Phoenix Cultural Centre CIC is proud to announce the launch of its first Youth Grassroots Music Showcase at the newly established, professionally equipped 200-capacity Fiery Bird Live Music Venue in Woking town centre on Saturday 15 August 6-10pm

Last year introduced by MVT we contributed to the CoSTAR National Lab Research on "The Future of Grass Roots Live Music" with Royal Holloway University, taking part in interviews and one of the 16 organisations who took part in the workshops held in Stroud. Here is a link to the report has just been released.

As we signed to extend our lease for another two years in Woking we were delighted to find out that we had been awarded Best Community Arts & Cultural Space 2026 - Surrey

This year, we welcomed 16 school and college students for work experience at Phoenix Cultural Centre and Fiery Bird.

Their placements covered every aspect of running a community-led organisation and live music venue: researching community business models, non-profits and community-led initiatives; training alongside our sound and lighting engineers; setting up stages; cleaning and maintenance; marketing and design; assessing band applications; and contributing to our university research pilot.