MAPPING CULTURE

7.1.1 Mapping of the contemporary music sector and its distribution
Table 33 provides a breakdown of the sub-sector of contemporary music by venue
type. It reveals that over half of the contemporary music venues are hotels, bars, cafes
and pubs, so highlighting the importance of this type of venue space for
contemporary music.
Venue types Count Count %
Music and other sound recording 45 12.4%
Music publishing 9 2.5%
Music retailing 17 4.7%
Radio broadcasting 17 4.7%
Arena and large entertainment venues 4 1.1%
Contemporary music venues 10 2.8%
Live music venue: hotel, bars, cafes and
pubs
194 53.6%
Multi-purpose venues 14 3.9%
Development space 44 12.2%
Rehearsal facilities 8 2.2%
Total 362 100.0%
Table 33. Breakdown of the contemporary music sector by venue type
Figure 26 displays the density of the contemporary music sector across the City. Some
clusters of contemporary music venues can be found in the CBD (CBD and Harbour
Village), Chinatown (Chinatown and CBD South Village) and Kings Cross/Potts Point
(Macleay Street and Wolloomooloo Village) and Darlinghurst (Oxford Street Village).
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These are generally ‘performance’ spaces at hotels, bars and pubs in these areas.
Apart from 110 venues of this type in the CBD, there is also a smaller concentration of
live music venues in Chinatown (28), Potts Point (20) and Darlinghurst (22).
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Please note that live music venue at hotels, bars, cafés and clubs is categorised as
‘performance and exhibition’ space in this project, rather than ‘commercial and enterprise’
space. The rationale for this decision is that we do not consider music to be the primary output
of these venues.
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