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Keeping Live Music Venues Alive with Dr Sam Whiting

A report released by Creative Australia in 2025 called Listening In revealed music is important to the majority of Australians, with grassroots live music venues acting as the heart of the scene.

Unfortunately, these venues are increasingly facing closure.

Presented by WAM, How We Keep Live Music Venues Open is a free workshop featuring Churchill Fellow and RMIT researcher Dr Sam Whiting about what can be done to sustain the future of the live music ecosystem.

Pam Boland spoke with Dr Sam Whiting for Breakfast ahead of the event about the biggest concerns facing live music venues, the results of his research and how we can keep Australian grassroots venues alive and well into the future.

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