Stories / Good practices
Coronavirus: Next phase of reopening on 19 April
The Federal Council is continuing its strategy of taking cautious, gradual steps towards reopening. At its meeting on 14 April, it decided on further reopening measures.
Sector: Music
Organisations and initiatives
HOME in Manchester launches new outdoor venue to provide entertainment this summer
A huge new temporary outdoor venue including theatre, food, drink, shows, music, cabaret, and comedy will be launched by HOME in May to provide an outdoor Summer destination for people looking for a safe and fun night out as lockdown eases.
Research / Surveys
Leaders across the music industry come together to support new chapter for music minds matter
Recent research carried out by Help Musicians has shown that the combined effect of lockdown and uncertainty about the future is taking an unprecedented toll on the mental health of musicians.
Events
Amplify Music 2021
Amplify Music is “bringing the band back together” to explore where local and global music communities are going for 2021 and beyond.
Advocacy Initiatives
Live Style Europe Podcast #18 – Secure a Future for Cultural Life in Europe | Live DMA
This month of March 2021 mark the Covid-19 one year anniversary. It’s been exactly a year since all live music venues are shut down, struggling to survive despite some emergency funds provided by the European governments. Gabriele Rosana, Policy Director at Culture Action Europe, answers Live DMA questions about the reopening of cultural venues, in this podcast.
Stories / Good practices
Raul Midón: Creative Adaptation and Covid-19
Award winning host, author and journalist Laura Flanders interviews forward-thinking people from the world of politics, business, culture and social movements in her series “forward thinking on Covid-19”. In this episode she interviews musician Raul Midón.
Advocacy Initiatives
Joint Letter Relaunch of Venues and Events
European Associations from the performing and live music sector address a joint letter to Commissioner Breton (Internal Market).
Stories / Good practices
ENO Breathe
A breathing and wellbeing programme for people recovering from the effects of COVID-19 by the English National Opera.
EU response
Coronavirus: a common path to Europe’s safe re-opening
Ahead of the meeting of European leaders on 25 March, the Commission is calling on Member States to prepare for a coordinated approach to a gradual lifting of COVID-19 restrictions when the epidemiological situation will allow.
Organisations and initiatives
Impala Campus X Westway LAB
On Tuesday 6th April, Impala will be kicking off the IMPALA Campus with its first digital workshop, in partnership with Westway LAB.
Advocacy Initiatives
ONE YEAR WITHOUT CULTURE
Pearle* urges EU and its Member States to take scientific evidence into account and open up the live performance sector to audiences.
Cooperation opportunities
OneBeat Virtual Residencies
OneBeat announces an exciting new series of virtual exchanges in response to the COVID-19 pandemic: OneBeat Virtual and OneBeat Lebanon.
Tools & Resources
Pearle* launched the 2021 Europe presenting the phases of re-opening of venues and cultural live events
Following the initiative launched in May 2020, today Pearle* publishes a new edition of the map.
Stories / Good practices
The Chamber Music Scotland Musicians’ Recovery, Resilience, and Growth Project
The project is designed to support freelance classical musicians who have been financially and creatively impacted by Covid-19.
Events
Connection in Isolation: On the Red Couch with Lutz Leichsenring
Lutz Leichsenring joins Factory Berlin to discuss the success of “United We Stream” on reconnecting the music scene and its audience during isolation of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Events
Coronavirus and Pop Culture in French, Spanish and Portuguese-Speaking Cultures. A Transnational Approach.
The beginning of the lockdown period in March has seen an impressive rise of songs reacting to an entirely new situation. These can be examined through this IMLR seminar, in multiple ways: canon, intermediality, global circulation of cultural texts, new aesthetics of video-clips, gender roles.
Stories / Good practices
No Lockdown Art – NoLA
Within the framework of its new Creaconnections program, Transcultures, in partnership with the European Pepinieres of Creation, launched the No Lockdown Art – NoLA action to support the re-activitism of Belgian and international artists who initiated, during the period containment, interesting audio, video and multimedia projects.
Stories / Good practices
ConcertWithYou
International Yehudi Menuhin Foundation has launched an online platform to support and promote musicians by broadcasting videos of their performances.
Stories / Good practices
Liveurope Festival 2020 line-up talks international touring, covid-19 & future
Liveeurope took the occasion of the festival to sit down with the artists to talk about their careers, international touring, the importance of venues for their professional development, their hopes for the music scene after Covid-19, and more.
Events
What’s next? VEGA Selected one-day conference and showcase
Opportunities, signals and creativity in a virtual and post-pandemic live music industry
Funding
Further support for Scottish grassroots music venues
The Culture Secretary Fiona Hyslop, announced an additional £4m in emergency funding for the Grassroots Music Venues Stabilisation Fund, delivered through Creative Scotland.
Events
OECD online policy webinar series
Increasing the job creation potential of Cultural and Creative Sectors & SPOTLIGHT: Covid-19 and Music & the Night Time Economy, in collaboration with Glasgow City Region and Sound Diplomacy.
Advocacy Initiatives
2021 – STAY ALIVE | New Live DMA Publication
This report gives information about the live music associations’ main priorities for 2021 and what actions they need and expect from governments in response to Covid-19.
Advocacy Initiatives
Love Record Stores wins Impala Outstanding Contribution Award
Jason Rackham, MD of [PIAS] UK, created and led the campaign to help independent record stores during the coronavirus (Covid-19) crisis. What started as a social media campaign has grown into a successful international movement.
Tools & Resources
Post-Pandemic Music Ecosystems: How They Could Be Better in 2021.
These are the first 3 parts of a series of articles written by Shain Shapiro, Group CEO of Sound Diplomacy, about the future of music ecosystems in a post-pandemic world. The objective is to demonstrate that no matter where you live, 2021 can be a great year.
Events
EJN WEBINAR #6 – season 2: You’ve Changed
What has worked well and what is the future for online/hybrid festivals and events? Part of the new series of the six public live webinars organised by EJN.
Covid-19 Risk Assessment Generator for Musicians & Performers – Free PDF Tool
A handy Covid-19 Risk Assessment generator in order to cover the most basic requirements.
Advocacy Initiatives
Statement on Covid-19 and Collective Singing
Collective Singing is an important part of culture and the economic
ecosystem, and an essential part of many people’s lives.
South African Cultural Observatory releases report on the impact of COVID-19 Live Music Sector
The findings of the latest study, titled ‘Impact Analysis: Live Music and its Venues and the South African economy during COVID-19’ commissioned by the South African Cultural Observatory (SACO).
Events
How does a Jazz club survive? New music programming strategies audience
The participants in this panel discussion, who manage different clubs in Europe, will share their experiences and visions for how to continue programming in the current context. This panel discussion is part of the program of the JAZZ I AM – the annual international jazz meeting.
