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Music Venue Properties @musicvenueprop.bsky.social · 6d

MVP AGM. Monday 13 October, 7pm (online).

Our Annual General Meeting is how members shape the future of Music Venue Properties. Voting details have been sent out, and your voice matters, so if you're a confirmed member and haven’t received an email, please do get in touch.

#OwnOurVenues

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Music Venue Properties @musicvenueprop.bsky.social · 25d

Your £100 does more than you think, and with seven more venues we're now looking to secure - the timing is crucial.

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Music Venue Properties @musicvenueprop.bsky.social · 25d

Community investment attracts partners, such as Figurative, Arts Council England, and the UK Government. In our first round, community shares unlocked significant additional funding and bought five venues.

www.ownourvenues.com

📸 Bethan McConnell

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Music Venue Properties @musicvenueprop.bsky.social · 26d

Did you know that if you're under 25 you can become a part owner of venues for only £50?

This is to help as many passionate young people be a part of this - and ensure that the next generation are those with a steak in the future of live music: www.ownourvenues.com

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Music Venue Properties @musicvenueprop.bsky.social · 28d

Love your local? Own it. Invest £100 and become a co-owner in the spaces that make live music possible - one member, one vote, one mission: ownourvenues.com

📸 Olivia Brytz

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Music Venue Properties @musicvenueprop.bsky.social · 29d

Peggy's Skylight in Nottingham is one of the grassroots music venues we're seeking to secure with #OwnOurVenues. It's a cornerstone of Nottingham's jazz scene and an important cultural hub, and you could become a co-owner by investing today: ownourvenues.com

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Music Venue Properties @musicvenueprop.bsky.social · Sep 9

We're going to be at IFF THIS THURSDAY - if you're heading along, reach out to us. Come find us, say hi, and chat about all things Music Venue Properties, from our success stories such as The Snug to our next steps and beyond. We'll also see you at the MVT showcase on 11 September at Omeara.

Music Venue Properties @musicvenueprop.bsky.social · Sep 4

This is a massive boost, not just in funding, but in belief. It shows that community-powered, cooperative finance can lead the way in protecting culture, not just preserving it, and we're ticking ever closer to our ultimate goal. Join the movement at www.ownourvenues.com.

Own Our Venues 2025

Your chance to invest and help secure the very buildings that host some of the UK's iconic and community-focussed Grassroots Music Venues.

www.ownourvenues.com

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Music Venue Properties @musicvenueprop.bsky.social · Sep 4

A huge thank you to Community Shares ICOF, a fund managed by Co-op and Community Finance, for their £50,000 investment in our mission to bring some of the UK's most incredible grassroots music venues into community ownership.

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Music Venue Properties @musicvenueprop.bsky.social · Aug 14

From rented risk to owned security. From uncertainty to legacy. We don't want to just save venues one at a time... we’re here to change the whole system.

Own Our Venues. ALL of them.

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Music Venue Properties @musicvenueprop.bsky.social · Aug 14

These aren't one-offs. This is a new ownership model we're creating.

Every venue we buy proves it’s possible - and that together, we can shift the balance of power in live music.

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Music Venue Properties @musicvenueprop.bsky.social · Aug 12

Own Our Venues is raising community investment to buy it - and six other important grassroots venues - keeping them safe so that the next generation of bands have the same chance bands like Creeper once did.

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Music Venue Properties @musicvenueprop.bsky.social · Aug 12

The Joiners in Southampton built bands, friendships, futures, and was a vital part of the journey of so many bands you know and love today, including Creeper who are fresh off a heroic set at Bloodstock Festival.

But now The Joiners is at risk.

📸 Katie Frost

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Music Venue Properties @musicvenueprop.bsky.social · Aug 11

We’ve already secured our first wave of venues. Now we've raised over £1 million to save the next seven - extending the campaign due to a surge in support. So now is the time to support us... and to #OwnOurVenues.

No more uncertainty. Just a stronger, safer future for grassroots music.

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Music Venue Properties @musicvenueprop.bsky.social · Aug 11

Music Venue Properties is changing all that though. We’re turning short-term rented venues into community-owned spaces with a long-term future - run by the people who love and rely on them.

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Music Venue Properties @musicvenueprop.bsky.social · Aug 11

For too long, the live music sector has been held hostage by uncertainty, rising rents, insecure leases, and landlords with no stake in the culture.

📸 Jeanie Jean

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Music Venue Properties @musicvenueprop.bsky.social · Aug 4

When you invest, you help buy venues as a part-owner - and protect them for live music, forever.

Every venue we purchase is secured with a cultural lease that guarantees its future as a space for artists, audiences and music communities.

www.ownourvenues.com

📸 Olivia Brytz

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Music Venue Properties @musicvenueprop.bsky.social · Jul 30

£1 million raised. 500+ co-owners are already in. Are you?

The deadline is TOMORROW. Join the movement now to secure:

– Artists’ futures
– Community hubs
– Jobs and Careers
– 7 Iconic UK venues

Don’t miss your moment to shape the future of live music: www.ownourvenues.com

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Music Venue Properties @musicvenueprop.bsky.social · Jul 30

We're another step closer to reaching our target and securing the future of these vital community landmarks through the power of co-operative ownership - join us and our investors as we spearhead a revolutionary new way for grassroots music venues to operate and moreover, thrive.

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Music Venue Properties @musicvenueprop.bsky.social · Jul 30

Thank you to the HUNDREDS who have signed up to invest in #OwnOurVenues and become co-owners of seven iconic grassroots venues.

There is one day left before tomorrow's deadline: www.ownourvenues.com

📸 Bethan McConnell

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Music Venue Properties @musicvenueprop.bsky.social · Jul 28

“Not Just Another Brick. A Movement.”

There are just 4 days left to become part of something bigger. This isn’t just about saving music venues. It’s about owning them, together, forever.

Be more than a supporter. Be an owner. www.OwnOurVenues.co.uk

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Music Venue Properties @musicvenueprop.bsky.social · Jul 24

The groundswell of support for our campaign is incredibly heartening, with over 450 investors and support from some of the music industry's biggest players. But we're not done yet - we have just over a week to smash our target and safeguard this vital cultural hubs for future generations.

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Music Venue Properties @musicvenueprop.bsky.social · Jul 24

You can join this movement alongside Terry and Lesley Marshall by investing at www.ownourvenues.com and becoming a co-owner of iconic grassroots music venues alongside them.

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Music Venue Properties @musicvenueprop.bsky.social · Jul 24

"We hope that future generations of musicians and music lovers will be able to have these amazing experiences too. That’s why we’re supporting Own Our Venues with a substantial contribution. With enough support from others in the music industry and fellow artists, OOV can make that hope a reality."

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Music Venue Properties @musicvenueprop.bsky.social · Jul 24

"But so many have closed their doors since I first started out at the age of 14. My wife, Lesley, and I get to grassroots venues whenever we can, as we both appreciate live music close up and personal. (I still do the occasional guest appearance at 81.)..."

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