US department of Unbiased Venue Week publicizes 2021 version

The US model of Unbiased Venue Week has introduced plans for its 2021 version, which can return to in-person occasions after final 12 months’s on-line celebrations.

The occasion will happen from July 12 to 18, with over 200 venues spanning 41 states and territories collaborating. The application process continues to be open to additional venues and promoters.

Venues will probably be curating their very own particular programmes to mark the occasion, whereas the web convention #IVWTalks, discussing points affecting the stay music trade, will return.

#IVWTalks incorporates ‘Get Schooled’ on Thursday July 15, a full day devoted to college students concerned with a profession in stay music.

The occasion is formally partnered with the Nationwide Unbiased Venue Affiliation, whose formation was sparked by Unbiased Week’s early editions.

“Preparing for this 12 months’s occasion feels notably significant,” mentioned Cecilie Nielsen, Director of Particular Tasks at Marauder, the agency that runs US Unbiased Venue Week.

“For the previous 14 months, impartial venues and promoters have collectively fought for his or her very survival and this feels just like the turning level that we’ve all been working for. We have been comfortable and proud to develop Unbiased Venue Week final 12 months—to even have it, beneath the circumstances. This 12 months, we hope and imagine that followers will return with a renewed appreciation for these uniquely vital areas.”

Unbiased Venue Week started as a UK initiative in 2014, with the inaugural US version launching in 2018.

The UK’s most up-to-date version of Unbiased Venue Week happened on-line in January, with 110 venues from throughout the UK collaborating. To mark the event, ambassadors Arlo Parks, Gruff Rhys, Amy Macdonald and Jordan Adetunji spoke to NME about how their early stay reveals.