•international concert tour manager and audio engineer Andy Reynolds (2008) classifies music venues into ten types
•Simon Frith (2008) has conceptualised that venues can be categorised ideologically, as follows:-
1) Music determined (music is the purpose of the build/rebuild)
Concert halls, music halls, dance halls, music venues (e.g. Academy/O2), clubs
2) Music related, leisure determined, commercial
•Pubs, bars, hotels, coffee bars, coffee houses, restaurants, brothels, strip clubs, casinos, cinemas, theatres, radio and TV studios, holiday camps, caravan sites, boats (cruises), trains, clubs of various sorts
3) Music related, leisure determined, non-commercial
•Civic halls, assembly rooms, spa centres, church halls, churches, village halls, community centres, youth clubs, schools, universities, colleges, arts schools, art centres, art galleries, museums, libraries, bandstands, parks, exhibition centres, convention centres
4) Useable spaces not designed or usually used for music
•Fields (for festivals), barns, military bases, prisons, hospitals, retirement homes, homes, the streets, shops and shopping malls, sports grounds, stadia
Concert halls, music halls, dance halls, music venues (e.g. Academy/O2), clubs
2) Music related, leisure determined, commercial
•Pubs, bars, hotels, coffee bars, coffee houses, restaurants, brothels, strip clubs, casinos, cinemas, theatres, radio and TV studios, holiday camps, caravan sites, boats (cruises), trains, clubs of various sorts
3) Music related, leisure determined, non-commercial
•Civic halls, assembly rooms, spa centres, church halls, churches, village halls, community centres, youth clubs, schools, universities, colleges, arts schools, art centres, art galleries, museums, libraries, bandstands, parks, exhibition centres, convention centres
4) Useable spaces not designed or usually used for music
•Fields (for festivals), barns, military bases, prisons, hospitals, retirement homes, homes, the streets, shops and shopping malls, sports grounds, stadia