First Round NZ Music Venue Infrastructure Fund Announced

The NZ Music Venue Infrastructure Fund is part of a range of music initiatives the Government is supporting due to the impact of COVID-19, to assist the music sector to adapt and revitalise.

NZ Music Venue Infrastructure Fund is to support COVID-19 related health and safety measures for music venues and support the infrastructure costs for original NZ music performance venues across New Zealand. This investment will provide music venues a contribution towards the costs associated with operating a live music venue with an environment which is fit for purpose and safe for artists, audiences and staff, and assist in ensuring a viable ongoing touring circuit for original NZ music.

The first establishments confirmed for NZ Music Venue Infrastructure Fund grants are:

Anthology K Road, Auckland

Blue Smoke, Christchurch

Common Room, Hastings

Ding Dong Lounge, Auckland

Dive Music Venue, Dunedin

Dog with Two Tails (aka Bark!), Dunedin

Dome Bar and Cinema, Gisborne

Galatos, Auckland

Leigh Sawmill Café, Leigh

Lucky Bar, Whanganui

Raynham Park Studio, Auckland

Sherwood, Queenstown

Snails artist run space, Palmerston North

Space Academy, Christchurch

Studio the Venue, Auckland

The Cabana, Napier

The Crown Hotel, Dunedin

The Dog's Bollix, Auckland

The Piano, Christchurch

The Plant, Blenheim

The Playhouse Theatre, Nelson

The Rogue and Vagabond, Wellington

The Stomach (Creative Sounds Society Inc), Palmerston North

The Thirsty Dog, Auckland

The Wine Cellar, Auckland

Totara Street, Tauranga

The next round of the recipients for the NZ Music Venue Infrastructure Fund will be posted on the website when complete.