Mirrah and L-FRESH The LION performing live at the annual 4Elements HipHop Festival (4E Sydney) in Bankstown, 2017. Image provided by Vyva Entertainment.
Live music is integral to NSW
Sound NSW has released a report showing for the first time the full landscape of the live music ecosystem across the state.
The State of the Scene 2024 Report confirmed the live music industry plays a critical role to the state’s economic and social wellbeing. It entertains and inspires, employs diverse and skilled professionals, contributes to the vibrancy of our communities, and makes our state a great place to live, work and visit.
Sound NSW commissioned State of the Scene Report 2024, a first-of-its-kind piece of social and economic research to better understand the current state of the NSW live music industry and to provide guidance on how to support the industry to thrive in years to come. This research will inform NSW’s first even Contemporary Music Strategy, to be developed in 2024.
As part of this research:
- We heard from 750 people working in the live music industry via our industry survey, stakeholder interviews and focus groups.
- We also heard from a representative sample of 550 members of the public of all ages from Sydney and across regional NSW who attend live music.
This report provides a snapshot of the research findings.
The review of the live music industry was a key commitment in Creative Communities, the state’s arts, culture and creative industries policy.