Tara Murray
Forget Me Not Eatery is hoping to bring more regular performances to the Greenvale community after receiving funding through the Victorina gig fund.
The Eatery was part of more than 140 live music venues across Victoria that received funding through the first round of 10,000 Gigs: The Victorian Gig Fund.
The fund can provide grants of up to $10,000 a year to go towards Victorian artists’ fees for gigs at their venues.
Forget Me Not Eatery hosts a number of live music once a month with patrons able to sit and listen while eating a two or three course meal.
Owner David Raso said this grant would be very beneficial for the cafe.
“It helps us a lot in doing some regular nights for the community,” he said. “The money is given to those performing.
“We’re looking at performing them more regularly.”
The live music nights started this year after the cafe received a license to open that late.
Raso said they would look to make it more than once a month next year.
He said he didn’t think there was anything like the cafe in the local community.
Creative Industries Minister Colin Brooks visited the eatery to talk about their program.
“I visited Forget Me Not Eatery in Greenvale recently with local MP Iwan Walters to hear firsthand about the gigs they have coming up and the impact the Victorian gig fund support will have on this business.”
“It’s a win for venues who are facing a challenging environment at the moment, a win for artists who will have more paid performance opportunities – and a win for music lovers here in Greenvale and across Victoria.”
