Mission
To give independent venues, artists and their communities the shared tools to grow their own local audience — so more people come back, more of the money stays local, and the proof of both belongs to the people who made it.
Your venue.Your audience.Your network.
Wundr helps independent venues build and keep their own local audience: the artists who play there, the people who come, and the money that stays. Founded by places. Run by people. Yours to keep.
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Hey, just an intro
Wundr is a local cultural network,
founded by venues.
A Collective is a few venues, the artists who play them and the people who turn up — one town, one scene, run by the people in it. What's on, tickets, support and the relationships behind them all live in one place. Yours.
- Discover
- what's on near you, from people you trust
- Support
- venues and artists directly, and see where every pound goes
- Take part
- turn up, join in, help make it happen
- Stay connected
- to the people and places, not to a feed
Community creates culture, and culture creates community.We build what sits between them.
Vision
Every town with a room and a scene running its own Collective, linked to the others, owned by no one but the people in them. Local first. Not local only.
What we're testing
Our bet is simple: when people find and support culture close to home, they come back, bring others, and become part of it. We're testing that in one town, with real venues, and we'll publish what we find either way.
How we hold it
Free to use. Owned by no one but the people in it. Held for the sector by a not-for-profit, so it can't be bought, sold or turned into a fee later.
Built for the people who make local culture happen
Everyone in a scene gets something from Wundr. But it starts with the room.
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For venues
Own the audience you already have
You built the room, the nights and the regulars. Right now the relationship with them lives on a ticketing site and a social feed. Wundr puts it back with you.
- →Your regulars are yours: their details stay with you, and go with you if you ever leave
- →Tickets and memberships paid out on the night, line by line, with no cut of your door
- →What's-on listings that send local people to you, not to a global feed
- →See who comes back, without spying on anyone
- →The paperwork's done: rights, safety, access and consent are handled for you
For collectives
A local network, founded by people and spaces.
A Collective is a few venues, the artists who play them and the people who come — one town, one scene, run by the people in it. It starts with a place. Others join.
- →Your own members, roles and house rules, set locally
- →One programme of nights, tickets, releases and memberships
- →What happens in your Collective stays in your Collective
- →Run on your own for as long as you like; link up with other towns when you're ready
- →We set it up with you. Run it yourselves, or let us run it for you
For artists
Keep the relationship with the people who turned up
Release work, play shows and take support inside the scene that made you — with a fair split you can see from the first night, and a way to the next town.
- →Put out your own recordings and videos: free, paid, limited or members-only
- →Tips, memberships, merch and pre-orders, kept separate and paid out clearly
- →Book nights with the venue and agree the split before you announce
- →Your recordings, your rights and your supporters stay yours
For fans and supporters
Find your scene. Support what you love. Belong.
What's on near you, from venues and artists you trust, not an algorithm. Support them directly and get closer: early tickets, behind the scenes, a say, a thank-you.
- →Find, follow and save. No feed to fight
- →Buy tickets at face value. Pass them on at face value
- →Support regularly and be recognised for it
- →We don't track you and we don't sell you. Your history is yours to keep or delete
Councils and cultural strategies
Something your town's venues can run themselves
Real numbers on who's taking part and where, an early warning when a venue is struggling, and shared tools your independent venues own rather than rent.
Sector bodies and funders
Proof the sector owns
A measured pilot on whether finding culture locally, and supporting it directly, brings people back. Designed with the sector. Published either way.
Promoters, curators and organisers
Plan across venues, pay across people
Book nights, invite artists, bring the crowd and split it fairly — in one Collective, or across several.
How it works
Listen to Engage
One loop, in one town, with real money in it from the first night.
01
Discover
Artists, venues and nights near you
02
Follow
Keep up with the ones you like
03
Support
Money or time, your way
04
Get in
Tickets, recordings, perks
05
Take part
Turn up, join in, help out
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Stay close
Relationships that last
Principles
Rules we won't break
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Founded by places, run by people
A Collective starts with a venue, or a few. Artists and supporters join what the place has built, and the people in it decide how it runs.
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No cut of your door
Free to run. No percentage from a venue that isn't yet making money. Any fee, ever, is shown before you press publish.
03
Your regulars are yours
Who supports you, what they said, what they paid and what you decided stays with your Collective. What's on travels; who came doesn't.
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Your money goes straight to you
Tickets and support are paid out to each person on the night, line by line. Nobody sits on it.
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The paperwork's done
Rights, safety, access and consent are built in, not left to you.
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Local first. Not local only.
Run on your own as long as you like. Link up when you're ready. Leave with everything.
Why does Wundr exist?
People are turning up. The rooms they turn up to are struggling.
More people are going to local gigs than a year ago. The venues that host them run on almost no margin, and the artists who fill them earn almost nothing from streaming. Listings, tickets, merch, mailing lists and the crowd itself are scattered across companies that keep the relationship and the data, while the local scene that gives all of it meaning stays invisible.
A town with its own venues, makers and audiences does not need a platform to tell it what it is. It needs help to find itself, keep more of its own value, and reach the people around it.
That's what Wundr is for.
- +13%
- grassroots attendance, 2025
- 53%
- of grassroots venues made no profit
- 39%
- average capacity utilisation
- 175
- UK towns with no regular touring shows
Source: Music Venue Trust Annual Report 2025.
Yours, not rented
Built to be kept, not sold
Free to run
No licence, no subscription to keep your own audience. If you'd rather not run it yourself, we'll run it for you, and you can take it back any time.
Can't be taken away
Wundr is held for the sector by a not-for-profit, the Wundr Community Foundation. It can't be bought, shut down or turned into a fee later.
Leave with everything
Your supporters, your history, your money. If you ever go, it all goes with you.
Join us in building a home for local culture
We're starting with one town and a handful of venues. If you run a room, book a night or make the work, we'd like to hear from you.