New South Wales

After 500-plus gigs, assembling upwards of 1,000 performers across New South Wales, Great Southern Nights 2022 is a wrap. The project fulfilled its expectations as a mass reawakening of the state’s…

The hidden gem that is the NSW Central Coast music scene comes under the spotlight Wednesday (April 6), for a special networking and strategy session.Formed during the pandemic in April 2020, and…

If good things really do come to those who wait, residents across New South Wales deserve what’s coming. Great Southern Nights, which returns mid-March after skipping a year due to a particularly…

The New South Wales government’s $85 million emergency package is welcome relief, Australia’s main music industry bodies say. Though the crisis is far from over, and winter is coming. On Tuesday…

With the Omnicron variant all but destroying the live industry’s first-quarter comeback, the NSW government unveils its own disruption scheme, a statewide support network for festivals and events…

The New South Wales government’s “roadmap to freedom” provides a glimmer of hope for a desperate live music industry. Published today (Sept. 9), NSW Health’s much-vaunted plan is a…

Premier Gladys Berejiklian stressed that the freedoms would only apply to those who are fully vaccinated or who have received medical exemption.

Scores of independent live music venues across New South Wales are calling on state leaders to provide support in these dire times. Otherwise, the once-pumping live scene simply won’t survive. At…

NSW, we have a problem. According to a new report, fixing it will require more new venues in all shapes and sizes, a government-led rescue package for older sites and, just maybe, the creation of a…