Flume, Lorde, Sneaky Sound System Unveil Plaques To Honour Fallen Sydney Venues

Ahead of another rally on 9 October, anti-lockout organisation Keep Sydney Open revealed a slew of commemorative plaques around Sydney's CBD to pay tribute to the city's numerous closed live music venues.

The hard-hitting memorial plaques showcased the many venues where uber-successful acts like Flume, Lorde and Nina Las Vegas got their start, such as Hugos, Q Bar, Goodgod and Club 77, all having perished under the lockout laws.

Flight Facilities, Jagwar Ma, Rufus and more all took to social media to highlight the loss of the venues and urge people to come out to the next Keep Sydney Open rally.

The Jezabels also organised a bar crawl from Newtown to Enmore to show support for lockout law removal yesterday.

Check out some of their social media posts below.

 

The biggest star in the Southern Hemisphere started out at one of our smallest, most beloved clubs #keepsydneyopen #goodgod @lordemusic

A photo posted by Yung Sampras, Jr. (@jonnoseidler) on Sep 23, 2016 at 1:49pm PDT

 

I met Iz, Jack and Tom (Luke a little later) at The Lansdowne in March 2009, because fate had it that we were playing at different times, in different bands on the same night. Myself at around 10.30, while Iz, Jack and Tom we're playing after midnight (something that wouldn't happen now, because of the Lock Out Laws). We learn't how to play as a band, doing the rounds up and down Oxford st. Hanging out with our friends, playing/spinning tunes till well into the morning. Bands/Performers, need to suck before they become better, and venues like The Lansdowne are the place to do it... The stage is a scary place if you don't know how to work it! As well, everyone wants to say "I remember seeing them before they were big..." Rant over...many thanks to @jonnoseidler #keepsydneyopen

A photo posted by GIDEON BENSEN (@gideonbensen) on Sep 24, 2016 at 12:01am PDT

 

Small venues such as the old Goodgod housed acts like @flumemusic and @lordemusic when they were just starting out. Our city is sorely lacking in spaces that can take a chance on burgeoning artists and promoters, and without these incubators the cultural life of our city cannot breathe and grow. Goodgod is now @planbsmallclub but instead of our government helping to protect the space, they enforce a lockout which threatens their existence. Let's get rid of the lockouts. Make a noise at the #keepsydneyopen rally Sunday 9th October.

A photo posted by Keep Sydney Open (@keepsydneyopen) on Sep 23, 2016 at 4:43pm PDT

 

So what can you do? SPREAD THE WORD AS TO WHY THE LOCKOUTS ARE NOT THE ANSWER. Be informed, follow @keepsydneyopen and rally with us October 9th. #KeepSydneyOpen

A photo posted by Nina Las Vegas (@ninalasvegas) on Sep 23, 2016 at 8:37pm PDT

 

We played our first shows in venues that no longer exist. They’ve shut their doors because the lockout laws have crippled Sydney’s late night economy. Tomorrow we headline Listen Out Festival in Melbourne for 15,000 people. We wouldn’t have gotten here coming up in todays Sydney. So many other Australian artists may not be discovered without somewhere to play. Surely we aren’t the only ones who want our city back. #KeepSydneyOpen

A photo posted by RÜFÜS / RÜFÜS DU SOL (@rufussounds) on Sep 23, 2016 at 2:03am PDT

 

Music and movement are vital to sanity and survival. The desire to congregate nocturnally is natural and primal. Violence and music are not correlated. What sort of city do we want? Progressive or regressive? Open armed or close minded? We should decide. #keepsydneyopen X j

A photo posted by Jagwar Ma (@jagwarma) on Sep 24, 2016 at 2:22pm PDT

 

It was the blurst of times, it was the times of best. Shout out to #Sydney, you're incredible. None of us would exist without you. Keep your venues open. Big love #thejezabels and friends. #keepsydneyopen #sydneylivemusicrocks #barcrawl

A photo posted by The Jezabels (@thejezabels) on Sep 25, 2016 at 2:58am PDT

 

Pheonix on Oxford st was one of the places we discovered dance music! So sad to see so many institutions gone. But we all fight on! #keepsydneyopen

A photo posted by Stoney Roads (@stoneyroads) on Sep 24, 2016 at 4:32pm PDT

 

When I started, my Friday night residency at Q Bar helped to shape me as an artist, learn my craft, discover so much music, be part of a community & LIVE. I learnt by surrounding myself in the culture, trying new things, failing, succeeding, having the space to experiment. The nightlife in Sydney is what made me fall in love with what I do. So many of my craziest, fondest, stupidest & most inspiring memories come from this time in my life... don't know where I would be if I wasn't given this opportunity. I owe you a lot. LOCKOUTS AREN'T THE ANSWER. We need our freedom back this isn't footloose #keepsydneyopen

A photo posted by Alison Wonderland (@alisonwonderland) on Sep 23, 2016 at 2:01am PDT

 

Club 77 played a vital role in the early years of The Presets. It was a space where we honed our skills as performers, a place where we discovered amazing music, met like-minded people in our community, forged lasting friendships and where _____ _____ tried to stick her tongue down my throat in the toilets after giving me a bump of k and I ran away because I was scared shitless of her boyfriend and I've thought about that moment at least once a week ever since #keepsydneyopen

A photo posted by The Presets (@thepresets) on Sep 25, 2016 at 1:55am PDT

Live venues train Sydney's next Flume or Flight Facilities. Lockouts kill them #keepsydneyopen pic.twitter.com/maoUXXdoPe

— jonathan (@jonnoseidler) September 24, 2016

Can hear the hotel playing @rolandtings in the hallway. Feeling like going for a late night dance. Lucky we're in Melbourne#keepsydneyopen

— RÜFÜS●●RÜFÜS DU SOL (@rufussounds) September 23, 2016