Live music

NSW GRANTS 245 VENUES MASSIVE DISCOUNTS TO SUPPORT LIVE MUSIC

Posted on April 3rd, 2024 by Clyde Mooney
Liquor & Gaming NSW has offered reduced licensing fees and extra trading hours to eligible venues with the aim of increasing live music, performances and other cultural events, to help increase employment opportunities for performers and musicians. To receive these

VENUES UNLOCKED GOES LOUD

Posted on December 5th, 2023 by Clyde Mooney
Furthering its pledge to support the live music industry, the NSW government has rolled out its Venues Unlocked program to increase the number of live performance venues and events, coupled with industry best-practice sound control and management. In October the

LIVE MUSIC GETS A KICK IN THE BASS

Posted on October 20th, 2023 by Clyde Mooney
There is cause for celebration as legislation is introduced to NSW parliament that would greatly improve the security of venues hosting live music, and bolster an industry kept quiet for too long. A bill aimed at fostering the revival of

NEWCASTLE’S HARD-ROCKING CAMBRIDGE GOES QUIET

Posted on June 26th, 2023 by Clyde Mooney
Musicians and lovers of live music have joined in commemorating the grand finale of hard-rocking Newcastle legend, the Cambridge Hotel. The Newcastle West pub has been a sticky carpet virtual rite of passage for local and even international bands for

PUBS STOP THE MUSIC IN PROTEST

Posted on March 24th, 2023 by Clyde Mooney
Election Eve, and pubs, bars and clubs across Sydney are protesting via a bout of silence, as a reminder to revellers what nightlife looks like without live music and entertainment. The ‘Turn it Down, To Turn it Up’ initiative is

CROWD RISING TO SAVE THE MUSIC

Posted on March 13th, 2023 by Clyde Mooney
Fearing its closure and redevelopment, devotees have launched a crowdfunding campaign to enable purchase of Collingwood’s prized and for sale Tote Hotel. Since the 1980s The Tote has been one of Melbourne’s best-known live music venues, but after more than

INSURANCE CAN STOP THE MUSIC

Posted on June 22nd, 2022 by Clyde Mooney
Beyond the problems already faced by pubs in insurance, live music venues are experiencing their own crisis, as insurance providers skyrocket premiums or remove policies altogether. Operators are facing exponential increases to their premiums, while others report attempting to renew

LANSDOWNE TO TURN OUT THE LIGHTS

Posted on February 4th, 2022 by Clyde Mooney
Sydney’s iconic, hard-rocking Lansdowne Hotel has announced its pending retirement from live music, in favour of budget accommodation. The striking three-level pub is on City Road, close to the corner of Broadway and opposite Victoria Park, which skirts Sydney University.

URBAN HOUSE OF BREWS SECURES FIVE BREWERS

Posted on June 4th, 2021 by Clyde Mooney
Serial hospitality entrepreneur Michael Vale is one step closer to opening his ground-breaking Urban House of Brews, after securing agreements with the five craft brewers to reside in the Newtown venue. Following news in March that the old Hub Theatre

LIVE MUSIC FIGHT-BACK A BOOM BOON FOR PUBS

Posted on April 30th, 2021 by Clyde Mooney
The live music industry is changing tune in the wake of the pandemic shake-up, giving venues more opportunity than ever to prosper from the drawcard of live entertainment. Alongside pubs and all licensed venues, the live music industry has been