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You usually need a licence from PPL PRS to play live or recorded music in public - includes playing background music at your business, and staging live music or theatre productions.
Information on whether you need approval to put on certain types of regulated entertainment.
This notice is aimed at individuals and groups who may wish to perform copyright-protected musical works live.
Summary of the government's ongoing programme of work addressing key issues identified by the DCMS Select Committee’s Inquiry into the Economics of Music Streaming, including an indicative timeline for upcoming milestones.
Music industry voluntary code that is a commitment to standards of good practice in relation to music streaming.
Scheme rules for the Live Events Reinsurance Scheme have been published by DCMS.
Two expert working groups have been established to develop, support and champion practical measures to facilitate delivery of the core data set outlined in the metadata agreement.
Financial help with sending your child to a specialist school for young musicians and dancers
The music industry has agreed a Code of Good Practice on Transparency in Music Streaming.
This release provides analysis from Taking Part, focusing on live music attendance and disability.
The UK music industry has agreed to improve music streaming metadata
Sets out our vision for music education and how this can be achieved through partnerships with schools, music hubs, the music and creative sector, and others.
Travel tips and advice if you're going to a European music festival.
If you work in the music industry and handle metadata, we want to hear from you by 30 November 2023.
Today (Friday 15 March), pupils from schools from Hertfordshire and Lancashire had the unique experience of stepping inside 10 Downing Street to participate in a range of workshops as part of Red Nose Day 2024, in collaboration with Comic Relief.
Guidance for schools to help teach music at key stages 1, 2 and 3 and progress pupils through the national curriculum.
The government is today launching a new music education monitoring board with a wide range of expertise.
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