Tonic Music launch new campaign providing mental health posters to music venues
- Team Tonic
- 3 days ago
- 3 min read
The ‘Need A Tonic?’ campaign is providing free mental health posters to music venues offering access to online resources tailored for artists/crew, music fans and venue staff.
Tonic Music are delighted to announce the launch of the ‘Need A Tonic?' campaign, to provide free mental health posters to music venues and spaces hosting live music events, including nightclubs, theatres, arts centres, pubs/bars, cafés, social clubs, community centres, record stores and studios.
The campaign forms part of a wider support package for music venues, in which Tonic Music will be providing free online Peer Support Groups, along with Mental Health First Aid and Suicide First Aid Lite course, for music venue staff.
A key supporter of the ‘Need A Tonic?’ campaign is Richer Sounds, the home entertainment retailer, who also help fund the Never Mind The Stigma programme, which provides tailored mental health support to music fans through online album clubs and music-based skills workshops.
For the campaign, Tonic Music have designed three posters to be placed in different areas: backstage posters for artists/crew, front-of-house posters for music fans, and staff area posters for the venue staff. Each poster features a QR code directing people to an online portal - named the ‘Supportal’ - offering distinct mental health resources tailored for artists/crew, music fans and venue staff.
So far, over 60 venues have joined the ‘Need A Tonic?’ campaign (which are listed below) and the posters will continue to be available for all music venues.
Launch Venues
Venues who have joined the ‘Need A Tonic?’ campaign are:
A Slice of Vinyl / Alexander’s Live / The Apex / The Baths / Bedford Esquires / Barleylands Social Club / The Bodega (Nottingham) / Brightlingsea Community Centre / Brewers Arms (Ipswich) / The Brook (Southampton) / Cambridge Corn Exchange / Cambridge Junction / Cheese & Grain / Chelmsford Social Club / Cliffs Pavilion / Coda Colchester / Colchester Arts Centre / Epic Studios / The Face Bar / The Fleece (Bristol) / The Forum (Tunbridge Wells) / Fred’s Bar & Vinyl / Future Yard / Gonzo’s Two Room / Heartbreakers / Hertford Corn Exchange / hmv Empire / The Horn (St Albans) / Hot Box / The Hunter Club / Ipswich Corn Exchange / John Peel Centre / KOLA / Little Buildings / Mayfield Records / The Music Room (Ipswich) / Night & Day Café / Norwich Arts Centre / Queen St Brewhouse / Palace Theatre (Southend) / Papillon / Pealie’s Barn / Pie & Vinyl / The Pink Toothbrush / The Portland Arms (Cambridge) / Radio City Social / The Railway tavern (Brightlingsea) / Rebellion Manchester / Regent Theatre (Ipswich) / Roots & Grooves Café / Rough Trade Nottingham / The Six Six Bar / The Smokehouse (Ipswich) / The Snug / St Jude’s Brewery Tavern / St Stephen’s Church (Ipswich) / The Swan and Hedgehog / Three Wise Monkeys (Colchester) / Trinity Centre / Voodoo Daddy’s / The Wedgewood Rooms
To request a set of ‘Need A Tonic?’ posters on the link below.
Steph Langan, Founder and CEO of Tonic Music
“Live music is a huge part of our identity and culture at Tonic Music, with our team spending a significant amount of time attending different gigs at music venues across the UK. Our 'Need A Tonic?' campaign takes our existing work at music venues to the next level, ensuring all music communities who co-exists in these spaces can be supported through our resources and programmes.”
Jeordie Shenton, Programmes Lead at Tonic Music
“We are delighted to launch the ‘Need A Tonic?’ campaign to ensure mental health resources are freely available in live music spaces. For anyone who participates in music, whether professionally or recreationally, these venues, the rooms, the stages, form an essential part of our identity and culture. Therefore, Tonic Music are proud to continue providing tailored mental health resources for artists/crew, music fans and venue staff.”
