The decommissioned power station is proposed to become a concert venue, dance hall and home for production spaces once the Biennale of Sydney packs up.
Sydney’s White Bay Power Station has gone from ugly duckling to new jewel in the city’s cultural crown in one art show, with a key council urging the NSW government to convert the once derelict building into a permanent live performance and concert venue.
“The site has some real quirks – the artefacts of White Bay’s industrial heritage are what makes it a special site to program creative work in, but they also put some limitations on the types of programming that are possible,” he said. Inner West Council has written to Arts, Music and Night-Time Economy Minister John Graham asking him to fast-track approval for the conversion of the former power station into a live performance, concert and multi-arts venue.
Inner West Council mayor Darcy Byrne is pushing for White Bay Power Station to be a new venue for live music.“However, a broader view of the Bays precinct needs to be taken into account including maintaining the working harbour elements of the area. It would need to be determined how competing suggestions fit into the bigger picture.”
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