The number of NSW venues taking advantage of incentives to program live music has nearly doubled across the state in the past year.
Late-night hours and live entertainment are all the rage,but some ideas still fail. The key to success may lie in a property adage:location,location,location.
Inner West Mayor Darcy Byrne used the official opening of the Biennale of Sydney to announce Balmain would become a special night-time entertainment precinct.
Businesses in Bondi Junction will be allowed to trade until 3am,seven days a week,in an ambitious bid to turn the Oxford Street Mall into a night-time destination.
The best international cities rarely stick to traditional hours of trade. But are we doing enough to support Brisbane’s night-time economy?
Sydney restaurants are increasingly adding service fees to group bookings,but if they aren’t up front they can be “at risk of breaching consumer law”.
Cities have auras,and Sydney feels as though it is slowly coming into its own again. The cost of living – and housing in particular – remains the greatest impediment.
Night Time Economy Minister John Graham says the government-commissioned report shows the relationship between NSW Police and the city’s entertainment providers needs to improve.
A major new upgrade has been produced by teams who between them have worked on productions for ABBA and Marvel.
Sydney has plenty of restaurants open late in the evening,but red tape,staffing costs and a lack of customers make it a struggle to keep the doors open.
Addressing the “annoying” aspects of Sydney nightlife will be the easy part. Solving the structural problems will be the hard one.