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Emergency Scottish Government relief funds reach grassroots music venues in Edinburgh

16 Edinburgh venues have received over £932,000 through the Scottish Government’s Grassroots Music Venues Stabilisation Fund delivered by Creative Scotland. 

Bannermans, Henry’s Cellar Bar, LaBelle Angele, Leith Depot, Opium, Sandy Bell’s, Sneaky Pete’s, Stramash, Summerhall, The Banshee Labyrinth, The Bongo Club, The Caves, The Jazz Bar, The Mash House, The Voodoo Rooms and Whistle Binkies in Edinburgh are among 82 venues across Scotland which have received a total of £4million.  

Aimed at providing grassroots live music venues with emergency support to help address the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and prevent closure, the £4million fund closed for the second round of applications on Wednesday 3 February 2021. 

Culture Secretary Fiona Hyslop said:  “This is an incredibly difficult time for the live music sector and it is important that we support our grassroots music venues – which are key to our rich and diverse music scene – to survive until they can reopen. 

“This fund, part of our ongoing commitment to support cultural sectors during the pandemic, aims to do that by ensuring financial support reaches a wide variety of music venues across the country.  

“I thank the music sector for continuing to work with us to identify the most effective ways to help it.” 

Alan Morrison, Head of Music at Creative Scotland said: “We’ve now been without live music for much longer than anyone could have imagined. Covid-19 has hit the music industry hard, and we all look forward to the day when musicians and audiences can get back together – in the same place, at the same time – to ignite the special spark of live performance. 

“Grassroots venues are where talented musicians test and perfect their original material, where careers are borne and local scenes have their deepest roots. The first round of awards from this fund covered the length of Scotland, from Dumfries to Kirkwall.

“The second round broadens that support, reaching Arran and the East Neuk of Fife. These awards are proof of the confidence that the Scottish Government and Creative Scotland have in our music sector, its artists, its audiences, its technicians and, of course, its much-loved grassroots venues.” 

This is the second of two funding rounds. To date, over both funding rounds combined, 85 venues across Scotland have now received a total of £6.2million through the Fund. £2.2millon was awarded in the first round in September 2020. 

Rowan Campbell of Summerhall said: “Summerhall is immensely grateful for this award which will help to secure our staff, our ongoing costs while closed and our ability to reopen in the coming months.

“It is a welcome lifeline that recognises our place as an important venue in the live music landscape of Scotland.” 

Henry’s Cellar Bar owner/manager, Claire Grandemange said: “Thanks to the Creative Scotland’s Grassroots Music Venues Fund and all the help from the team of the Music Venue Trust, the uncertainty over our ability to carry on paying staff and other fixed costs has been removed, and we are confident about our future reopening as a music venue once restrictions are lifted.” 

Recipients of the £4m Grassroots Music Venues Stabilisation Fund are:  

Venue Name Awarded Amount Local Authority 
1703 Dunfermline £35,000 Fife 
1807 £35,000 West Lothian 
1912 £35,000 West Lothian 
Aros Centre £28,000 Highland 
Audio £32,000 Glasgow City 
Backstage Kinross £40,000 Perth and Kinross 
Bannermans £66,200 City of Edinburgh 
The Banshee Labyrinth £50,000 City of Edinburgh 
Beat Generator Live! £51,608 Dundee City 
Berkeley Suite £57,060 Glasgow City 
BLOC+ £66,200 Glasgow City 
The Blue Arrow Jazz Club £66,200 Glasgow City 
The Blue Lamp £9,554 Aberdeen City 
The Bongo Club £50,000 City of Edinburgh 
Box £66,200 Glasgow City 
Bridge Street Social Club  £50,000 Aberdeen City 
Broadcast £66,200 Glasgow City 
The Bungalow £38,000 Renfrewshire 
Café Drummonds £60,000 Aberdeen City 
Callums Cavern CC’S  £19,298 Renfrewshire 
The Caves £66,200 City of Edinburgh 
The Church £66,200 Dundee City 
The Clutha Bar £45,000 Glasgow City 
Conroy’s £23,422 Dundee City 
Cottiers Theatre £30,000 Glasgow City 
The Douglas Arms £20,000 Dumfries and Galloway 
Dreadnoughtrock £45,490 West Lothian 
Flying Duck £60,000 Glasgow City 
Futtle £22,000 Fife 
The Gellions £50,000 Highland 
The Glad Cafe C.I.C £66,200 Glasgow City 
Harleys £66,200 South Ayrshire 
Henry’s Cellar Bar £66,200 City of Edinburgh 
Hootenanny £66,200 Highland 
The Howlin Wolf £66,200 Glasgow City 
The Hug and Pint £66,200 Glasgow City 
The Hunter S Thompson £21,000 Dundee City 
Ivory Blacks £40,601 Glasgow City 
The Jazz Bar £66,200 City of Edinburgh 
King Tuts Wah Wah Hut £66,200 Glasgow City 
King’s £66,200 Dundee City 
The Kings Theatre Kirkcaldy Limited £30,000 Fife 
Krakatoa £59,500 Aberdeen City 
LaBelle Angele £66,200  City of Edinburgh  
La Cheetah Club £66,200 Glasgow City 
Leith Depot £27,981 City of Edinburgh 
Marmions  £35,000 Scottish Borders 
The Mash House £66,200  City of Edinburgh  
McChuills £63,800 Glasgow City 
McGeochs £43,500 Inverclyde 
Midnight Breakfast Club £3,749 West Lothian 
Mono £60,000 Glasgow City 
Muckys Bar &  £28,774 Perth and Kinross 
Nice N Sleazy £66,200 Glasgow City 
Opium £66,200  City of Edinburgh  
Nicos bar  £40,000 Glasgow City 
The Old Hairdressers £55,000 Glasgow City 
The Pierhead Tavern £30,000 North Ayrshire 
PJ Malloys £52,732 Fife 
The Poetry Club £30,000 Glasgow City 
Priory Bar £45,000 Glasgow City 
Purple Orange £28,524 West Lothian 
Room 2 £59,049 Glasgow City 
The Rum Shack £19,251 Glasgow City 
Saint Luke’s & The Winged Ox £66,200 Glasgow City 
Sandy Bell’s £10,000 City of Edinburgh 
Sneaky Pete’s £66,200 City of Edinburgh 
The Sound Archive £34,911 Orkney Islands 
Stramash £66,200  City of Edinburgh  
Stereo £66,200 Glasgow City 
The Sub-Club £66,200 Glasgow City 
Summerhall £66,200 City of Edinburgh 
Swing £50,000 East Dunbartonshire 
Temple £64,200 Falkirk 
The Tooth and Claw £59,996 Highland 
Tunnels £50,000 Aberdeen City 
The Twa Tams £66,200 Perth and Kinross 
Unit 51 £50,000 Aberdeen City 
The View £20,000 Argyll and Bute 
The Voodoo Rooms £66,200 City of Edinburgh 
Whistle Binkies £66,200  City of Edinburgh  
Woodside hotel £15,000 Fife 
Total 
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