MAMA Festivals
[4] The same year, MAMA Group acquired Mean Fiddler Holdings Limited[5] the company which owned The Jazz Café, The Garage, The Borderline, and held a majority share in G-A-Y.[6] On 1 April 2008, MAMA acquired The institute, Birmingham and on 13 June 2008, they acquired a majority share in Global Gathering Group Limited (formerly Angel Music Group Limited),[7] the company which owns GlobalGathering, Godskitchen, and Future Gods brands.The new company, Mean Fiddler Group Limited, operated 11 venues across the United Kingdom, including the Hammersmith Apollo, The Forum in Kentish Town, The Garage, Jazz Café, The Edinburgh Picture House, Digbeth Institute in Birmingham, Heaven, G-A-Y Bar, G-A-Y Late, The Borderline, and Aberdeen's Moshulu.[13] March 2013, MAMA acquired East Village Arts Club (formerly The Masque), Liverpool on 5 February 2013[14] and Hoxton Square Bar and Kitchen.[15] In 2015, MAMA was acquired by LN-Gaiety, a joint venture of Live Nation UK and the parent company of MCD Productions.