Own Our Venues

Aim

Your chance to invest and help secure the very buildings that host some of the UK's iconic and community-focussed Grassroots Music Venues.

Own Our Venues 

Since 2023, more than 2,500 passionate music fans have come together to prove that we can change the future of live music. Now, that ambition has become reality. Together we’ve secured 10 Grassroots Music Venues across the UK, through community ownership. 

We’re on a mission to permanently secure the future of grassroots music venues by changing how they’re owned. These iconic spaces, where artists get their start and where fans make unforgettable memories, shouldn't be at the mercy of property developers or short term commercial interests. 

We believe these vital venues should belong to all of us; the musicians who fill them with sound, the fans who bring them to life, and the communities who rely on them.

When we own our venues, we protect their future. We create stability, foster creativity, and ensure that the heart of live music culture beats strong for generations to come.

Invest in a future where our venues are safe, sustainable, and secure, forever.

Let’s Own Our Venues. Together.

Music Venue Properties (MVP) is a charitable Community Benefit Society established by Music Venue Trust with a bold vision: to take grassroots music venues out of risk and into permanent community ownership.

Whether you’re a dedicated music fan or an ethical investor, you can buy community shares in our Charitable Community Benefit Society from just £100 ( £50 for under 25s), with options up to £100,000 and receive a 4% APR on your investment.

We've already proven it works: ten incredible venues are now secured for the future. 

These venues are cultural landmarks, community hubs, and the places where legends are born. They’ve nurtured artists like Coldplay, Oasis, Arctic Monkeys, Green Day, Muse, CMat, Wolf Alice, Skindred, PJ Harvey and Elbow, and they continue to be essential platforms for new talent. Each of them has their own individual story and without our intervention, these vital cultural spaces would have been lost forever.

Now, with our current Community Share Offer, we’re building on this. With your support, we aim to secure more iconic venues, protecting our live music heritage and providing community hubs for future generations.

What We’ve Already Achieved

With your support, we have already:

• Raised almost £7 million
• Secured 10 venues: The Snug (Atherton), The Ferret (Preston), The Bunkhouse (Swansea), The Booking Hall (Dover), Le Pub (Newport), The Joiners (Southampton), The Croft (Bristol), Gut Level (Sheffield), Northern Guitars (Leeds) and The Pipeline (Brighton)
• Unlocked major capital investment to restore, improve and future-proof our venues.
• Launched the groundbreaking Cultural Lease to guarantee affordable rent and support for operators

But there is more to do

90% of UK grassroots venues are tenants. That means they are:

• Vulnerable to eviction and development
• Unable to plan long-term
• Prone to unsustainable rent increases

By scaling up our model and bringing more venues into permanent, community-based ownership, we can change that. Together, we can build a safer, more sustainable future for live music across the UK.

MVP is the solution: a landlord that cares. 

One that provides:

• Long-term leases
• Affordable rents
• Help to operators to strengthen their long-term resilience
• Property maintenance support
• A shared vision for environmental sustainability, diversity, and accessibility

Music Venue Properties is a landlord who is as passionate about live music as the operators we support and that is driven by you, our members.

A Fair Return for a Lasting Impact

being a member of Music Venue Properties has benefits as well: 

• Earn 4% APR on your investment, beginning after year two
• Become a member of Music Venue Properties and co-owner of our assets
• Help secure iconic grassroots venues across the country

When you subscribe to this share offer, you gain a voice in how our society is run and a stake in its future. It’s a powerful way to align your values with your investments. You will also benefit from monthly updates on our progress, access to launch events and a digital Share Certificate to show your support.

All the legal details, our rules, and supporting documents are available at musicvenueproperties.com and at the bottom of the share offer page.

Every investment is a statement: Music Matters

This is more than an investment. It’s your opportunity to preserve musical heritage, empower local communities and secure a sustainable future for grassroots live music

When you invest in Music Venue Properties, you’re doing more than supporting bricks and mortar, you’re taking a stand for the future of live music in the UK. Your investment makes this all happen and it also allows us to unlock additional grants and loans, multiplying its impact. We have already secured over £1 million in grants and support from UK Government and Arts Council England.

With your help, we can make sure these spaces continue to host the next generation of musical legends, long into the future.

Invest today. Own Our Venues.

Documents

To download a text-only version of our Community Share Offer document please click here  - please note that the share offer has been extended so the deadline in the original share offer document has changed other changes regarding venues have been highlighted in the text.

If you have any questions about the campaign please email: [email protected]

After you invest using Crowdfunder you will receive confirmation of your payment automatically and then one of the Music Venue Properties will be in touch with in the coming weeks. New members must be approved by the Board and this happens every two months so there may be a slight delay before you are confirmed as a member but if you have any issues please email [email protected]

Funding method

Keep what you raise – this project will receive all pledges made by 31st July 2026 at 11:59pm