At last, some good news for any Sydney entertainment venue that doesn’t happen to be a multi-billion dollar casino with governmental stakeholders.
From today, live entertainment venues in Kings Cross and the Sydney CBD can apply for an exemption to the draconian lock-out laws which have already caused so much financial stress to the local entertainment sector.
Venues can apply for a later lock out time of 2.00am and last drinks of 3.30am on nights they provide live entertainment after midnight.
“Live entertainment” is classified as:
- events where people are engaged to perform live or pre-recorded music, and
- other performances where performers (or at least some of them) are present in person – for example, theatre, musicals, dance, comedy and variety performances.
If you wish to apply for an exemption you can download the form here, a fact sheet here, or email Liquor and Gaming NSW for any other queries.It’ll set you back $250 to apply, which I’m sure you’ll recoup in the first ten minutes.
