Free Entry Open Mic at The Townie

10/11/2020

Hello, checking in again! Still no news on the return of open mic I'm afraid. Some of you have noticed the Great Southern Nights gigs being advertised at The Townie over this month and naturally have been sending enquiries about other gigs, unfortunately the Great Southern Nights shows are all we have going so far. The regular four night a week program the venue had pre-covid is just not viable at the moment, I'm trying to get some sort of weekday thing happening but it will not be this year unless we manage to secure some external funding to put these events on.

If you'd like to do something to help the bigger picture for live music in NSW please consider sending a letter to your MP with the web form organised by MusicNSW below - it's easy, takes a couple of minutes. There's also a petition on that site you should sign if you haven't already.

This is really easy – the email is already written for you. Two steps: Step 1. Put in your full name, email address and your suburb. Under your suburb will appear your suburb and postcode. Click on your suburb and postcode and hit NEXT. Step 2. The letter will come up – please read and […]

22/09/2020

Hello, hope you're well. Just checking in re: open mic - we're still off for the forseeable future unfortunately. The Townie like many venues is not pulling in the revenue to pay for live music at the moment but you can help by signing this petition to the NSW government to provide a rescue package for NSW venues akin to the Victorian effort: https://www.sosnsw.org/

In other news, if you're in a band that still wants to rehearse at the moment, check out Sound Hole in Marrickville - this is something I am just starting up, it is still very barebones but it's cheap as!

Sign the petition  An Open Letter to the NSW State Government from LIVE Music venues across NSW.Live music in NSW is under threat. Unless there is immediate government intervention, we risk losing 85% of the state’s live music venues within the next 12 months.With the biggest music industry in th...

14/07/2020

Just a quick update as a few people have been asking, unfortunately we still have no word on music starting up again at The Townie and don't expect it to happen until at least the 4sqm per person restriction is removed.

I know other venues are doing some shows and that's great; different circumstances here unfortunately, it's not a venue we can adapt to a ticketed model like some have.

Hopefully you're all out there still writing and practising, we will be back one day and I'll let you know here when it happens!

18/03/2020

Unfortunately I got the call a couple of hours ago to say that with everything going on all live music at The Townie has been suspended until further notice, so for the time being our open mic has to stop.

I'll update the page when any future opportunities arise.

In the meantime I'm suddenly out of work and keen for anything going! If you were using open mic to get yourself a demo recorded or your set filmed I can still help you with that - for instance at a rehearsal studio or other locations. I do offer other services outside of the Townie including equipment and cable repair, freelance mixing etc. You can reach me through [email protected], or message through this page.

- Sally

11/03/2020

Serker

11/03/2020

We've had spots open up tonight at 9:10pm and 10:40pm, email [email protected] (or click send message on this page) if you'd like to grab one of them. No bands tonight sorry, band spots are available from the 29th of April onwards. You can try showing up in person of course, but first in best dressed.

Picture only vaguely related. (The original Subwoofer is now working again)