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Pete Allen Newsletter February 2024
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Pete Allen Newsletter February 2024 Welcome to the Pete Allen Newsletter. Pete Allen’s gigs Special guests Thomas ‘Spats’ Langham and Trevor Whiting are appearing with the Pete Allen Band in Newbury and in Sidmouth. Sunday 4th February – The Bacon Arms, Oxford Street, Newbury, RG14 1JB. 2.30 pm to 5 pm. Admission is £17.50 at the…
Arts Council England’s funding decisions are based on the bounded rationality of the past
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On the 16th July 2017 the Observer reported that the Arts Council had rejected an application from the Music Venue Trust for support for venues. I am not surprised the Arts Council rejected the Music Venue Trust’s application, as the majority of the Arts Councils funding decisions are based on the bounded rationality of the…
Pete Allen Newsletter December 2023
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Pete Allen Newsletter December 2023 Welcome to November’s newsletter. If you know of anyone who would like to receive the newsletter please ask them to drop me line at allenpete886@gmail.com I will add them to the list. We are still working hard on the marketing of the gig at the Pizza Express on the 4th December 2023 – details below…
Arts Council England’s “Ambition for Excellence Fund” and a twenty five year vision
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In the Guardian on the 28th May 2015 “Arts Council boss promises more of a two way street”. The new CEO of the Arts Council Darren Henley was at the Parliamentary Jazz Awards at the House of Commons on the 10th March 2015 when I made an acceptance speech. I drew attention to the appallingly…
Congratulations to Oliver Dowden on the £1.5 billion rescue package for the arts and culture
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Congratulation to Oliver Dowden Secretary of State Culture, Media and Sport on listening and delivering a £1.5 billion rescue package for the arts. However there are caveats; where and how will the money be spent, who will deliver the money to beleaguered organisations, especially volunteer promoters and musicians? Will under-represented musics find a place in…
All-Party Parliamentary Group for the Night-Time Economy – Report On Impact Of Covid-19 On UK Nightlife
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All-Party Parliamentary Group for the Night-Time Economy Report On Impact Of Covid-19 On UK Nightlife Read the report Here 40 MPs tell Chancellor and PM, act now or see ‘extinction’ of UK Nightlife The All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for the Night Time Economy, a cross-party group of more than 40 MPs, has today published the…