NZ’s small music venues are struggling – but there are ways to help them thrive

By Dave Carter, Associate Professor, School of Music and Screen Arts, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University
Catherine Hoad, Senior Lecturer in Critical Popular Music Studies, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University
Jesse Austin-Stewart, Lecturer, School of Music and Screen Arts, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University
Oli Wilson, Professor & Associate Dean Research, College of Creative Arts, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University

Small clubs are the incubators of new talent and vital to the music industry’s future. But bigger players are tilting the market and threatening their survival.

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