Wollongong scene leads the way to save live music in Newcastle

Kate McIlwain
Updated March 4 2018 - 8:17pm, first published 5:30pm
Sounds of success: Wollongong's diverse and growing music scene has been hailed as the "best practice" example for other cities hoping to transform their nightlife. Read more: Editorial, P13.
Sounds of success: Wollongong's diverse and growing music scene has been hailed as the "best practice" example for other cities hoping to transform their nightlife. Read more: Editorial, P13.

Changes in Wollongong’s live music scene over the past five years have been held up as a shining example of how to revitalise an ailing inner-city nightlife.

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Kate McIlwain

Kate McIlwain

Journalist

For more than a decade, I've helped the Illawarra Mercury set the news agenda across the region. Currently I'm the paper's health reporter - covering the stories of Illawarra workers and residents in the wake of a global pandemic and at a time where our health systems are stretched to the limit.

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