Arts & Business Bites- Membership That Matters: The Black Box

Arts & Business Bites are online sessions for approx. 45 mins, covering topics that are consistently popping up in our mailbox or keep coming up in discussion. This can cover elements and topics on business structures, governance, fundraising and other elements that are coming up and wanting to be explored!

In this session, we’ll spotlight The Black Box, a vibrant, not-for-profit arts space in Belfast’s Cathedral Quarter, known for its boundary-pushing programme spanning music, theatre, comedy, film and more. Established as a fringe-style venue and now a key part of the city’s cultural ecology, The Black Box is rooted in accessibility, experimentation, and community-led practice.

We’ll take a closer look at their MY BB membership scheme, a low-cost, community-driven model that supports the venue’s work while offering meaningful value to audiences. With this, we will explore how membership can function not just as a revenue stream, but as a tool for building deeper relationships with audiences, and what others can learn from this approach!

This will be a webinar format; cameras can be turned off and mics muted can be muted during the conversation. Questions and the call will be monitored by A&B NI staff. Please keep this in mind when joining the call