Gwenno and rEDOLENT announced as Independent Venue Week 2025 ambassadors

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Gwenno and rEDOLENT have been announced as ambassadors for the 2025 edition of Independent Venue Week.The seven-day celebration of independent music and arts venues is returning, running from January 27 to February 2, with hundreds of live shows to take place across the UK.Singer-songwriter and Mercury Prize nominee Gwenno has been named as the ambassador for Wales, and will play a special solo show at Cardiff’s Acapela Studio on January 29.Edinburgh band rEDOLENT, meanwhile, who recently picked up the Scottish Album of the Year for their debut album ‘Dinny Greet’, will be the ambassadors for Scotland, will also play an exclusive show during the week’s festivities.Independent venues have until Friday (December 6) to sign up to participate in Independent Venue Week, while fans can explore what shows will be happening near them here.We're so happy to reveal Gwenno and rEDOLENT as our Artist Ambassadors for Wales and Scotland ⭐️They are joining our overall Artist Ambassador, YolanDa Brown OBE DL.

Read the full story here: https://t.co/ilZHzi6UP5 Supported by Welsh Government via Creative Wales pic.twitter.com/V69r8f55sK— Independent Venue Week (@IVW_UK) December 2, 2024Gwenno and rEDOLENT join overall artist ambassador YolanDa Brown for the 2025 event.Speaking about her involvement, Gwenno has 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 independent 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.