Melbourne for Music Fans

As the global Music Cities Convention gets set to rock and roll into Melbourne on 19 and 20 April 2018, new census data shows Melbourne’s latest count of live music venues is at 500 - more per capita than any other major global city including New York, London, Tokyo or Los Angeles.

Release time : 2018-04-02 13:36:55

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As the global Music Cities Convention gets set to rock and roll into Melbourne on 19 and 20 April 2018, new census data shows Melbourne’s latest count of live music venues is at 500 - more per capita than any other major global city including New York, London, Tokyo or Los Angeles.

The Music Cities Convention will bring together music industry, government and academic leaders from across the world to discuss the many ways music can improve city life. It’s the first time the reputed conference will be staged in the Southern Hemisphere and it’s fitting that Melbourne, Australia’s live music capital, was chosen to host it.

The music industry generates in excess of $1 billion in the city; with 60,000 annual performances attracting more than 15 million patrons in Melbourne. As well as attending a live performance, there are many ways visitors can appreciate Melbourne’s love for music with tours, exhibitions and record store events.

Stadium concerts

One of the added benefits of being a city obsessed with sport, is that Melbourne boasts a plethora of world-class stadiums that international music acts can fill to the rafters with their fans (as Bruno Mars and Ed Sheeran did when the both held major concerts here on the same weekend in March). From AAMI Park, Etihad Stadium, Rod Laver Arenaand the iconic Melbourne Cricket Ground which holds up to 100,000 people, the world’s most popular acts have got Melbourne firmly on the tour schedule.

Live music venues

On any given night of the week, live music can be heard emanating from the pubs, clubs, basements and rooftops in a city that values and fosters it’s live music scene. Whether it’s a spot of Jazz at Paris Cat Jazz Bar or Birds Basement, a neighbourhood gig at The Workers Club, Northcote Social Club or the Prince Bandroom, or international acts at 170 Russell or the recently refurbished Forum Melbourne, Melbourne’s live music scene is second to none and it’s