Apra Amcos boss calls for tax incentives to revive the sector, after report reveals number of venues for small to medium gigs shrank by a third over three years
Shotkickers, a live music venue in Thornbury, Melbourne. Victoria has seen a 24% reduction in live music venues since Covid restrictions began, Apra Amcos’s annual report reveals.Shotkickers, a live music venue in Thornbury, Melbourne. Victoria has seen a 24% reduction in live music venues since Covid restrictions began, Apra Amcos’s annual report reveals.
“It’s absolutely at a crisis point,” he said. “The market has been decimated and we’re asking the government to look at this with some urgency.”Although Victoria recorded the world’s longest lockdown during the pandemic, it was New South Wales which permanently lost the highest percentage of pre-Covid live music venues – almost one in three – followed by the Northern Territory, Queensland and South Australia. Victoria saw a 24% reduction in venues, according to Apra Amcos’s annual report.
“We can’t wait for years and years for venues to organically come back online, we need something more immediate than that. In January, Music Australia, a new national body to develop and support new contemporary music, was created as part of Labor’s national cultural policy. On Thursday Millie Millgate, the former head of Australia’s music export program Sounds Australia,
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