Supporting music venues

As Australia’s only UNESCO City of Music, the City of Adelaide is proud to support existing and new music venues. Find out about the range of initiatives here.

To provide better access to live music venues across the city for musicians to load-in/load-out, the Council has created City of Music Loading Zones near a number of venues across the city centre and North Adelaide.

You can find full details on the Music Loading Zones page.

If you’re looking for a place to promote your upcoming live music gigs, we encourage you to list it free with the Australian Tourism Data Warehouse (ATDW), so it they can be displayed on our What’s On calendar.

The City of Adelaide’s What's On calendar receives an average of over 20,000 monthly pageviews and the weekly e-newsletter has over 12,000 subscribers. It's a popular go-to for many event seekers.

To list, (did we mention it’s free!), simply register with ATDW (as an Event) and then create listings for your upcoming gigs. You can also register as an attraction then create a generic listing about the types of music events you host. This will be distributed across key tourism and event websites (but won't appear on our What’s On calendar).

The City of Adelaide provides funding for eligible initiatives that support live music in the city.

For more information head to our Grants overview page, funding is available in various funding programs throughout the year. 

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