FIFTEEN live music and performance venues across Canberra will share in $502,575 from a second round of the ACT government’s “Amp It Up!” funding.
The fund was set up last year to support small to medium sized live venues to recover after the impacts of COVID-19 by offsetting some of the costs associated with performance programming and promotion.
In round one, almost $800,000 was shares to support gigs and help revive the night-time economy across venues including UC Live, Smiths Alternative and Gang Gang Cafe.
Recipients in the “Amp It Up!” round are as follows:
- Arts Capital Ltd, $33,498
- Capital Brewing, $29,006
- Cube Club, $12,125
- Gang Gang Café and Bar, $38,587
- Molly, $39,375
- ONE22, $21,875
- P.J. O’Reillys Tuggeranong Irish Pub $24,587
- Queenies at Kingston, $39,375
- Sideway, $39,375
- Smith’s Alternative, $39,375
- The Front Gallery and Café, $27,475
- The Street Theatre, $39,366
- Transit Bar, $39,375
- UC Live, $39,375
- And Verity Lane Market, $38,806.
Who can be trusted?
In a world of spin and confusion, there’s never been a more important time to support independent journalism in Canberra.
If you trust our work online and want to enforce the power of independent voices, I invite you to make a small contribution.
Every dollar of support is invested back into our journalism to help keep citynews.com.au strong and free.
Thank you,
Ian Meikle, editor
Leave a Reply