Aussie Live Performance Sector Breaks Records

LPA’s annual Ticket Attendance & Revenue Survey 2013 – which covers contemporary music, music theatre, opera, comedy, classical and children’s – posted a record A$1.48 billion ($1.38 million) in revenue, up 22.7 percent from 2012, and a record 17.9 million tickets sold constituting a 10.2 percent rise.

Contemporary music remained the largest sector, generating 42.5 percent in revenue to A$628.1 million ($585.64 million) – a 30.3 percent rise.

The two largest states, New South Wales and Victoria, combined had a revenue of A$970.98 million ($905.34 million), or about two-thirds of the entire Australian live performance industry.