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All ages gigs return to Victoria

After a 20 year absence, all-ages shows are set to make a comeback following changes to Victoria’s Liquor Control Reform Act.

25 Jun 2014

Richard Watts

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Performing Arts

Melbourne seven-piece band Animaux will play an all-ages show on 6 July. Photo: Giulia Giannini McGauran.

From July 1, amendments to the regulations of Victoria’s Liquor Control Reform Act means that the state’s 662 live music venues can now host all-ages performances by notifying the Victorian Commission of Gaming and Liquor Regulation a week before the show.

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Richard Watts

Richard Watts is ArtsHub's National Performing Arts Editor; he also presents the weekly program SmartArts on Three Triple R FM, and serves as the Chair of La Mama Theatre's volunteer Committee of Management. Richard is a life member of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, and was awarded the status of Melbourne Fringe Living Legend in 2017. In 2020 he was awarded the Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize. Most recently, Richard was presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Green Room Awards Association in June 2021. Follow him on Twitter: @richardthewatts