“If you want the space to live, you want the space to thrive... you’ve got to support it. You’ve got to buy a book, buy a beer, buy a t-shirt.”

Over 1,300 venues have closed in Australia since the pandemic started, including 551 in New South Wales and 256 in Victoria. It seems like every week there’s a new announcement of a culturally significant music hotspot closing its doors.

“A lot of bands refuse to play in Wollongong because of Yours and Owls, because of how they were treated.”

“I was like 14, 15, going to little all-ages gigs. I think that was really important to myself, kind of a world-changing thing.”