{"id":10830,"date":"2021-03-26T20:02:59","date_gmt":"2021-03-26T20:02:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=10830"},"modified":"2021-03-26T20:02:59","modified_gmt":"2021-03-26T20:02:59","slug":"live-performances-to-reignite-sydney","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2021\/03\/26\/live-performances-to-reignite-sydney\/","title":{"rendered":"LIVE PERFORMANCES TO REIGNITE SYDNEY"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sydney\u2019s city centre is set for a new playlist with 39 projects to benefit from more than $1 million in funding through the\u00a0<em>Play the City (Sydney) NSW Round Two Grants.<\/em><br \/>\nThe funding is part of the CBD Revitalisation program to help reactivate the Sydney CBD by supporting individuals, venues and arts organisations to present live performances to help rebuild visitor numbers following the pandemic.<br \/>\nTreasurer Dominic\u00a0Perrottet\u00a0said the program would play an important part in revitalising our city by encouraging people back to the city was critical to our COVID recovery.<br \/>\n\u201cGetting the arts and entertainment industry back up and running will not only provide our economy with a much needed boost it will give Sydney its soul back,\u201d Mr\u00a0Perrottet\u00a0said.<br \/>\n\u201cReviving this vital industry will help create jobs and get our city humming again ensuring we keep more businesses in business and people in jobs.\u201d<br \/>\nMinister for the Arts Don Harwin said\u00a0<em>Play the City (Sydney)<\/em>\u00a0will bring the beat back to the centre of Sydney through live performance throughout 2021.<br \/>\n\u201cRestoring Sydney city\u2019s cultural life and supporting businesses hit hard by the pandemic is a priority for the NSW Government, and\u00a0<em>Play the City (Sydney)<\/em>\u00a0is one initiative in a range of measures that will support live performance and encourage audiences back to the CBD over the coming months,\u201d Mr Harwin said.<br \/>\n\u201cThrough 39 projects, this funding will support over 900 artists and the broader live music and performance scene, including diverse and inclusive Australian music events spanning Sydney\u00a0venues such as\u00a0the Oxford Art Factory, Darling Square and\u00a0TAFE NSW Eora, which will be activated by emerging contemporary musicians,\u00a0Neo Pop\u00a0performances,\u00a0album launches, and of course live music.<br \/>\n\u201cAfter a tough year for our arts and cultural sector and businesses in Sydney\u2019s CBD, this inspiring initiative will boost jobs and activate spaces all across the city over the coming months.\u201d<br \/>\nThe\u00a0<em>Play the City (Sydney)<\/em>\u00a0funding program is supporting a program of activities, events and performances that activate the Sydney CBD, and provides an opportunity for audiences to experience artists presenting new work and live performance events.<br \/>\nA full list of recipients is available\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.create.nsw.gov.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Play_the_City_Round_2_Recipient_List.pdf\">here<\/a>. For further information on arts, screen and cultural funding, including targeted support opportunities, visit the Create NSW website at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.create.nsw.gov.au\/\">www.create.nsw.gov.au<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sydney\u2019s city centre is set for a new playlist with 39 projects to benefit from more than $1 million in funding through the\u00a0Play the City (Sydney) NSW Round Two Grants. The funding is part of the CBD Revitalisation program to help reactivate the Sydney CBD by supporting individuals, venues and arts organisations to present live &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2021\/03\/26\/live-performances-to-reignite-sydney\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;LIVE PERFORMANCES TO REIGNITE SYDNEY&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10830","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nswnews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10830","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10830"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10830\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10830"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10830"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10830"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}