ACTIVITY REPORT 2018 LIVE DMA EUROPEAN NETWORK FOR LIVE MUSIC ASSOCIATIONS NETWORK’S LIFE MEMBERS • In 2018, Live DMA counted 18 members in 14 countries currently represen- ting over 3000 music venues, clubs and festivals. • Live Fin, organisation running the common interests of different live music event organisers in Finland including venues, festivals and concert produ- cers joined the network in 2018 • Live DMA met several music actors during the year to discuss local, regional and national cooperation among the music venues and clubs of their area: Lithuania, Vilnius, LOFTAS - Live DMA Associate Member | Latvia, Riga, Hanzas Perons - Application to become a Live DMA Associate Member | MIL, Portugal - music venues meeting | Hungary, Budapest - meeting with dif- ferent actors from the music and nightlife scene in Budapest NETWORK EVOLUTIONS STAFF MEETINGS • Creation of a glossary • 2 full time employees • 2 board meetings • 1 intern (5 months) • 1 Survey meeting • General Assembly • Open Club Day meeting LIVE STYLE EUROPE APPLICATION • Live Style Europe (LSE) project started on 1st June 2017 for a 4 years period. • Annual application (January) and reporting (July) pro- cedure • Application for LSE year 2 in January 2018: total grant of 152 000 € approved ACTIVITIES IN 2018 • LSE WORLD - The Survey • LSE CONNEXIONS - The Open Club Day • LSE FOR EVERYBODY - Working Groups • LSE BASICS - Resource Platform THE SURVEY SURVEY ACTIVITY IN 2018 • Publication of the report The Survey. Facts & Figures of Music Venues in Europe in Januray 2018 (results and analysis of the data 2015 of 452 music venues of 10 Live DMA members in 8 different countries) • Live DMA and its members increasingly used the Survey results (media statement, website & social media, newsletters, projects) • 8 Survey presentations at festival conferences & members’ meetings • March 2018: Survey coordination meeting in Zu- rich (11 Live DMA members) • Improvements of data collection (higher response rates and better quality data) • 14 members collected data in 2018 SURVEY PRESENTATION Tuesday - 9:15 - 9:45 OPEN CLUB DAY • First European edition on Saturday, the 3rd of February 2018 • Participation: 125 live music venues and clubs in 12 countries • Announcement of this new European movement at Eurosonic in January 2018 • June 2018: strategic meeting in Nantes with the aim to improve the communi- cation & coordination for the future editions • Elaboration of a new & more detailed Open Club Day toolkit • Coordination process for the second European edition started in October 2018 • Increased visibility of the Open Club Day also outside Europe (participation at the Nocturnal Cities event in Bogota) • Reflection on potential developments of the event and its coordination process (due to increased interest from actors outside the Live DMA network) OPEN CLUB DAY WORKSHOP Tuesday - 11:00 - 12:00 WORKING GROUPS Organisation of the second sessions of the Working Groups initiated in 2017 (LSE Year 1): NOTE YOUR • THE VALUE OF LIVE MUSIC VENUES TO LOCAL AUTHORITIES (19th to 21st of Fe- PROPOSITIONS bruary, Brussels) • AUDIENCE DEVELOPMENT (10th to 13th of April, Granada) ON THE POSTER! RESOURCE PLATFORM • Release of the Resource Platform in December 2018 • NEW: Free access to studies & reports, tools & methodologies, a pool of experts, a best practice blog, the Live Style Europe podcast, as well as to advocacy tools, information on funding & networking opportunities RESOURCE PRESENTATION Tuesday - 09:45 - 10:00 EVENTS IN 2018 This year, Live DMA participated in/co-organised 17 panels in 6 different countries: • L’Europe, un espace, des cultures, des musiques, Transmusicales, Rennes • NIGHTS Conference, Brussels: Social innovations within music events // Nightlife from a European perspective | Pop goes politics | Night ambassador meeting • European Mobility, Slash – European Music Incubator, Nantes • Lobbying with Industry Key Figures, Reeperbahn Festival, Hamburg • Music Moves Europe presentation, Raffut, Angouleme (France) • Music Moves Europe panel by Relais Culture Europe, Paris • 4th edition of the International Concert Venues Congress at Primavera Pro, Barce- lona: Clubbing in Europe – quo vadis? // Initiatives against sexual harassment in Euro- pean music venues // Understanding grassroots venues // Music venues as hubs for social innovation • Live Style Europe & The Survey presentations, Granada Experience (Spain) NOTE YOUR • The importance of venues in the cultural fabric of a city, MIL Lisboa • Live DMA presentation, Eurofonik, Nantes (France) PROPOSITIONS • The Open Club Day – Grassroots venues take action, ESNS, Groningen ON THE POSTER! COMMUNICATION COMMUNICATION TOOLS USED IN 2018 • Network mailing lists • 19 network internal newsletters & 4 public newsletters • Update of the Live DMA presentation leaflet • Presence on identifiedsocial media platforms (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram) • Production of a video that presents the network’s evolution, its activities, and its values • October 2018: Launch of monthly radio show Live Style Europe broadcasted on Euradio & pro- duced by the Live DMA coordination team • Development of media contacs & increased media coverage STAMP • Aim of STAMP: to be an advocate for the benefits of cooperation and networ- king in the music sector (mainly targeting Central, Eastern and South-East Eu- rope) • An ERASMUS+ project coordinated by the European Music Council & involving 9 project partners • September 2017: Live DMA co-organised a summer course on Networking & Cooperation in Latvia • Together with the European Music Council, Live DMA produced a Networking & Cooperation online course which was presented during the final event in Budapest in November 2018. ADVOCACY & PARTNERSHIPS CREATIVE EUROPE & MUSIC MOVES EUROPE • Participation in dedicated meetings (European Parliament, Brussels, 14th February; Creative Europe desk – Paris 14th June and 6th September) • Position papers: Boosting the EU culture budget – A call from Europe’s cultu- ral & creative sectors| Citizen-oriented Cohesion Policy with a prominent place for culture | The Future of Creative Europe EUROPEAN MUSIC COUNCIL • Contribution to the European Agenda for Music • Audrey Guerre was elected in the European Music Council board OTHER ADVOCACY ACTIVITIES • Publication of a joint statement on the revision of VISA codes • Support of the European Coyright Reform • Voices of Culture Structured Dialogue on the topic of ‘Social Inclusion’ ADVOCAY DISCUSSION Tuesday - 14:30 - 15:30 MMETA - MUSIC MOVES EUROPE TALENT AWARDS • Former EBBA (European Border Breaker Awards) • Live DMA is part of the advisory board • Strategic decision: being identified in a closed circle of European organisations, opening the possibility for Live DMA members to take part in a European artistic project, adding professional recommendations to a European project and assess its values MMETA PRESENTATION Wednesday - 11:00 - 11:15 FEASIBILITY STUDY - MUSIC OBSERVATORY • Study coordination: KEA and Panteia • Sept 2018 - Sept 2019 • Live DMA is part of the advisory board • Objectives of the study: Data availability, identify the sector’s data & research needs, identify existing funding schemes and funding gaps, propose a model of Observatory • Due to its expertise established with the Survey, Live DMA is recognized as important stakeholder representing live music venues & clubs and backbones this with facts about music venues & clubs as a data provider. NEXT UP... 14:30-15:00 - Accounts 2018 15:00-15:15 - Break 15:15-15:45 - Perspectives on the Strategy 15:45-16:45 - Perspectives on the budget 16:45-17:15 - Extraordinary meeting 17:15-18:00 - Board elections 20.00 - Dinner in town.