good to see the #independent #musicscene in #Sheffield coming in to it's own and offering #grassrootsmusic & the #community, alternative places for arts & culture. www.theguardian.com/music/2025/j...

Our sister charity @ivcuk.bsky.social is working at the heart of communities around the country bringing independent #venues, #socialprescribing and creativity together.

A very happy birthday to the wonderful @philipselway.wastehq.social today. We all wish you a lovely day.

Our partnership with BBC 6 Music is a huge and important part of Independent Venue Week. It was fantastic to spend the day hearing from teams across the #BBC about its plans for the future, with a range of its partners. The BBC is a phenomenal organisation, offering something for all ♥️

Fantastic to see so much support for #EdSheeran and his call for more money in #musiceducarion. Please do share edsheeranfoundation.com/protect-grow...

For twelve years, we have been shining a positive spotlight on independent venues, both grassroots & larger. It's great to see more people now join our positive narrative. Telling them what a great night out going to a gig is, is always the best way to get people to support #IVW25 shorturl.at/8hRlc

The UK’s security industry is calling for urgent business licensing reform. Over £1 Billion is lost yearly due to unregulated firms. Read our letter to the Home Secretary #SecurityMatters #BusinessLicensingNow

A really important message from the brilliant #edsheeran that we're asking everyone to read, share and sign today please. The full message on this thread #musiceducation #musicsupport #musicinstrument forms.gle/ViYWhhQYkG8M... Thanks for reading, hopefully see ya soon. ed

This #InternationalWomensDay, we celebrated the incredible women who keep independent venues alive—on stage, behind the scenes, and in the crowd. From artists and sound engineers to bookers, bartenders, and gig-goers, their dedication and creativity shape the soul of Independent Venues.

Off to the #ListenforLife launch this morning in partnership with the @ntiaofficial.bsky.social Tinnitus & hearing loss are so often something we react to rather than proactively address & invariably when damage is done. It's vital for our work so this is such an important campaign.

Hats off to #LastDinnerParty for their shout out of Independent Venues. And to #milessmith for calling out a lack of government support for the grassrootsbacross all areas of music. Our new charity @ivcuk.bsky.social set up to address this very challenge youtu.be/4BtjoUqOh80?...

WHAT. A. WEEK. That's a wrap for #IVW25. A heartfelt message from our founder @sybilivw.bsky.social "Thank you all for supporting us so we can all support them now and in the future" Part 1 of 2

All great things must come to an end, and last week’s incredible #IVW25 festivities inevitably came to a close last night. You can read all about yesterday & the previous days of #IVW25 via IVW news here: lnkd.in/ePzbBDGB

What a night Saturday was. Our tags and notifications were blowing up with your videos and photos from performances all across the UK, it was electric. Weekends are always the busiest for #IVW25 gigs, and this Saturday’s shows were no exception. Read more: independentvenueweek.com/uk/2025/02/0...

Cracking gig for @ivwuk.bsky.social at Heartbreakers in Southampton last night with excellent headliners Cucamaras, and compelling support from Eyesore and the Jinx 🔥🔥

Tonight’s gig at MacArts was an absolute slice of joy! Midnight Ambulance, supported by Fright Years for Independent Venues Week. MacArts shows are always special, but was particularly delighted to see 2 seriously talented, female-fronted Scottish bands completely new to me. 😍 @ivwuk.bsky.social

Fantastic night of music at @macarts.bsky.social for @ivwuk.bsky.social 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🎶🎶 #frightyears supporting #midnightambulance

Venue #3 of @ivwuk.bsky.social - wasn't sure where I was going tonight but LIFE were so good in Hebden I went for more... destination Preston, and the rather wonderful Ferret, which I would definitely visit more often if trains weren't so random... Glad I did, even better than last night 🙂

Here's a recap of what the rest of the @ivwuk.bsky.social team and volunteers got up to. Two more days for @ivwuk.bsky.social on the road. Where you heading to? I am off to another small town and hitting two venues in Berwick. See you at Repas7 and/or The Barrels if you're there💛🫶

Work view tonight. On the sound board at @fullofnoises.bsky.social for @ivwuk.bsky.social

Venue #4 of @ivwuk.bsky.social isn't technically an IV (Hallé St Michael's, a church in Ancoats used by the Hallé Orchestra) but I'm counting it as this gig is by Beauty Witch/Grey Lantern, 2 of Mcr's greatest independent promoters. Absolutely incredible Tristwch Y Fenywod supported by Leucotome.

Gig #7. The Bug Club and Grow at The Grayston Unity in Halifax. Part of @ivwuk.bsky.social

And it's @ivwuk.bsky.social #6 as I accidentally fall into the Peer Hat on my way home, I suppose it wouldn't be Independent Venue Week or indeed any week without a visit to my beloved home-from-home 🖤 It had been an all dayer and I only expected to see 2 sets but late running meant I got 4 🙂

Day 6 of #IVW25 and I was lucky enough to get to the first to two sold out shows at Soul Mama, Stratford, owned by @ivwuk.bsky.social Ambassaor, the incredible YolanDa Brown OBE DL She & her amazing band played a medley Bob Marley tracks to celebrate what would have been hus 80th birthday......

@ivwuk.bsky.social @futureyard.org Blue Dolphin Wranglers Very funky!

Yesterday we made it to Day Five of #IVW25, & the IVW team were raring to rock out to the weekend’s many events! You can read about more of the events that happened on Day 5 of #IVW25 over on our blog 🔗

With some of the most iconic venues celebrating milestones, and new and exciting places for bands to play springing up, there's a lot to celebrate as a fan of live music during this year's Independent Venue Week (@ivwuk.bsky.social).

As the weekend creeps into view, we’re celebrating the events of Independent Venue Week 2025 Day Four. Morale was sky-high for the #IVW25 team on Thursday, who yet again witnessed some unforgettable shows take place in independent venues. Read more: independentvenueweek.com/uk/2025/01/3... 1/5

What a wonderful Wednesday and day three of Independent Venue Week 2025 we had yesterday 🤘 You can read about more of the events that happened on Day Three of #IVW25 over on our blog 🔗, & as we move into day four, make sure to keep tagging us in your photos so we can share them for everyone to see.

#AboutLastNight My second day jaunting around North East for #ivw25 @ivwuk.bsky.social got me to Independent promoters @tracksdarlington.bsky.social event at Darlingtons only Independent Venue The Forum, w headliners Dossers proudly sponsoring IVW &drinking @beavertown.bsky.social during their set

About last night......Day 2 of my @ivwuk.bsky.social tour and saw the brilliant Brogeal @fulfordarms.bsky.social in York. A fantastic venue which was packed out - happy birthday to singer Danny too. Support came from the great Pennine Suite, thanks to Chris at the venue #IVW25

The IVW team were once again ready and raring to jump back on the #IVW25 roller coaster for Day Two of Independent Venue Week 2025. Here's our photo wrap-up from yesterday 💛 You can read about more of the events that happened on Day two of IVW25 over on our blog 👇

As promised, we are releasing more free tickets to gigs across the UK for #IVW25. If you haven’t booked your tickets for the following, make sure to enter for your chance to get them on the house. Venues and shows up for grabs in the thread 👇