Live Music Venues

Melbourne is widely known as one of the world’s great music cities, and has more live music venues per capita than any other city in the world (Melbourne Live Music Census Report 2017).\n\nCity of Melbourne is home to a large number of these venues and this dataset provides a list of dedicated live music venues, and other venues and spaces which present live music, in the municipality. \n\nIt should be noted that the criteria for a live music venue, as determined by the Melbourne Live Music Census Report 2017, is a venue which presents live music two nights per week minimum. The census also identified that on an annual basis, 44% of regular venues feature live music on four nights per week, 28% on five nights and 10% on seven nights. Additionally according to the census and associated venue survey responses, a live venue in Melbourne typically: - is a hotel or bar in the CBD or inner suburbs which has been operating for an average of 8 years and, in 50%+ of cases, presents live music four nights per week.

墨尔本素有“全球顶级音乐之城”的美誉，其人均现场音乐场地数量位居全球城市之首（出自《2017年墨尔本现场音乐普查报告》）。

墨尔本市辖区内坐拥大量此类场地，本数据集收录了该市范围内的专属现场音乐场地，以及其他提供现场音乐演出的场地与空间清单。

需要说明的是，《2017年墨尔本现场音乐普查报告》中对现场音乐场地的判定标准为：每周至少举办两场现场音乐演出的场所。该普查同时显示，在常规运营的场地中，年度统计数据显示44%的场地每周举办四场现场音乐演出，28%的场地每周五场，另有10%的场地每周七场。此外，根据该普查及配套场地调研反馈，墨尔本的现场音乐场地通常具备以下特征：多为中央商务区（Central Business District，简称CBD）或近郊的酒店或酒吧，平均运营时长约8年，且半数以上的场地每周举办四场现场音乐演出。