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New music hub will grow and strengthen sector

Music Market is the latest aspect of the Victorian Government’s $22 million Music Works initiative to come to fruition.

14 Dec 2021

Richard Watts

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Music Market aim is to support all the behind-the-scenes activities that got Victorian artists to where they are today. Photo credit: Josh Brnjac.

A new centre for the Victorian music industry has opened at the contemporary arts precinct Collingwood Yards.

Located in the former Collingwood Technical College building constructed in 1943, Music Market extends across two levels and features a mix of event and performance spaces, business and co-working areas, and music business support services.

Its programs are designed to strengthen Victoria’s live music industry, which pre-COVID contributed an estimated $1.5 billion dollars annually to the Victorian economy.

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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