Kevin Buckle: Our biggest acts are grown by small venues
Of course, for a venue of that size these are the sort of artists that are needed to make such an event viable.
At the same time, it was announced Leith Theatre was to be given £1 million by Edinburgh council towards its plans to reopen.
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Hide AdAgain much as this is needed, it will cater for the bigger more established artists if not quite as popular as those that will be appearing in Princes Street Gardens.
With lots of talk recently about grassroots venues and problems with noise, it is often forgotten that they face more challenges than just noise complaints.
While one big hand-out is easy, helping lots of small venues, that aren’t council-owned, with a variety of issues, isn’t easy at all and yet without these venues the bigger bands will not come through.
Quite what the answer is I’m not sure, but recognising that these venues do need help would be a start.