Cultural Exchange Coalition

Our Mission

Culture is Europe’s most powerful connector – a living expression of shared values, creativity and cooperation that transcends borders.

Yet the current barriers to UK-EU touring are weakening that connection. Arrangements put in place following the UK’s exit from the EU are not working. They are failing artists, audiences and venues, as well as harming growth, damaging revenues and undermining the influence cultural exchange has long delivered.

We are a coalition of people and organisations from across the UK and EU who create, support and sustain culture and creativity. From artists and technical crews to businesses and representative organisations. In response to the UK-EU Summit 2025 we created the Cultural Exchange Coalition to support and promote the huge shared benefits of cross-border cultural collaboration.

The Common Understanding agreed in 2025 by the UK and the EU sets out a joint commitment to support cultural exchange. We call on political leaders to deliver on this commitment and negotiate to remove the barriers hampering the cultural exchange which is vital to our creative communities, our economies and our citizens.

This is an opportunity for both sides to demonstrate leadership: to show that Europe and the UK remain open, outward looking and confident in its cultural power.

Patron Mono Carolina Caycedo Land of Friends Photo_ Tom Nolan. ©

Co-Chair Anita Debaere, PEARLE

Co-Chair Dave Webster, MU

The Cultural Exchange Coalition is convened by UK Music and PEARLE

Our Members

Photo by Olivia Fernandez Soza for Pixabay

A Greener Future
Ad Lib Productions Ltd
The Association of Independent Music (AIM)
Angharad Cooper Consultancy Ltd
Apollo Entertainment SRL
ARC Research & Consultancy
Art27 Scotland
Association for Electronic Music
Association of British Orchestras (ABO)
British Phonographic Industry (BPI)
Bulgarian Association of Employers in Culture - (BAROK)
Cap-Cap Produccions
Caroline Phillips Management Ltd
Center for Music Ecosystems
Charmworks
Circostrada network
CISAC
Come Play With Me
Contemporary Visual Arts Network CVAN
Cultural Reserve Nexus
Curated Place
Czech Cultural Institut
D6: Culture in Transit
David Jones
European Arenas Association (EAA)
European Festivals Association (EFA)
European Music Exporters Exchange (EMEE)
European Music Managers Alliance (EMMA)
Featured Artist Coalition (FAC)
Festival of
FESTIVAL.ORG
Forevergreen Associazione Impresa Sociale
Groves Artists Limited
Highlights Productions
The International Association of Art (IAA) Europe
International Artist Organisation (IAO)
IMPALA
Independent Society of Musicians (ISM)
International Artist Managers' Association (IAMA)
International Federation of Musicians (FIM)

International Theater Amsterdam
Konzertbuero Schoneberg GmbH
Künstlersekretariat Astrid Schoerke GmbHL Tips Agency
Landstreicher Booking GmbH
Live music Industry Venues & Entertainment (LIVE)
Live Nation
Made of You Group
Malcolm Nix Bookings VOF
Mapamundi Música
Music Export Poland
Music Managers Forum (MMF)
Music Publishers Association (MPA)
Musicians Union (MU)
Musicians Union of Poland
Nederlands Dans Theater (NDT)
On the Move
One Dance UK
One World Orchestra
Out of Line Music GmbH
Out There Arts (National Centre for Outdoor Arts and Circus)
OutdoorArtsUK
Pearle* Live Performance Europe
People Entertainment Group
Phoenix Athens
PRS for Music
PRS Foundation
REMA
RESEO
RESET! Network
Road Rebel B.V.
Rotterdam Festivals
Serious
Snam-CGT
Society of Polish Philharmonics
SOLT and UK Theatre
Stichting This is not a show | Katja Heitmann
The Summer School Foundation
Theater Artemis
Théâtre Sans Frontières
Trac Cymru
UAU
UK Coalition for Cultural Diversity
UK Music
Vertigo Valley Festival
X-ray Touring
XTRAX
YourEcho