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Project idea: Independent + grassroots music venues within Nottingham

Question: Are Nottingham's music venues under threat?

People I have contacted

People who I have contacted and who have responded

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Potential interviewees

Venues:

• The Grove (info@thegrovenotts.co.uk)

Rescue Rooms inquiry form

• Rescue Rooms (General manager- Jack Yule, info@rescuerooms.com, could also make enquiry on website)

• Metronome (hello@metronome.uk.com)

• Saltbox (https://saltboxbar.co.uk/contact-us/)

• The Chameleon Arts Cafe (permanently closed, but owners now have another music venue called Gorillas in the Mist at the Mist Rolling Inn)- can't find any way to contact at the moment

• The Bodega (https://www.bodeganottingham.com/contact/)

Local artists:

• ALT BLK ERA (management- music@altblkera.com, booking agent- charly@solo.uk.com)

  
  

• Archy + The Astronauts (https://archyandtheastronauts.bandcamp.com/, contact form available on there, andtheastronauts@gmail.com)

  
  

• Saffron Gray (sgmgmtteam@gmail.com)

  
  

• Lyvia (lyviamusic20@gmail.com)

  
  

• Ellie Fairbairn (session bassist- from and partly based in Nottingham)- attends LIPA

  Liverpool (egfairbairn@gmail.com, can also DM on Instagram)

• Jimi Strange (@jimistrangemusic on Instagram)

Organisations:

https://hockleyhustle.co.uk/meet-the-team/- Director (Tommy Farmyard, contact email- hello@hockleyhustle.co.uk)

nusic.org.uk

https://www.wearecreative.uk/the-creative-quarter-nottinghams-coolest-community/

https://www.dhpfamily.com/

https://www.dhpfamily.com/contact/

Location of DHP Family head office

• 400 strong staff company

• https://www.dhpfamily.com/about/

  
  

  Key people I could contact:

• George Akins- Managing director

• Bart Easter- Venues managing director

• Anton Lockwood- Director of live

• Michele Somers- Director of risk & culture

• Anwyn Williams- Head of marketing

• Sean Akins- Director

• Patrick Somers- Head of promotions

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Emails written to and responses from potential interviewees

Venues:

The Grove:

I have decided to contact Cameron from The Grove due to a couple of reasons. First of all, from the previous project that I completed on this course, I had gotten in contact with him for an interview then, but got a response too late. He did say he was available if I needed him for another project, which was convenient for this. For my next reason, for what I chose for my project, he was the perfect interviewee. I needed someone who had experience within an independent venue, and as the owner and director of one, he would have a lot of knowledge on my subject, making him not just a witness to the issues facing independent venues, but also a bit of an expert too.

Local artists:

Organisations:

Hockley Hustle:

I decided to get in contact with Hockley Hustle due their knowledge of independent/grassroots venues in Nottingham, as they have operated in them for around 20 years. This means that they have an extensive knowledge of how they have changed over the years, and if I can get an interview, hopefully provide insightful information. They are also based in over 50 venues in Nottingham for the festival, venues of all different sizes and ways of running the venues, which may show threats and opportunities that they face.

Christine Katerere of Hockley Hustle:

I didn't end up getting a response from Hockley Hustle, but I had a bit of luck. Someone who had been working with Hockley Hustle since 2017 and was still doing so, had started working at the college.