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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.
In 2026-27, all pubs and live music venues will benefit from a 15% business rates relief on top of the support announced at Budget 2025. Their bills will then be frozen in real terms for a further two years.
Gig-goers have been urged to be wary of scams when purchasing last-minute tickets on social media after £1.6 million was lost to ticket fraud in 2024.
Music and sport fans will no longer be ripped off on the ticket resale market thanks to new measures making it illegal to resell tickets for live events above original cost
This guidance is to support local authorities in administering the pubs and live music venues business rates relief.
This notice is aimed at individuals and groups who may wish to perform copyright-protected musical works live.
Business rates information letters are issued by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government at regular intervals throughout the year.
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