Victorian Gig Fund
Anthony CIANFLONE (Pascoe Vale) (10:18): On 16 September it was rocktastic to drop into the Post Office Hotel on the corner of Sydney Road and Reynard Street in Coburg – with my double-neck 12-string and six-string Ovation guitar, by the way – to announce a $10,000 investment to support local artists, musicians and performers. Secured via the Victorian Labor government’s gigs fund, the investment provides the iconic Post Office Hotel with a leg-up to support local jobs and emerging local artists to perform live via paid gigs and will also help encourage more locals to get out and support our live music venues, pubs and clubs while having a beer, wine or meal and enjoying the very best of our creative local scene. It was a pleasure to announce the funding alongside the Post Office Hotel publican Daniel Caneva and local community champion Helen Politis and this initiative to also help support our central Coburg revitalisation efforts.