Inside Leeds underground: The grassroot venues keeping music alive in 2026
Look beyond the big stages and you'll see the small Leeds venues that shape the music scene. A £6 gig is great, but what about the reality of grassroot venues struggling to survive?
Grassroot venues are where music starts, writes Music News Blitz’s Maisie Sharp-Fehr.
Grassroots music venues are disappearing - Here’s what fans can do
Grassroots venues are where most of our favourite artists started out - ‘Radiohead’, ‘Oasis’ and ‘Ed Sheeran’ - the list goes on. But these venues are struggling, so what can we do to keep them alive?
Music News Blitz’s writer Megan Rogers-Jones explains.