Live Music Venue Business Grants recipients

21 Mar 2025

Successful recipients of the Live Music Venue Business Grants are: 

• Rat Pack & Co Pty Ltd - $25,000 for Tomcat Bar to extend opening to Wednesday nights and host a regular "Jam" night where bands can come along and showcase their latest music in an informal setting.
• The Presynct Pty Ltd - $18,750 to improve the venue’s seating and stage design to nurture and showcase local musicians and performers and to enhance the region’s artistic reputation.  
• Seidoo Pty Ltd ta Oodies Café - $18,890 to enhance the intimate live music experience by re-designing the room structure, lighting and staging area.  
• The Cave Inn - $18,228 to fund new equipment and signage ensuring the venue can continue to grow and support new music. 
• Mo's Desert Clubhouse Pty Ltd - $25,000 to maximise the venue's facilities through building improvements, leading to expansion of non-standard trading hours, launching original acts, new products, performances and listening parties. 
• 3DW Group Pty Ltd - $25,000 for Den Devine Music Hall to expand its operating hours, allowing artists to professionally record audio and video content using existing and enhanced sound and video equipment. 
• Suzie Wongs Pty Ltd - $23,319 to invest in new, state-of-the-art sound and audio equipment for Susie Wong’s Good Time Bar to continue delivering exceptional live music experiences.
• Banshees Bar Pty Ltd - $24,464 for business frontage, foyer, stage and seating improvements to refurbish and rebrand the frontage and foyer of Banshees Bar, and improve the seating, dance floor and stage for accessibility and safety.
• Nathan Hurdle - $24,026 to expand the stage and replace equipment at Otherwise Bar and to lower costs to keep the venue accessible to local promoters and bands, while also being competitive with other venues in the region. 
• Elsewhere Pty Ltd - $21,430 to purchase sound production and stage equipment, continue presenting local and live music and strengthen the venue's resilience by reducing operating costs. 
• Mapleton Public House Pty Ltd - $18,791 for Mapleton Pub to improve the Green Room sound and light system and to support more economical investment in regular original live music programming.