This consultation has now closed, and the Live Music Action Plan has been launched. Thank you to all those who had their say. You can view the consultation findings and Plan on this page.
Background
Moonee Valley City Council’s Arts and Culture Strategy, Igniting Creativity in Moonee Valley 23-27, highlights live music as an important art form
Live music is specifically endorsed in relation to Goal 3.3 of the strategy, which aims to create opportunities for enlivened activity in night-time precincts.
These foundations supported the next step: creating a 5-year Live Music Action Plan to guide support for live music from 2026 to 2030. This Plan will guide how Council, local business, venues and community can grow live music across Moonee Valley. The plan aims to:
- support local musicians, music businesses, and venues (both current and potential live music hosts)
- encourage collaboration across the music community — including artists, venues, managers, producers, marketers, audiences and fans
- build sustainable careers and businesses through viable business models
- provide Council support through advocacy, simplified regulations, funding, access to spaces, and role modelling best-practice live music events.
The Draft Plan was developed with support from the live music community, who participated in a variety of consultation activities over the first half of 2025, including a Live Music Forum, internal briefings, surveys and one-on-one interviews.
Community engagement
From 30 October until 19 December, 2025, Council invited feedback from the local music community and the broader public on the Draft Live Music Action Plan.
We wanted to know:
- Does our vision for live music reflect your hopes for the future?
- What ideas or concerns do you have?
You provided feedback by:
- completing our online survey
- recording your feedback using a SpeakPipe tool on this page
- emailing, phoning or writing by mail to Council.
Community input helped shape the final Live Music Action Plan to ensure it reflects the community’s vision for a vibrant and sustainable live music future in Moonee Valley. For example:
- The vision of the Plan was determined by majority community support
- The broad structure and four action areas were also supported by community
- Actions and initiatives proposed by the community were considered and incorporated into the final Plan by identifying common themes or similarities that shaped the initiatives.
