The venues we lost

Fifty years of Australian live music on one map. Lines trace eight acts touring city to city. Amber rooms and pink festivals burn while they're alive and turn to ghosts the year they close, from Sunbury to Splendour. Zoom into Melbourne for the venue-by-venue story. Press play.

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Gone by now

2026
all years
Artist routes: Chartmetric venue journeys, pulled 28 Aug 2026. Lost venues and festivals: curated from press and Wikipedia; years are last held or last open. Unlisted, for In Cahoots use.