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
0 500 1000 1500 2000 2500
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
0
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
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