Gentrification, Cultural Policy and Live Music in Melbourne

Bibliographic Data

ID5903281
AuthorsRamon Lobato (0000-0002-1689-7233, corresponding author)
Year2006
Volume120
Issue1
Pages63-75
Publication date2006-08-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueMedia International Australia (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1329-878X • E-ISSN: 2200-467X
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/1329878x0612000110
OpenAlexW1550877936
LanguageEN
Citations received10
References cited19

This paper examines the regulation of nightlife in Melbourne, with a special focus on live music venues. Widespread gentrification of the city centre and inner suburbs has recently created considerable tension between residents and venues. Under pressure from both sides, the state government established the Live Music Taskforce in 2003, and its findings resulted in a semi-formal - albeit largely symbolic - policy reorientation towards the protection of existing music venues. Through a case study of the Live Music Taskforce policy development process, the author argues that the Bracks government's creative cities development strategy and its overriding economic motivations have, in this instance, intersected with the broader cultural needs of Melbourne. However, such productive intersections can in no way be assured by creative industries planning models, whose interest in cultural activity is conditional upon its economic value

Art · Creative City · Creativity · Cultural policy · Economic growth · Economics · Gentrification · Geography · Government (linguistics) · Media studies · Music festival · Nightlife · Political science · Project commissioning · Public relations · Publishing · Sociology · State (computer science) · Urban regeneration · Value (mathematics) · Visual arts · Cultural Industries and Urban Development · Law · Night-time city culture · Public Administration · Sport and Mega-Event Impacts

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