Independent Venue Week presents Gwenno with support from Pat Morgan & Dean Lligwy

Name: Independent Venue Week presents Gwenno with support from Pat Morgan & Dean Lligwy
Start: 2025-01-29T19:00:00+00:00
Location: Acapela Studio

Schedule

Wed, 29 Jan, 2025 at 07:00 pm

UTC+00:00

Location

Acapela Studio | Saint Peter Port, GG

Acapela Studios is delighted to be hosting a very special show for Independent Venue Week with their Welsh Ambassador, Gwenno.
In what promises to be a beautiful evening, Gwenno will be performing a stripped back, intimate piano show to celebrate Independent Venue Week. She said “I’m delighted to be this year’s IVW Welsh ambassador, having spent so much of my musical life playing and going to gigs at grass roots venues across Wales and beyond for the past 25+ years. I’m so looking forward to performing at the beautiful Acapela in Pentyrch, a venue that I’ve heard so much about and have always wanted to play. I’ll be playing a stripped-back solo piano set of old and new material with a few surprises here and there, make sure to get down early for the wonderfully elusive ambient solo traveller Dean Lligwy, as well as Welsh music icon Pat Morgan of the band Datblygu for a special solo set.
Independent Venue Week (IVW) is the UK’s annual 7-day celebration of independent music & arts venues and the people that own, run and work in them.
A national project with a local feel, since its inception in 2013 and first iteration in 2014, IVW has empowered local music communities, with thousands of artists playing thousands of shows in villages, towns & cities all around the UK and the US.
We bring independent venues directly together with artists, promoters, agents, record labels and media to create a unique series of special live events across the U.K.. Alongside valued long term partners including Arts Council England as well as BBC 6 Music as official broadcast partner, IVW is also championed by a different Ambassador every year, which have included Colin Greenwood (Radiohead), Arlo Parks, Anna Calvi, Adrian Utley (Portishead), Nadine Shah, Wolf Alice, Wet Leg and many more.
The celebration encourages artists, audiences and the wider music business to recognise the vital role these independently-owned venues play in the industry and local community across England, Scotland, Wales and N. Ireland. From giving artists their first experience of performing live, fans somewhere to discover and watch their favourite artists locally, they also provide those wanting a career off-stage the chance to learn their craft in a safe and secure environment.
IVW highlights why venues are so much more than just places for live music – they are cultural hubs for learning, creativity, arts and culture more widely, connecting people in their local community of all ages, backgrounds, abilities, genders, ethnicities, skills, experiences and walks of life. These venues, all local businesses, are the backbone of the live music scene and Independent Venue Week recognises all that they have done to create some of the most memorable nights of the past so they can continue to do the same in the future.
You can download and read our 10 Year Impact Report HERE, outlining the growth and evolution of IVW – from partnering with 17 venues in 2014 and surviving the pandemic, to building a globally-recognised community that has now hosted almost 5,000 individual shows and helped sell more than a million tickets, opening new opportunities for artists, audiences and backstage workers. The report also explores the creation and growth of Independent Venue Community (IVC), an initiative supporting their network of independent venues to innovate by exploring the day-time use of their spaces.
This show is kindly supported by Welsh Government via Creative Wales.