The UK Live Music Industry in a post-2019 era: A Globalised Local Perspective

Abstract

This report is the second in a series produced through an on-going, collaborative programme of research being undertaken by a team at Aston University, Birmingham City University and Newcastle University. The Birmingham Live Music Project (BLMP) seeks to explore how the live music ecology of Birmingham and beyond is constituted, and how the sector is approaching challenges related to local, national and international change. Specifically, it explores how those challenges are being managed at a local level, and whether any coping strategies identified within the Birmingham live music sector could be applied to other urban areas. This report is based on activities conducted within a project titled ‘The UK Live Music Industry in post 2019 era: A Globalised Local Perspective’ made possible by a grant from the Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre (PEC), which is led by Nesta and funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council. The research took place between February 2020 and April 2021.