Examining sexual violence in Greater Melbourne, a renowned music city
Monash University, with support from the Victorian Government and the City of Melbourne, has completed a survey on the impact of sexual violence in urban music spaces.
The survey examined how sexual violence in urban music spaces affects gender, sexuality, ethnicity, race and (dis)ability. It targeted victim-survivors who have until now been largely silenced. This includes voices of women from all backgrounds as well as culturally and linguistically diverse communities, First Nations and people of colour, those who identify as trans, non-binary and LGBTQIA+ and those with disabilities and/or mental health issues.
The study assessed how music workers and music participants navigate, deal with and try to prevent exposure to sexual violence. It also explored the impact of this epidemic on music participation, music production, music education and the music media space.
Read the report: Examining Sexual Violence in the Music City of Greater Melbourne
City of Melbourne Open Data Platform: Live music venues
Melbourne is widely known as one of the world’s great music cities, and has more live music venues per capita than any other city in the world (Melbourne Live Music Census Report 2017). City of Melbourne is home to a large number of these venues and this dataset provides a list of dedicated live music venues, and other venues and spaces which present live music, in the municipality.
View the live music venues dataset.
City of Melbourne interactive maps (CoMMaps)
You can use City of Melbourne's interactive maps to find out information and locations for council services, businesses, landmarks and other details, including live music venues.
Melbourne Live Music Census 2017
City of Melbourne partnered with RMIT, Music Victoria, City of Yarra, City of Port Phillip and Collarts to support research into Melbourne’s live music scene. Read the full report at Music Victoria.