In Britain, we have a law for Live music and this is the Live Music Act of 2012.
It is an act to amend the Licensing Act 2003 with respect to the performance of live music entertainment; and for connected purposes.
There are other legalisation available and laws such as Entertainment Licensing, which can be found here. In brief, Entertainment Licensing is a license that businesses, organisations and individuals must attain in order to hold live events in whatever outdoor or indoor location. The site states that
The types of businesses and organisations that need a licence for entertainment might include:
- nightclubs
- live music venues
- cinemas
- larger theatres
- larger street and open air festivals
- larger indoor sporting arena
In particular a licence may be required by:
- anyone that provides any entertainment between 11PM and 8AM;
- anyone that provides amplified live or recorded music to an audience of more than 500 people;
- anyone that provides recorded music to an audience on premises not licensed for the sale or supply of alcohol;
- anyone that puts on a performance of a play or a dance to an audience of more than 500 people, or an indoor sporting event to more than 1,000 spectators
- anyone that puts on boxing or wrestling
- anyone that screens a film to an audience
For music entertainment, you do not necessarily need a Entertainment licence if the number of people is less than 500. A licence is not required to stage a performance of live music, or the playing of recorded music if:
- it takes place between 8AM and 11PM; and
- it takes place at an alcohol on-licensed premises; and
- the audience is no more than 500 people
You also don’t need a licence:
- to put on un-amplified live music at any place between the same hours; or
- to put on amplified live music at a workplace between the same hours and provided the audience is no more than 500 people.
Stephen Scown also says the same thing on his website about the number of people in attendance being less than 500, this does not need to have a license.
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