Dedicated live music and performance venues will now be granted an additional hour in trading to encourage live music and cultural activity and musicians will now be able to use loading zones to load gear into vehicles following new laws passed in NSW Parliament yesterday to support the live music industry. The reforms include an […]
In a groundbreaking development for the Australian music industry, this week the Inner West Council in Sydney unanimously voted to designate Enmore Road including the Enmore Theatre as the first Special Entertainment Precinct in NSW. Read the Council Notice of Motion Here The new laws to encourage Councils in NSW to make night time economy […]
More than 100 venues across Australia will benefit from round one of the Live Music Australia program that is designed to assist in the national recovery of the live music sector from the impacts of COVID-19. See media release and funded venues Minister for Communications, Cyber Safety and the Arts, the Hon Paul Fletcher MP […]
In 2019 we saw a huge amount of achievements in the Australian Live Music industry, with important work being done right around the country by a dedicated and passionate community of individuals and organisations, who the Live Music Office is proud to support. We’re excited to cap off an amazing year with our Year In […]
Over 100 music making activities in 80 locations around Australia is a great start for Make Music Day Australia. On Thursday, Australians will join the global celebration of music making, where in 800 places in over 125 countries, people will be making music on June 21. Follow this link to see details of all the […]
Sydney’s nightlife will get a major boost with the City of Sydney awarding more than $360,000 in funding for live music venues and small businesses to expand their programming and encourage night-time trading. The first round of the City’s new business support grants program will give 18 local businesses, including Oxford Art Factory, Freda’s and […]
The Live Music Office along with Jaryd Miles, Acoustic Engineer at engineering consultancy firm Inhabit, has come up with a short article on some of the ways you can deal with sound issues in a live music venue! Acoustics is an all too often over-looked and underappreciated discipline in the design and arrangement of music venues. […]
It’s that time of the year again: time to get paid. If you play your own songs live, you’re entitled to share in live performance royalties. But there’s one catch – you have to submit Performance Reports. Performance Reports are the new LPRs (if you’ve been performing for a while and know that term) […]