'It’s blown my mind.’ A crowdfunding campaign to save live music venue The Tote has hit its $3 million target as negotiations for the sale of the legendary Collingwood hotel enter the final stages.
A crowdfunding campaign to save live music venue The Tote has hit its $3 million target as negotiations for the sale of the legendary Collingwood hotel enter the final stages.
Hilton said the fundraising campaign was only the first part of the journey and that they would “deal with whatever else arises” during negotiations for the sale of the venue.“It’s an amazing example of what this community does, it really is. I can’t express the admiration I have for everyone out there, it’s blown my mind,” he said.‘When you work hard, things happen, and I’m 100 per cent confident we’ll be the new custodians.’“We set ourselves goals, and we worked really hard to achieve them.
Formerly known as the Ivanhoe Hotel, the venue was renamed The Tote in 1981, when previous publicans began hosting regular live music with a focus on new and local bands. A month later a crowd of 20,000 live music fans, musicians and venue owners marched to state parliament for the Save Live Australia’s Music rally – SLAM – to oppose laws that were crippling live music venues.
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