GIG GUIDE- BRINGING THE SYDNEY MUSIC SCENE BACK TO LIFE
05 febraury,2024
Amplify Live Music is a free online music gig guide with the unique ability to search by locale, genre, date and venue. The Gig Guide encompasses everything from local pub rock gigs, festivals to opera and jazz performances (and everything in between).
In the aftermath of lockdowns, the Sydney music scene experienced a resurgence, but finding information about live music events became a challenge. Amplify.Sydney Live Music emerged from the passion of two long time friends, Bronwyn Cooksley and Sue Blatchford, who sought to bridge this gap. Leveraging their skills as a digital agency owner and an event producer, respectively, they created the Amplify.Sydney gig guide that covers not only Sydney but also Newcastle, Wollongong, Blue Mountains, Central Coast, South Coast and the Hunter Valley.
“Remember the good old days when every week you could grab a copy of “On the Street” or a “Drum Media” mag and plan your live music itinerary of bands and venues for the next week? We miss those heady days… when you would go from the Lansdowne to the Hopetoun, the Sandringham, the Annandale, Sanctuary Cove Tavern, Graphic Arts and Trade Union… and many, many more venues and pubs. A time when Sydney was pumping and sweaty with live music venues and awesome bands. A lot of things have changed – but the love Sydney-siders have for live music is not one of them.”
Friends Bronwyn Cooksley and Sue Blatchford enjoying a Gig!
“Good friends Bronwyn Cooksley and Sue Blatchford – love live music and after those dark old days of lockdown, found live music popping up all over Sydney, but no-one knew about it. They were constantly amazed when friends would ask “is there really live music on? Where?”
So Amplify.Sydney was born.
Sue Blatchford is a digital agency owner and Bron is an event producer – both with skills that perfectly complemented for the creation of this ‘side hustle’.
There are ‘what’s on’ guides around, but many different guides catering for individual genres – and like us, music lovers often love many styles of music. You can’t assume that someone who likes to go to a local pub rock gig isn’t going to be in to the opera.
We want to make AMPLIFY a one-stop-shop for ALL the live music in Sydney and surrounds.
It’s FREE to list a gig, or sign up to get the weekly gig guide
The Soul Movers, featuring the much-loved guitarist and respected ex-Red Wiggle Murray Cook, are proud users of Amplify.Sydney relying on their skill and connection on a regular basis. “With seemingly fresh-every-year challenges, musicians, more than ever, need the fantastic services that folks such as Amplify.Sydney provide. Enticing music-lovers out to shows (that we work so hard to create with passion and vigour) is a number one priority; without connection to community and culture we feel a part of the collective soul atrophies.
Amplify has found a way to connect future and past music marketing, creating a hub for lovers and givers of music like no other platform in Australia.”
Amplify.Sydney for Live Music is free and easy to use,
It offers both music lovers and event organisers a hassle-free experience. Whether you want to explore what’s on or promote your gig,
Amplify Live Music provides a user-friendly interface. By signing up for the weekly gig guide, users get an email every Thursday with what’s on for the weekend and beyond.
The local music scene has had its fair share of challenges, so sign up, tell your mates and help to keep our vibrant live music scene alive!
AMPLIFY.SYDNEY – LIST YOUR GIG
SIGN UP TO WEEKLY GIG GUIDE
ITS FREE FOR EVERYONE
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Sydney – Newcastle – Wollongong
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