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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Noah Vickers

Black performance artists face discrimination in nightlife licensing, City Hall told

Black musicians and performance artists in London are facing discrimination in decisions over the licensing of their events, City Hall has heard. 

The charity Black Lives in Music (BLiM) told members of the London Assembly that black and ethnic minority artists were disproportionately impacted by restrictions placed on their events by councils, and that the issue is holding back the capital’s night economy. 

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