Number of attendees to live performances, NSW

Data source: Live Performance Australia Ticket Attendance Report (https://reports.liveperformance.com.au/)

Supporting the community by fostering an environment with a thriving creative and cultural sector, where our citizens can enjoy their recreational time in a way that promotes connectivity and celebrates our culture and diversity.

In 2023, more people attended a live performance in NSW than ever recorded before, a figure which increased by 27% from 2022. Sustainable creative and cultural industries are important, not just for fostering a strong community but also economically. In 2023, NSW generated $1b in total ticket revenue, a rate which is higher than our share of the national population.

Contemporary Music contributed the highest share of attendance (42.8%) among all the live performance categories in NSW.

Note: The Live Performance industry encompasses performances, productions, previews and concerts that are performed in front of a live and/or virtual audience. The LPA report collects from ticketing companies, self-ticketing venues, event promoters and National Performing Arts Partnership.

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Data.NSW

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CKAN Data API

Access resource data via a web API with powerful query support. Further information in the main CKAN Data API and DataStore documentation.

Code examples:

curl JavaScript PowerShell Python R

Querying

Get 5 results containing "jones" in any field:

curl https://data.nsw.gov.au/data/en/api/action/datastore_search \
  -H"Authorization:$API_TOKEN" -d '
{
  "resource_id": "280367dd-5550-4bbe-85d3-17547483a1c0",
  "limit": 5,
  "q": "jones"
}'

const resp = await fetch(`https://data.nsw.gov.au/data/en/api/action/datastore_search`, {
    method: 'POST',
    headers: {
        'content-type': 'application/json',
        authorization: API_TOKEN
    },
    body: JSON.stringify({
        resource_id: '280367dd-5550-4bbe-85d3-17547483a1c0',
        limit: 5,
        q: 'jones'
    })
})
await resp.json()

$json = @'
{
  "resource_id": "280367dd-5550-4bbe-85d3-17547483a1c0",
  "limit": 5,
  "q": "jones"
}
'@
$response = Invoke-RestMethod https://data.nsw.gov.au/data/en/api/action/datastore_search`
  -Method Post -Body $json -Headers @{"Authorization"="$API_TOKEN"}
$response.result.records

(using the ckanapi client library)

from ckanapi import RemoteCKAN

rc = RemoteCKAN('https://data.nsw.gov.au/data/en/', apikey=API_TOKEN)
result = rc.action.datastore_search(
    resource_id="280367dd-5550-4bbe-85d3-17547483a1c0",
    limit=5,
    q="jones",
)
print(result['records'])

library(httr2)

req <- request("https://data.nsw.gov.au/data/en/api/action/datastore_search")
result <- req %>% 
    req_headers(Authorization = API_TOKEN) %>% 
    req_body_json(list(
        resource_id = '280367dd-5550-4bbe-85d3-17547483a1c0',
        limit = 5,
        q = 'jones'))
    req_perform %>% 
    resp_body_json

Get results with either "watershed" or "survey" as subject and "active" as its stage:

curl https://data.nsw.gov.au/data/en/api/action/datastore_search \
-H"Authorization:$API_TOKEN" -d '
{
"resource_id": "280367dd-5550-4bbe-85d3-17547483a1c0",
  "filters": {
    "subject": ["watershed", "survey"],
    "stage": "active"
  }
}'

const resp = await fetch(`https://data.nsw.gov.au/data/en/api/action/datastore_search`, {
    method: 'POST',
    headers: {
        'content-type': 'application/json',
        authorization: API_TOKEN
    },
    body: JSON.stringify({resource_id: '280367dd-5550-4bbe-85d3-17547483a1c0', filters: {
        subject: ['watershed', 'survey'],
        stage: 'active'
    }})})
await resp.json()

$json = @'
{
  "resource_id": "280367dd-5550-4bbe-85d3-17547483a1c0",
  "filters": {
    "subject": ["watershed", "survey"],
    "stage": "active"
  }
}
'@
$response = Invoke-RestMethod https://data.nsw.gov.au/data/en/api/action/datastore_search`
  -Method Post -Body $json -Headers @{"Authorization"="$API_TOKEN"}
$response.result.records

from ckanapi import RemoteCKAN

rc = RemoteCKAN('https://data.nsw.gov.au/data/en/', apikey=API_TOKEN)
result = rc.action.datastore_search(
    resource_id="280367dd-5550-4bbe-85d3-17547483a1c0",
    filters={
      "subject": ["watershed", "survey"],
      "stage": "active",
    },
)
print(result['records'])

library(httr2)

req <- request("https://data.nsw.gov.au/data/en/api/action/datastore_search")
result <- req %>% 
    req_headers(Authorization = API_TOKEN) %>% 
    req_body_json(list(
        resource_id='280367dd-5550-4bbe-85d3-17547483a1c0', 
        filters = list(
            subject = list("watershed", "survey"), 
            stage = "active")))
    req_perform %>% 
    resp_body_json

Using the API with this Web Browser

Some API endpoints may be accessed using a GET query string.

Query example (first 5 results)

https://data.nsw.gov.au/data/en/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id=280367dd-5550-4bbe-85d3-17547483a1c0&limit=5

Query example (results containing 'jones')

https://data.nsw.gov.au/data/en/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id=280367dd-5550-4bbe-85d3-17547483a1c0&q=jones

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Additional Information

Field	Value
Title	Number of attendees to live performances, NSW
Date Published	17/07/2025
Last Updated	17/09/2025
Publisher/Agency	Department of Creative Industries, Tourism, Hospitality and Sport
Licence	Creative Commons Attribution
Update Frequency	Annually
Temporal Coverage	31/12/2009 - 31/12/2023
Data Portal	Data.NSW