FACTS & FIGURES music venues

in Europe

Presentation July 2016

15 associations in 11 countries 2308 members in total of which 2080 music venues + 228 music festivals

We work on:

Artistic, Cultural and Social front Artistic discovery, emergence and innovation, talent development, cultural

diversity, social impacts, educative activities

Political front Promoting the importance of live music as professional performing art, cultural development, advising and influencing rules and regulations on local, regional, national and international scale, gain legitimacy on the European political field

Economic front a mixed economy of self-made incomes and public money, mostly in a non-profit logic, cooperation processes between the public sector, private sector

and citizens, exchanging knowledge between festivals & venues.

Survey – collecting data Since 2011, Live DMA collects data of music venues. Our objectives: • representation on a local, national and European level • emphasize the importance of music venues • better understanding of practices • showing differences and similarities • compare them on different scales & with other sectors The survey measures the venues: • capacity • activities, performances and visits • employment: paid staff, volunteers and interns • finance: programme costs, ticket sales, subsidy, food & beverages and total income and expenses The survey will be repeated every year so we can discover trends and developments. Every year more countries and venues participate.

SURVEY RESULTS

Who participated in the survey (data 2014)?

• Fedelima (France) • Norske Konsertarrangører (Norway) • Dansk Live (Denmark) • VNPF (Netherlands) • PETZI (Switzerland)

• ACCES (Spain, excl. Catalonia) • ASACC (Catalonia, Spain) • Club Plasma (Wallonia, Belgium) • Clubcircuit (Flanders, Belgium)

52% response Last years survey: • 301 venues data • 49% response 435

837

1229

2080

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RESPONSE SURVEY 2014

PARTICIPANTS SURVEY 2014

ALL LIVE DMA VENUES 2015

ALL LIVE DMA VENUES 2016

Average music venue • Number of persons working: 81

- Paid employees 21%

- Volunteers 66%

- Interns 13%

• Number of Full Time Equivalent (FTE): 14

- FTE Paid employees 55%

- FTE Volunteers 37%

- FTE Interns 9%

• Total expenses: €903.256

• Programme costs of total expenses: 34%

• Audience capacity: 583

• Music activities per year: 107

• Performances per year: 200

• Visits per year: 26.640

• 78% paid visits, 22% free visits

• Total income: €893.563

• Ticket sales of total income: 25%

• Ticket sales per visit: € 8,49

• Food & beverage of total income: 17%

• Subsidy of total income: 41%

DIVERSITY OF CAPACITY

46% 37%

15%

Music venues audience capacity

SMALL 0-399

MEDIUM 400-999

BIG 1000 and more

• Average capacity is 583 • 66% is below average

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100

200

300

400

500

600

700

800

900

889 850

795

609 568

516 458 445

390

Average capacity per country

DIVERSITY OF ACTIVITIES

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

23%

53% 43% 45%

29% 18%

13% 10%

ACTIVITIES PER COUNTRY DIVERSITY PROFILE VENUES

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%

100%ASACC (Catalonia, Spain)

VNPF (Netherlands)

ACCES (Spain)

Dansk Live (Denmark)

NKA (Norway)

Club Plasma (Wallonia,Belgium)

Fedelima (France)

Clubcircuit (Flanders,Belgium)

Live music only function?

Social & Educational activities

Tools & space for musicians

Support for artists’ projects

MUSIC ACTIVITIES & PERFORMANCES

• TOTAL MUSIC ACTIVITIES (SURVEY POPULATION): 89.389 • TOTAL BANDS/ACTS PERFORMING: 189.895

84%

16%

MUSIC ACTIVITIES

paid entrance

free entrance

AUDIENCE VISITS

• TOTAL VISITS (SURVEY POPULATION): 22.642.417 • AVERAGE VISITS PER VENUE PER YEAR: 26.640

78%

10%

12%

TOTAL VISITS

paid visits

free visits at paidentrance activitities

free visits at freeentrance activities

TOTAL AUDIENCE VISITS PER VENUE PER YEAR

26.640

11.359

21.965

79.273

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10.000

20.000

30.000

40.000

50.000

60.000

70.000

80.000

90.000

ALL VENUES SMALL VENUES(0-399)

MEDIUM VENUE(400-999)

BIG VENUE(1000+)

EMPLOYMENT

PERSONS

• TOTAL PERSONS WORKING (SURVEY POPULATION): 68.000 • PAID PERSONS: 14.500 • VOLUNTEERS: 48.500

• INTERNS: 5.000

ALL VENUES

SMALL VENUES

MEDIUM VENUES

BIG VENUES

13%

11%

13%

15%

21%

16%

24%

24%

66%

73%

63%

61%

volunteers paid employees interns

EMPLOYMENT - FULL TIME JOBS (FTE) • TOTAL FTE (SURVEY POPULATION): 11.800

• PAID EMPLOYEES FTE: 6.200 • VOLUNTEERS FTE: 4.400

• INTERNS FTE: 1.000

ALL VENUES

SMALL VENUES

MEDIUMVENUES

BIG VENUES

13%

11%

13%

15%

21%

16%

24%

24%

66%

73%

63%

61%

volunteers paid employees interns

9%

7%

8%

11%

55%

46%

53%

66%

37%

47%

38%

23%

INCOME VENUE

• TOTAL INCOME survey population € 748 million • the bigger the venue the more income from ticket sales and food & beverage

• smaller venues often depending on subsidy

15% 19%

34%

46% 48%

33%

16% 14%

20%

24% 20% 13%

SMALL VENUES MEDIUM VENUES BIG VENUES

OTHER INCOME

FOOD &BEVERAGESUBSIDY

TICKET SALES

INCOME VENUES PER COUNTRY

• France and Belgium more small venues and more social, educational and artist projects • Spain and Germany almost all private venues

2%

3%

7%

27%

30%

33%

36%

37%

57%

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70%

ASACC (Catalonia, Spain)

ACCES (Spain)

LiveKomm (Germany)

PETZI (Switzerland)

VNPF (Netherlands)

Dansk Live (Denmark)

Clubcircuit (Flanders, Belgium)

Club Plasma (Wallonia, Belgium)

Fedelima (France)

SUBSIDY

TICKET SALES

FOOD & BEVERAGE

• LiveKomm (Germany) data from study: “Seufert, Wolfgang Prof. Dr.; Schlegel, Robert; Sattelberger, Felix (2015): Musikwirtschaft in Deutschland. Studie zur volkswirtschaftlichen Bedeutung von Musikunternehmen unter Berücksichtigung aller Teilsektoren und Ausstrahlungseffekte. Institut for Kommunikationswissenschaften Friedrich Schiller Universität, Jena.“

• Please note these are % of total income, which means the amount (of subsidies) in € can differ per Live DMA member, even with similar %.

EXPENSES VENUES PROGRAMME COSTS

• TOTAL EXPENSES survey population € 756 million • % programme costs not much difference per country

34%

66%

ALL VENUES

PROGRAMME COSTS

OTHER EXPENSES0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

ALL SMALL MEDIUM BIG

34% 28%

34% 35%

Programme costs venues capacity

PROGRAMME COSTS

OTHER EXPENSES

TICKET SALES PER VISIT

€ 4,55

€ 8,05

€ 10,12

€ -

€ 2,00

€ 4,00

€ 6,00

€ 8,00

€ 10,00

€ 12,00

SMALLVENUES (0-

399)

MEDIUMVENUES (400-

999)

BIG (1000+)

ALLSMALL

MEDIUMBIG

73%

53% 54%

94%

How much does ticket sales cover venues programme costs?

How much does ticket sales cover venues programme costs?

0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

120%

140%

37%

65% 78% 82% 87% 88% 96% 103%

121% 123%

* LiveKomm (Germany) data from study: “Seufert, Wolfgang Prof. Dr.; Schlegel, Robert; Sattelberger, Felix (2015): Musikwirtschaft in Deutschland. Studie zur volkswirtschaftlichen Bedeutung von Musikunternehmen unter Berücksichtigung aller Teilsektoren und Ausstrahlungseffekte. Institut for Kommunikationswissenschaften Friedrich Schiller Universität, Jena."

TOTALS LIVE DMA

Estimation total figures of 2080 venues in Live DMA network in 2016, based on data of 435 venues in 2014:

• Total music activities: 222.000

• Total artist performances: 396.000

• Total visits: 56.250.000

• Total people working: 169.000

of which paid employees: 36.000

of which volunteers: 120.500

• Total income: € 1.858.600.000

• Total expense: € 1.878.800.000