Events and Venue Management Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)

Turn your passion for live events into a career with a 3-year degree developing the creative, commercial and operational skills to lead events and venues.

The BA (Hons) Events and Venue Management is a 3-year degree, delivered at Bird College in Sidcup in south-east London. The programme is for aspiring events professionals ready to build careers across theatres, performance venues, festivals, live events and the wider creative and cultural industries. Based within Bird Conservatoire, you will learn at the heart of a working performing arts environment, gaining insight into how ambitious events and unforgettable audience experiences are brought to life.

From programming and curation to marketing, touring, finance, sustainability, accessibility and safety, you will develop the creative, commercial and operational skills to turn ideas into experiences and build a successful career in the fast-moving world of events and venues.

What you should know about this course

* Study inside a working performing arts conservatoire, immersed in the live performances, productions and venue activity that bring events to life.

* Apply your learning to real-world event and venue scenarios, connecting theory with the practical challenges of planning, delivering and evaluating live experiences.

* Develop expertise across programming, audience experience, marketing, operations, accessibility, safety, finance and commercial strategy.

* Explore the future of the sector, including sustainability, the experience economy and emerging developments in events and venues.

* Complete a substantial final-year capstone project, developing a professional venue programming portfolio or venue strategy.