ALMBC - BIGSOUND 2025

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BIGSOUND 2025

From The Chair

Following our very successful breakfast at Indie-Con (Adelaide), and engagements in India and Aotearoa, the ALMBC is heading to Brisbane for BIGSOUND with a week full of great activities:

Venues & Insurance Round Table
Members & Friends Mixer
Live Sessions @ the RG Outdoor Stage
Business Mentoring

Get involved! We'll see you there.

Howard Adams

Chair

Join a panel of experts to discuss the key problem of insurance costs in the music industry, focussing on live music venues.

Learn about the work the ALMBC is doing, in partnership with the Insurance Council of Australia and others, to bring about positive change.

Learn about how other countries have handled these problems and about new programs and apps that will minimise risk and lower insurance premiums.

Speakers include:

Tom Lunn – Insurance Council of Australia
Andrew Bassingthwaighte – Risk mitigation expert
Tam Boakes – Jive Bar Adelaide / AMVF
Melanie Anderson – Qld Tourism Industry Council
Bernie Hogan – AHA Queensland
Declan Williams – AHA Victoria

All welcome.

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You Are Warmly Invited!

You are warmly invited to the ALMBC Members & Friends Mixer, Thursday 4 September 11.30am. Chattahoochee's (top of the) Valley Mall.

You do not need to be a BIGSOUND Delegate to attend. Drinks, Coffees and snacks provided. Thanks to Black Flag Brewing.

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See some of the continent's most exciting soloists, duos and trios.

The ALMBC is hosting the Royal George Hotel’s outdoor stage from 12pm – 4pm every day during BIGSOUND 2025.

This stage usually hosts local covers acts, but the ALMBC is bringing some of the best live soloists / duos & trios from across the continent.

Drop in, say hi and enjoy some of the most exciting new voices in live music from across the continent.

Presented by Sorrento Strategic Accounting.

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Free business support for you

The ALMBC is offering free business support for members during BIGSOUND 2025.

Do you need free and confidential advice around financial, legal, contractual, planning, insurance, risk and / or structural matters?

Register here and then come along to the Royal George Hotel outdoor stage between 12pm and 4pm everyday to meet with ALMBC reps.

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ALMBC Going Global!

ALMBC Chair Howard Adams has just returned from India’s premier music conference All About Music with support from Sounds Australia.

(see photo of Australian reps attached).

ALMBC EGM Ant McKenna is currently in Aotearoa NZ speaking at the Independent Music Venues Summit and then at Going Global hosted by Independent Music New Zealand.

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Revive Live Is Back!

Revive Live is back – supporting live music venues or music festivals focussing on original contemporary music by Australian artists.

Last round saw a major increase in successful grants by regional and remote venues and festivals, following the removal of multinational companies from the funding pool.

If you are thinking of applying – get in touch with us early on contact@almbc.org.au and we will get right behind your application.

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Thankyou to funding from Music Australia

Thankyou to all our partners...

The Australian Live Music Business Council (ALMBC) acknowledge the First Nations people of these unceded territories we live, create and work on. We recognise, respect and celebrate one of the world’s oldest continuing holders of song and the cultural distinctions of First Nations people and value their rich and positive contribution to the music industry and more broadly Australian society. We the Australian Live Music Business Council pay our respects to all of the Traditional Owners and keepers of this land and acknowledge all Elders past, present and future.