Published on Thursday, 12 November 2026 at 9:53:07 AM
The City of Vincent is not taking away Leederville's youth gig space. We are creating a better, purpose-built facility for young people, emerging artists and the wider music community.
One of the big concerns with the existing space is its inaccessibility for people with disability, we are committed to ensuring that moving forward young people with disability are also able to attend and to perform.
The new gig space will be part of a larger redevelopment of the car park area near Frame Court in Leederville Town Centre.
We are currently exploring suitable alternative spaces for gigs during the 12-18 months it will take to build the new venue and we will be consulting with the young people who use The Y HQ currently as part of this planning. In addition to this, we are progressing the use of the East Perth Power Station site to host Spring Youth gigs for emerging creatives.
The gig space plays an important role in giving young people a safe, accessible, place to enjoy live music, perform, connect with others and develop their creativity. We want to see this continue. This redevelopment will provide better facilities for young people in Leederville for generations to come. While venues around Perth are closing, the City of Vincent has taken the opposite approach, investing in an improved, safer, accessible youth space that can operate in perpetuity.
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