Six new Entertainment Precincts to open in Sydney’s Inner West

Sydney’s Inner West Council has advised that six new Entertainment Precincts will be opening for the first time across the Inner West this weekend.

From tonight these new Special Entertainment Precincts will allow all venues to trade until 2:00am on Fridays and Saturdays as well as alfresco dining and outdoor trading until midnight on those nights.

All main street businesses within the six precincts will also now be able to host small-scale live performance and artistic events without the need for a development application.

This massive expansion follows on from the hugely successful Enmore Special Entertainment Precinct, which was the first in NSW, and has been successfully operating since September 2022.

The new Precincts are located in:

• Darling Street, Balmain and Rozelle

• Marrickville Road and New Canterbury Road, Dulwich Hill

• Marrickville Road and Illawarra Road, Marrickville

• Industrial area along Victoria Road and Addison Road, Marrickville

• Norton Street and Parramatta Road, Leichhardt

Inner West Mayor Darcy Byrne advised "from tonight these new entertainment precincts are up and running and they will make the Inner West the new epicentre of Sydney's night-time economy.

"Our main streets are already the coolest nighttime destinations in Sydney and these new Entertainment Precincts will give our artists, pubs, restaurants and bars a big shot in the arm to take us to the next level.

"Venues across the Inner West will now be trading later all week and up until 2:00am on Fridays and Saturdays. We are also legalising the use of footpaths and alfresco dining areas until midnight because we want to see more people out on the street later.

"We thank the NSW Government and Planning Minister Paul Scully for their support and the prompt gazettal of these new precincts."

The new Special Entertainment Precincts will allow for:

• All businesses to trade up to 2:00am on Fridays and Saturdays and before a public holiday

• Outdoor dining and outdoor trading on private land until midnight on Fridays, Saturdays and before a public holiday and 11:00pm on other nights

• Permitting all premises to host small scale live performances without needing a development application

• Reducing the number of government agencies that regulate sound in the precincts to just one (Liquor and Gaming NSW)

• Mandating the soundproofing of new, nearby developments to reduce sound impacts

Image. Credit: Inner West Council