Jukely announced as Headline Sponsors for Venues Day 2015

Music Venue Trust, the UK registered charity which acts to protect, secure and improve Grassroots Music Venues, announces concert and gig subscription App Jukely as the Headline Sponsor for its Venues Day 2015 event at Ministry of Sound on Tuesday 20 October, in Elephant & Castle, London.

Newly-launched in the UK, having transformed and revitalised the live music experience in its native US, Jukely aims to galvanise a new generation of music-lovers into attending more gigs than ever before.

Venues Day 2015 is a unique event that focuses exclusively on grassroots music venues and their associated industries and services. Earlier this year the Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, announced the creation of the capital’s first Music Venues Taskforce, chaired by Music Venue Trust, which was set up to protect and secure its vital network of live music venues. Venues Day 2015 will provide an opportunity to discuss the findings and recommendations of the Taskforce with industry partners from across the country in order to help support live music venues.

The last few years have seen a number of high profile venues closing and there are fears that it could have a longer term impact on a sector that, as well as giving pleasure to millions of people, is worth around £1.6 billion to the UK’s annual economy.

Bora Celik, Founder of Jukely, says:

“We are delighted to support Venues Day 2015, now a key event in the live music industry calendar. Everything we do as a company is geared towards getting people out to see live music shows and experience unforgettable nights together, so we want to do all we can to help preserve music venues – the beating hearts of our live music communities. Furthermore, this partnership will allow Jukely’s technology to be a force for good within the live music scene – enabling people to come together and protect the venues they love.”

Mark Davyd, Founder & CEO of Music Venue Trust says:

“The key themes of Venues Day this year are to get core costs down for our grassroots music venues whilst looking at exciting new business models and initiatives that can get audiences up. Alongside the chance this gives to agencies like DCMS, UK Music, BPI, ticketing agencies and insurance companies to get behind the sector, we’re delighted that Venues Day is attracting partners like Jukely. Bora and his team are bringing something new and exciting to the sector that can have a genuine impact on the number of people in the room, and these are the sort of ideas that will help to create a better future for music venues, audiences and artists. This support from Jukely means we will be able to offer subsidised delegate places and travel to grassroots music venue owners and promoters across the country who would otherwise be unable to attend, ensuring that the whole sector can be part of this important national event”.


About Venues Day 2015

Venues Day 2015 has three key aims
1. To provide a highly effective marketplace for the best service and industry offers to engage with small and medium scale music venues;

2. To provide a dedicated forum for the sharing of best practice, innovation and leadership, and;

3. To formalise a nationwide network of subscribed grassroots music venues that speak with clarity about their work.

In addition to facilitating exchange and learning, Venues Day 2015 provides a platform for agencies, management, record labels and artists to directly engage with grassroots music venues and present Q&As, networking opportunities, and new models of working.


About Jukely

Jukely was founded in 2013 by Bora Celik, a Turkish-born, New York-based engineer and concert promoter. Celik has an intimate knowledge of the live music industry, having previously put together close to 100 shows for leading, international artists, including top acts such as Tiesto and Kaskade.

Backed by key investors behind Spotify and Soundcloud, the Jukely Unlimited service allows subscribers to attend a concert each day in their immediate area (or further afield) for a flat monthly fee of £25. Concerts available to subscribers cover an eclectic range of musical genres: from top-tier DJs and international dance music stars to emerging indie, blues, folk, punk-rock bands, and other local talents.

The average Jukely subscriber attends 2-3 concerts a month, with up to 70% of its members attending shows by artists previously unknown to them. In terms of partnerships, over 450 promoters and 500 venues across North America and the UK currently participate with the platform.

Jukely’s concert subscription service has quickly taken root in 15 key cities across North America – including New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, Miami, and Toronto – and the company’s new London base will act as a springboard for further expansion into continental Europe in the near future, with major cities such as Amsterdam, Paris and Berlin already earmarked.


About Music Venue Trust

Music Venue Trust is a UK registered charity which acts to protect, secure and improve Grassroots Music Venues. We have a long term plan to protect that live music network which includes, where necessary, taking into charitable ownership freehold properties so they can be removed from commercial pressures and leased back to passionate music professionals to continue their operation.

For more information about Music Venue Trust please contact either Beverley Whitrick beverley@musicvenuetrust.com or Mark Davyd mark@musicvenuetrust.com.