Federal Government pledges additional $135 million to support Music Sector

Music Victoria is so grateful to our national colleagues for their role in making this happen. It provides some much-needed hope in what are extremely desperate and challenging times for the industry.

We now call on the Victorian State Government to also recognise the devastating impacts. Our Live Music scene in particular is still essentially locked down. The most recent Victorian announcement of 75% capacity for indoor non-seated venues, is not enough - it is still limited by the density quotient of 1 person per 2 square metres. This means venues are actually trading at just 25-30% of usual operations. We urgently need there to be consistencies across borders, industries and social settings.

Here in Victoria, many of our members will simply not make it to September (when Rise opens): https://www.arts.gov.au/funding-and-support/rise-fund

Full story here via The Music Network: https://themusicnetwork.com/more-arts-funding/?fbclid=IwAR0c2uWCfcL7sNzzLflS7t_PUwr00rmTYdzPywrxEs3vHGkU4W6395SglKs