This weekend the UK’s biggest music festival won’t be happening in a field.
It’ll be happening on your local high street.
From 26th-28th June, more than 400 grassroots music venues will come together for Everywhere At Once, a nationwide celebration of live music led by Music Venue Trust and powered by The National Lottery. More than 2,000 artists – from household names to the next generation of emerging talent – will perform in intimate venues across the country, turning what would normally be Glastonbury weekend into something that feels a little closer to home.
And while the lineup is packed with names including Fatboy Slim, Becky Hill, Tinie Tempah, Rizzle Kicks, The Lathums, Lucy Spraggan, D Double E, P Money, Toddla T, Jodie Harsh, Brooke Combe and many more, the real headline isn’t who’s playing.
It’s where they’re playing.
At Fleckies, we’ve always believed the heartbeat of UK music isn’t found solely in arenas or headline festival slots. It’s found in independent venues, local promoters and communities willing to take a chance on new artists. The rooms where bands play to 50 people before they play to 5,000. The clubs where DJs learn to read a dancefloor. The spaces that quietly shape the future of British music every single week.
That’s exactly what Everywhere At Once is celebrating.
Delivered by Music Venue Trust alongside Save Our Scene and the Association of Independent Promoters, the initiative shines a light on the venues, promoters and local music communities that keep the grassroots ecosystem alive all year round. It’s all made possible through the support of The National Lottery, whose players have helped raise more than £1 billion for music projects across the UK. That investment has supported everything from grassroots venues and festivals to community music projects and artist development, making them one of the biggest backers of live music in the country.
The timing couldn’t be more important.
Despite the UK’s live music industry enjoying record revenues, the grassroots sector continues to face enormous challenges. More than half of grassroots music venues made no profit during 2025, while 30 venues closed their doors permanently. Meanwhile, 175 towns and cities across the UK no longer receive regular touring shows by professional artists.
That’s why initiatives like this matter.
They’re not simply about putting on another weekend of gigs. They’re about reminding people that incredible live music already exists on their doorstep, while encouraging audiences to support the venues, promoters and artists that make local scenes possible.
The weekend also gives gig-goers the chance to support organisations making a real difference across the music community, with optional donations at the point of purchase going to War Child, Nordoff and Robbins, Help Musicians and Teenage Cancer Trust. It’s another reminder that grassroots music is built on communities looking after one another, both on and off the stage.
Fatboy Slim, one of the artists taking part, summed it up perfectly. “Grassroots venues are where it all started for me and where music scenes really begin,” he said. “Without grassroots venues, independent promoters and local crowds taking a chance on something new, none of this exists.”
That sentiment feels especially relevant right now.
We’ve already seen Independent Venue Week bring communities together earlier this year, and initiatives like Everywhere At Once continue that momentum by proving what can happen when the grassroots scene pulls in the same direction.
Whether you head out to see a household name in a tiny room or discover your next favourite local artist by accident, that’s the beauty of weekends like this.
For Fleckies, that’s what grassroots music has always been about.
Supporting the venues that give artists their first shot. Backing the promoters willing to take risks. Turning up for local scenes before they’re fashionable.
Because the future headliners have to start somewhere.
And that somewhere is usually your local venue.
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