City of Sydney

Sydney could bury its recent reputation as a late-night cultural graveyard, though the community will need to dig in. The City of Sydney is canvassing feedback for its new discussion paper, entitled…

The NSW Upper House has launched an inquiry into the state’s music and arts economy. The development should open the channels of communication between the Parliament and the music industry, and drill…

Anyone who has stepped foot in Town Hall has seen it – gawked at it, most likely. It is the centrepiece of the room, a massive instrument of almost 9000 pipes that took three years to construct and…

A couple of weeks ago, it emerged that the City Of Sydney had released a discussion paper, An Open and Creative City: planning for culture and the night time economy, which included a series of…

There is an old, time-honoured adage: those who cannot do, teach; and those who cannot teach, legislate. It can certainly feel that way these days – politicians seem increasingly disconnected from…

City of Sydney have today released a discussion paper: An Open and Creative City: planning for culture and the night time economy, which details and proposes a long term vision and strategies for…

MusicNSW and the City of Sydney have chosen the recipients for the latest All Ages Access Grant Program, which funds all-ages events in inner Sydney. TIO can exclusively reveal the successful grant…

Sydney’s live music scene is currently weathering one of the most catastrophic storms in its history. Since the lockout laws ere introduced to the NSW Parliament on January 31, 2014, thousands have…

Let’s say you’ve been gigging for a while now. You’re using your brother’s hand-me-down amp, lugging your gear from pub to market to wedding, sleeping in the station wagon, and living off McStuff.…

If you're anything like me, you routinely ask buskers if they have filled out the required licensing paperwork to busk in a commercial zone, before feeling truly comfortable throwing a handful of…