Organisations & Associations
Venues that support local original songwriting
Organisations & Associations
THE AUSTRALIAN SONGWRITERS ASSCOTIATION
The Australian Songwriters Association is a national, non-profit, member organisation dedicated to the support of songwriters and their art, through providing avenues for encouragement and education of developing Australian songwriters, and recognition and promotion of our accomplished members.
www.facebook.com/australiansongwritersassociation
WAX LYRICAL CANBERRA: https://www.facebook.com/groups/177354016252818
THE ACT’S PEAK-BODY FOR CONTEMPORARY MUSIC.
We work with musicians, artists, venues, and audiences to strengthen connections across our regional music ecosystem, and provide creative development and financial opportunities directly to musicians.
THE AUSTRALASIAN PERFORMING RIGHT ASSOCIATION
The Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) administers and licenses the public performance and communication of musical works, ensuring music creators can be paid when their songs and compositions are performed live, broadcast, streamed, or played in business or other public settings.
APRA represents more than 128,000 songwriters, composers and music publishers across Australia, Aotearoa New Zealand and other Pacific territories.
CANBERRA CHAPTER
The Country Music Association of Canberra has been around for over 40 years. CMACanberra is about promoting the country music genre in the Canberra region.
Venues that support local original songwriting
76 ALINGA ST, CANBERRA CITY
Smith's exists to celebrate local culture and provide a safe and comfortable place for it to be developed, presented and appreciated. Open nearly every day of the year, we aim to have something happening on every one of those days, including music, poetry, comedy, burlesque, theatre, literary events, cabaret, vaudeville, art gallery openings, performance art, dance parties, the sciences, philosophy and politics.