English Teacher named as ambassadors for Independent Venue Week 2024

nme.com:

English Teacher have been announced as the ambassadors for next year’s Independent Venue Week.The next edition of the popular celebration of grassroots music venues returns on January 29, 2024, with the aim of encouraging fans to start the new year by visiting their local venue for a gig.

Venues up and down the country come together with artists, promoters, agents, record labels and media to put on special live events across the UK to highlight and celebrate the work they do.Altogether, 205 venues in the UK have signed up to participate this year and the artists confirmed to perform that week include The Zutons, CVC, Steve Mason, Hinds, Peaness, Skinny Living and TVAM.

More names are set to be added closer to the event.In addition, English Teacher are also set to perform at Hull’s Polar Bear Music Club on February 1 as part of a tour across the week.

Tickets will go on sale from the official Independent Venue Week website on Monday (November 20) – you can buy yours here.“We’re delighted to be the Ambassadors for next year’s Independent Venue Week,” said English Teacher frontwoman Lily Fontaine in a press release. “Over the years that we’ve developed as a band, we’ve always tried to be vocal about our relationship with the local venues, organisations and scenes that have supported us in our careers and practice, and that continues next year with our tour of some of the most vital grassroots music halls in the country.”Meanwhile, Independent Venue Week founder Sybil Bell added: ““We’re so excited to have English Teacher as our IVW24 Ambassadors.