Crowbar Sydney was hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Crowbar is an independant, family owned live music venue. Opening in 2018 as an addition to the East Coast touring circuit with it’s former sister venue Crowbar Brisbane which was established in 2012 and has since closed.
Pre-covid, Crowbar hosted around 400 bands each year. Supporting Australian live music is at the core of Crowbar, and they aim to remain and grow as a key player in the ecosystem of the Australian live music scene. Given crowd restrictions, lockdowns, reschedules, travel bans and new legal hoops to jump through, owning and operating a live music venue has become increasingly difficult as the pandemic wears on and government assistance dries up.
Four bands, Dune Rats, Skegss, Hockey Dad and Ruby Fields put on a benefit show to raise money for the venue on the 29th of May, 2021. This is my visual recollection of the event.
