Support for grassroots music clubs

GRANTS AVAILABLE FROM £245K FUND TO EASE PRESSURE ON STRUGGLING VENUES

- By MIRANDA PELL

MANCHESTER City Council is appealing for music venues across the city to apply for a grant.

The council's £245,000 discretionary fund aims to support the city's Grassroots Music Venues, and is now open for applications - with payments due to reach successful venues by the end of January 2026.

It comes after reductions to the Retail, Hospitality and Leisure Business Rates Relief Scheme, and is designed to ease the financial pressure caused by Manchester's grassroots music venues transitioning to the new business rates tariffs.

The move is a response to one of the key recommendations within the forthcoming Music in the City report, commissioned by Manchester Music City.