Save Our Scene: We're On A Road To Nowhere

Save Our Scene: We're On A Road To Nowhere

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Save Victoria’s World-Renowned Music Scene

Music venues are on a road to nowhere. 

The State Government has announced a roadmap to reopening the state once we hit 70% and 80% double vaccination levels, but we are not on it.

The current roadmap ends at a 1 person per four metres square density quotient for venues, which is a fraction of our normal licensed capacity. You can have up to 150 people, but only if your venue is over 600 square metres - that's the Forum. Most venues cannot open at all at that level, and no venue can trade ...

Save Victoria’s World-Renowned Music Scene

Music venues are on a road to nowhere. 

The State Government has announced a roadmap to reopening the state once we hit 70% and 80% double vaccination levels, but we are not on it.

The current roadmap ends at a 1 person per four metres square density quotient for venues, which is a fraction of our normal licensed capacity. You can have up to 150 people, but only if your venue is over 600 square metres - that's the Forum. Most venues cannot open at all at that level, and no venue can trade sustainably. 

Even at 1 person per 2 square metres, we cannot survive. For most venues, that is 30% of our normal trading capacity. We may be open, but we will be bleeding out slowly.

 

This affects everyone

If we do not protect our live music venues and clubs, if we do not work towards a “Covid normal” in which live music venues and clubs can trade sustainably, there will be nowhere for musicians to perform when the dust settles. 

Audio engineers, lighting technicians, tour managers, roadies, venue managers, PA and backline companies, venue staff, bookers, promoters, managers, publicists, and a vast network of other professionals in the music industry will not be able to earn a living. 

Audiences will not be able to go out every night to experience live music: to dance together, to cheer, to have their hearts lifted up.

Melbourne will no longer be the Live Music Capital of the World. 

 

We need to be on the map

Unlike many countries overseas that have restarted their live music and club sectors, Victorian music venues are simply not in the picture when it comes to economic recovery. After 19 months of effective lockdown, we have nothing but fear and uncertainty ahead. We cannot plan for a ‘Covid normal’ future and prepare to get back to work.

As our state begins to open up, we are asking the State Government to put us on the roadmap.

 

Give us a path out of this and support us until we get there.

We are asking the Victorian Government for:

  1. A staged roadmap to reopening music venues at 100% capacity
  2. Ongoing, scaled financial support for music venues until we return to 100% capacity
  3. Ongoing, scaled financial support for music industry businesses and professionals until we return to 100% capacity
  4. Direct consultation with music venues in planning for the recovery of the sector

 

Please, recognise how special this sector is to the culture of this state.

Protect our venues. Support our artists. 

Save our scene.

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Save Our Scene

Victorian music venues are on a road to nowhere.

We are asking the State Government for:

  1. A staged roadmap to reopening music venues at 100% capacity
  2. Ongoing, scaled financial support for music venues until we return to 100% capacity
  3. Ongoing, scaled financial support for music industry businesses and professionals until we return to 100% capacity
  4. Direct consultation with music venues in planning for the recovery of the sector

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