1、Listening In:Insights on live music attendancePart one in a series of three reports exploring live music attendance,music discovery and consumption by Australian audiences.Cover image:Fireworks going off behind the main stage at Wildlands over NYE in Brisbane.Credit:Jordan Munns.AcknowledgementCreat

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3、s artistic and cultural expressions.We are privileged to gather on this Country and to share knowledge,culture and art,now and with future generations.Listening In:Insights on live music attendance is published under Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Non-Derivative Works 4.0 Licence.Attribu

4、tion:Creative Australia 2025,Listening In:Insights onlive music attendance.This report was supported by a partnership with Untitled Group and The Daily Aus,as well as a collaboration with The Push.ContentsForeword 2Executive summary 3Main findings 4Live music attendance at a glance 5Introduction 7Me

5、thodology 9Part One:Attitudes and preferences inrelation to live music 10Valuing live music 11Valuing Australian music 15Motivations for attendance at live events 16Preferences for types of events 19Part Two:Attendance and behaviours inrelation to live music 21The audience for live music in Australi

6、a 22Venues and genres 24Attendance and frequencies 27Buying tickets 31Part Three:Barriers to live music attendance 36Overview of attendance barriers 37Financial pressures and the cost of live events 44Safety as a barrier to attendance 50Accessibility as a barrier toattendance 52Event location as a b