Live music ‘crisis’: report urges NSW to lift unnecessary restrictions on venues

Report comes as the NSW legislative council votes on changes to liquor legislation amendment bill

Unnecessary restrictions on live music venues in New South Wales should be lifted to help alleviate a live music “crisis” that is having a devastating effect on the cultural economy, a NSW parliamentary committee has found.

The committee into the music and arts economy in NSW on Thursday released their report, which found that the crisis extended from the grassroots music scene to the national touring circuit, and made 60 recommendations to the government, including an increase in funding for contemporary music of at least $35m over four years, to match that of Victoria on a per capita basis.

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