FACTS & FIGURES music venues in Europe Presentation July 2016 - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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 52% response ALL LIVE DMA VENUES 2016 2080 ALL LIVE DMA VENUES 2015 1229 Last years survey: PARTICIPANTS SURVEY 2014 837 • 301 venues data RESPONSE SURVEY 2014 435 • 49% response 0 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 Who participated in the survey (data 2014)? • ACCES (Spain, excl. Catalonia) • Fedelima (France) • Norske Konsertarrangører (Norway) • ASACC (Catalonia, Spain) • Club Plasma (Wallonia, Belgium) • Dansk Live (Denmark) • Clubcircuit (Flanders, Belgium) • VNPF (Netherlands) • PETZI (Switzerland)

Average music venue • • Number of persons working: 81 Audience capacity: 583 • - Paid employees 21% Music activities per year: 107 • - Volunteers 66% Performances per year: 200 • - Interns 13% Visits per year: 26.640 • • Number of Full Time Equivalent (FTE): 14 78% paid visits, 22% free visits - FTE Paid employees 55% - FTE Volunteers 37% - FTE Interns 9% • • Total expenses: € 903.256 Total income: € 893.563 • • Programme costs of total expenses: 34% 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 • Average capacity is 583 • 66% is below average Average capacity per country 889 850 900 795 Music venues 800 609 700 audience capacity 568 516 600 458 445 500 390 400 300 15% 200 46% 100 37% 0 SMALL 0-399 MEDIUM 400-999 BIG 1000 and more

DIVERSITY OF ACTIVITIES 53% 60% 45% 43% 50% 29% 40% 23% 18% 30% 13% 10% 20% 10% 0%

ACTIVITIES PER COUNTRY DIVERSITY PROFILE VENUES ASACC (Catalonia, Spain) 100% 90% 80% Clubcircuit (Flanders, VNPF (Netherlands) 70% Belgium) 60% 50% Live music only function? 40% 30% 20% Social & Educational activities 10% Fedelima (France) 0% ACCES (Spain) Tools & space for musicians Support for artists’ projects Club Plasma (Wallonia, Dansk Live (Denmark) Belgium) NKA (Norway)

MUSIC ACTIVITIES & PERFORMANCES • TOTAL MUSIC ACTIVITIES (SURVEY POPULATION): 89.389 • TOTAL BANDS/ACTS PERFORMING: 189.895 MUSIC ACTIVITIES 16% paid entrance free entrance 84%

AUDIENCE VISITS • TOTAL VISITS (SURVEY POPULATION): 22.642.417 • AVERAGE VISITS PER VENUE PER YEAR: 26.640 TOTAL VISITS paid visits 12% 10% free visits at paid entrance activitities 78% free visits at free entrance activities

TOTAL AUDIENCE VISITS PER VENUE PER YEAR 90.000 79.273 80.000 70.000 60.000 50.000 40.000 26.640 30.000 21.965 20.000 11.359 10.000 - ALL VENUES SMALL VENUES MEDIUM VENUE BIG VENUE (0-399) (400-999) (1000+)

EMPLOYMENT PERSONS • TOTAL PERSONS WORKING (SURVEY POPULATION): 68.000 • PAID PERSONS: 14.500 • VOLUNTEERS: 48.500 • INTERNS: 5.000 61% 24% BIG VENUES 15% 63% 24% MEDIUM VENUES 13% 73% 16% SMALL VENUES 11% 66% 21% ALL VENUES 13% 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 23% 61% 66% 24% BIG VENUES 11% 15% 38% 63% MEDIUM 53% 24% VENUES 8% 13% 73% 47% 16% 46% SMALL VENUES 11% 7% 66% 37% 21% ALL VENUES 55% 13% 9% volunteers paid employees interns

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 13% 20% 24% 20% 14% OTHER INCOME 16% FOOD & 33% BEVERAGE SUBSIDY 48% 46% TICKET SALES 34% 19% 15% SMALL VENUES MEDIUM VENUES BIG VENUES

INCOME VENUES PER COUNTRY • France and Belgium more small venues and more social, educational and artist projects • Spain and Germany almost all private venues 57% Fedelima (France) 37% Club Plasma (Wallonia, Belgium) 36% Clubcircuit (Flanders, Belgium) SUBSIDY 33% Dansk Live (Denmark) 30% TICKET SALES VNPF (Netherlands) 27% PETZI (Switzerland) FOOD & BEVERAGE 7% LiveKomm (Germany) 3% ACCES (Spain) 2% ASACC (Catalonia, Spain) 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% • 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 ALL VENUES Programme costs venues capacity 80% 70% 34% 60% 50% 66% PROGRAMME COSTS 35% 34% 40% 34% OTHER EXPENSES 28% 30% 20% PROGRAMME COSTS 10% OTHER EXPENSES 0% ALL SMALL MEDIUM BIG

How much does ticket sales cover venues programme costs? 73% 94% 53% 54% ALL SMALL MEDIUM BIG TICKET SALES PER VISIT € 12,00 € 10,00 € 10,12 € 8,00 € 8,05 € 6,00 € 4,00 € 4,55 € 2,00 € - SMALL MEDIUM BIG (1000+) VENUES (0- VENUES (400- 399) 999)

How much does ticket sales cover venues programme costs? 140% 120% 121% 123% 100% 103% 78% 82% 87% 96% 88% 80% 65% 60% 37% 40% 20% 0% * 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