{"id":24847,"date":"2023-01-30T09:28:58","date_gmt":"2023-01-30T09:28:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fusefornews.com\/2023\/01\/30\/independent-venue-week-i-think-theres-nothing-better-than-small-venues\/"},"modified":"2023-01-30T09:28:58","modified_gmt":"2023-01-30T09:28:58","slug":"independent-venue-week-i-think-theres-nothing-better-than-small-venues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fusefornews.com\/?p=24847","title":{"rendered":"Independent Venue Week: &#8216;I think there&#8217;s nothing better than small venues&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">Gig-goers have been sharing their views on the price of concerts and what small venues mean to them, as Independent Venue Week begins across the UK.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">The event is taking place in more than 300 venues and is a &#8220;celebration of independent music and arts venues and the people that own, run and work in them&#8221;, according to organisers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">At a packed gig at the Craufurd Arms in Milton Keynes, punters spoke of the affordable cost of smaller venues compared to larger ones and the intimate feel they provide.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\"><i class=\"ssrcss-xbdn93-ItalicText e5tfeyi2\">Find BBC News: East of England on <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bbcnewseast\/\" class=\"ssrcss-k17ofw-InlineLink e1no5rhv0\">Facebook<\/a><i class=\"ssrcss-xbdn93-ItalicText e5tfeyi2\">, <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/bbceastofengland\/\" class=\"ssrcss-k17ofw-InlineLink e1no5rhv0\">Instagram<\/a><i class=\"ssrcss-xbdn93-ItalicText e5tfeyi2\"> and <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bbclookeast\" class=\"ssrcss-k17ofw-InlineLink e1no5rhv0\">Twitter<\/a><i class=\"ssrcss-xbdn93-ItalicText e5tfeyi2\">. If you have a story suggestion email <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/mailto:eastofenglandnews@bbc.co.uk\" class=\"ssrcss-k17ofw-InlineLink e1no5rhv0\">eastofenglandnews@bbc.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-64433286?at_medium=RSS&#038;at_campaign=KARANGA\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Gig-goers have been sharing their views on the price of concerts and what small venues mean to them, as Independent Venue Week begins across the UK. The event is &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":24848,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[14],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fusefornews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24847"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fusefornews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fusefornews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fusefornews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fusefornews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=24847"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/fusefornews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24847\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fusefornews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/24848"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fusefornews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24847"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fusefornews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24847"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fusefornews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24847"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}