Beneath the surface of business as usual

The best podcast for aspiring creative entrepreneurs

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Welcome to The Venue Underground, the podcast for dreamers with a day job who want to build bold, creative businesses. Hosted by seven-figure entrepreneur and Fêtewell founder Kate Dear, this show is recorded inside a Cold War fallout shelter beneath a historic bank turned wedding venue.

Whether you’re a mom with a business idea, a venue owner scaling from scratch, or just dreaming of quitting your day job, this is where startup strategy meets survival mode and you leave with actionable next steps.

NEW EPISODES EVERY OTHER TUESDAY

Come for the strategy.

Stay for the stories.

We’re not here to give you vague advice or cookie-cutter tips. Each episode of The Venue Underground shares behind-the-scenes insight from our actual operations including the wins, the chaos, and the systems that keep it all running.

You’ll hear how we:

  • Launched a multi million dollar business on a $10,000 budget

  • Built a multi-location brand and national franchise

  • Handled vendor issues, client red flags, and burnout

  • Turned styled shoots into booked calendars

  • Learned to scale (without losing the vibe that made us special)

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Meet the Co-Hosts

We’re Kate, Gemma, and Rachel, three women who never planned to end up in the wedding industry, but somehow built a business that took off. We’ve managed events with babies on our hips, figured things out the hard way, and learned how to grow a brand without losing ourselves in the process. Now we’re sharing what we’ve learned (and what we’re still figuring out) on the mic. Come say hey.