- A large church that holds lots of concerts will normally have their own venue licence with PRS - basically exactly the same as the licensed venues described above.
- However, smaller churches that don’t hold many performances may have a CCLI agreement:
- This covers music for all their acts of worship plus 6 additional performances.
- The 6 additional performances only covers performances organised by the church or a group associated with a church. This means that if your group is hiring a church as a venue you cannot perform under their CCLI licence - but can pay through Making Music as above.
- Church halls are slightly more complicated:
- If the Church hall is physically joined to the church and used mostly for the congregation, it would be included under the church’s venue licence or CCLI agreement.
- If it is a separate hall mostly used for secular activities then the church hall would need a separate licence or you might have to pay royalties through us.
- If you are performing at a church or church hall you should ask about PRS and CCLI at the time of booking and make sure you know what the situation is.
- Finally, music used as part of worship/church ceremonies is exempt from royalties.
