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Thursday means we’re past the halfway mark, and a number of amazing shows are already behind us, but if you’re yet to make it to a show this week, there’s still time.

See Spring King, Baby Strange and Sorry in Wednesday’s IVW18 gallery. We’re at the halfway point of IVW18, and venues up and down the country got pretty tasty – we saw sets from Baby Strange, Spring King, Jesuits, Sorry and many more. This is Wednesday’s Gig Gallery.

It’s Wednesday. Meaning everything is fully in gear, and Independent Venue Week is firmly on the road. Here’s the list of gigs happening this evening.

Our photographers caught a glimpse of what happened on the second day of IVW18 Another great day of live music on Tuesday 30th Jan, with stellar performances from artists such as Spring King, Avalanche Party and Chiedu. In this gallery, we feature Sneaky Pete’s in Edinburgh, The Cookie in Leicester, Boileroom in Guildford, The Windmill…

Welcome to the second day of Independent Venue Week. Every day we’ll be posting a comprehensive guide to what’s happening in the venues across the UK.

Here’s a round-up of how this year’s independent venues kicked off IVW18 in style. Seems venues were in fine form to kick off IVW18 on Monday night, with great listings up and down the country. See our highlights from Jimmy’s in Manchester, Moles Club in Bath, Bush Hall in Shepherd’s Bush and The Windmill in Brixton.

At the tail end of last year, we kicked off the project at 100 Club in London. During the launch, we spoke to some of the people making everything happen about just why independent venues matter.

Welcome to the first day of Independent Venue Week 2018. Every day we’ll be running you through a gig guide for what there is out there to enjoy for that day of the week.  

Help Musicians UK will be joining us across the UK with a selection of shows this year. We round up where they’ll be over the week. 

We’re over the moon to announce renowned Bristol gig-goer Big Jeff Johns as our fifth and final ambassador for Independent Venue Week.

We’re thrilled to have Big Jeff Johns on board. Here he talks a little about his early experiences with music, finding ways of working with his autism, and how Bristol’s independent venues saved him.

This year, we’ve partnered with the brewers at Signature Brew, who make craft beer inspired by music. They decided they’d like to take us on an audio-visual-taste sensation of a journey through some of their craft beers, pairing them up with some of their favourite classic albums.