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Sydney Council unanimously endorses Live Music Action Plan

Helping artists and musicians stage performances in non-traditional venues is one of the plan’s key goals.

8 Apr 2014 12:00

Richard Watts

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Sydney psych-rock band Cull. Image via Facebook.

Sydney City Council moved last night to unanimously accept the recommendations of its Live Music and Performance Action Plan, designed to reinvigorate the city’s ailing live music scene after decades of neglect.

The plan will also assist independent theatre makers and other performing artists, said Sydney’s Lord Mayor Clover Moore.

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Richard Watts

Richard Watts OAM is ArtsHub's National Performing Arts Editor; he also presents the weekly program SmartArts on Three Triple R FM. Richard is a life member of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, a Melbourne Fringe Festival Living Legend, and was awarded the Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize in 2020. In 2021 he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Green Room Awards Association. Most recently, Richard received a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in June 2024. Follow him on Twitter: @richardthewatts