Before IMVA there was a pandemic... and then there was Save Our Venues

The initial mission of Save Our Venues was to instigate an urgent, grassroots series of campaigns to help raise money for our country’s smaller live music venues which were under threat of closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Read our research report to Auckland Council

In April '24 Auckland Council commissioned a report from Save Our Venues to help understand what risks independent music venues were currently facing, and hear recommendations on ways to better protect and support them.