CEO Report - October 2017

Dear members and subscribers,

The past few weeks have been a whirlwind of activity here at MV HQ. With public voting now live for The Age Music Victoria Awards, we've been sending out congratulatory emails to excited nominees, and listening back to some of the great music that has come out of Victoria in the past year (BTW, feel free to join us in this - we made some Spotify playlists):

Multicultural Arts Victoria Announces the Mapping Melbourne 2017 Program

Multicultural Arts Victoria (MAV) presents the fifth edition of Mapping Melbourne, a series of multi-artform events from 1-17 December 2017 across Melbourne. 

MUSIC VICTORIA’S WOMEN’S ADVISORY PANEL - CALL FOR NOMINATIONS

Music Victoria is proud to call for nominations to join our Women’s Advisory Panel for a two-year term. We are looking to recruit a panel of 12 women and female identifying people to reflect a broad cross-section of artists and industry professionals across genre, demographic and culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.

THE AGE MUSIC VICTORIA AWARDS 2017 NOMINEES REVEALED AND PUBLIC VOTING NOW OPEN!

Heading into its 12^th year in 2017, The Age Music Victoria Awards are excited to once again reveal the nominees for each category and open up the polls to the public to celebrate another massive year in Victorian music. Taking place on Wednesday 22 November amidst the Melbourne Music Week program, The Age Music Victoria Awards ceremony will acknowledge the successes of its musicians, venues, and festivals with an evening at 170 Russell complete with a killer After Party for all awardees, nominees, music industry professionals and fans alike.

Melbourne Blues Appreciation Society - Blues Challenge

Melbourne Blues Appreciation Society - MBAS are looking for blues bands to represent Melbourne and the MBAS at the International Blues Challenge (IBC)in Memphis, USA 16-20 Jan 2018.
Win flights, accomodation and $1000 spending money!

Entry deadline is Tues Oct 24, entry fee $60.

Don't miss out!

CEO Report - September 2017

Dear members and subscribers,

They say accidents happen to musicians in "Nashville Music City’’. The highest concentration of music industry in the world, cheap rent, and a music tourism boom driven by the success of the hugely popular music TV series Nashville have resulted in a perfect storm for the Nashville music industry....

New Good Music Neighbours Grant announced

We're super excited to announce a brand new Good Music Neighbours grant for all Victorian Live Music Venues.

Venues can now apply for free acoustic assessments to help them better understand their sound needs.

The After Party Line-Up (The Age Music Victoria Awards) announced

The line-up for The After party (The Age Music Victoria Awards) has just been announced and it's a pearler...

Face The Music - First Speakers announced!

The first 12 speakers for Face The Music 2017 have just been announced and the line-up is IMPRESSIVE!
(10% discount tix for Music Victoria members - read on):

Music Cities Convention announced - early bird discounts available

Sound Diplomacy are bringing their amazing Music Cities Convention to Melbourne in April 2018 and we're going to be working closely alongside Creative Victoria on the programming.
We've got the inside scoop on early EARLY bird discounts too (offer valid til 30th Sept)...

CEO Report - August 2017

Dear members and subscribers,

Music Victoria just returned from an epic three-day adventure visiting south eastern regional music venues and industry and checking out the best bands on the second Victorian Music Crawl.

A bus full of music industry managers, booking agents and artists visited 14 venues including small and large pubs, a former church, 2 festival sites, 2 community radio stations, a mechanics hall, a winery, a café, an arts gallery, a brewery, a nightclub and a Mexican restaurant. We even attracted the attention of ABC news!

New digital project puts St Kilda's jazz heritage on the map

The St Kilda Jazz Heritage Tour is a digital project conceived and created by writer and filmmaker Kaye Blum. It documents St Kilda's significant jazz history through its venues from the 1920s to today with an interactive map pinpointing key locations. Users can self-navigate a walking tour with a mobile device or explore the website from a desktop. A click on each of the map’s 37 pins leads to details of St Kilda’s key jazz places and people.