Getting in touch about laneways, galleries and events

Laneway Notes is an independent journal, so messages come straight to the person writing about Melbourne's lanes, arcades and inner-city arts precincts. The most useful notes are specific: a new mural that has appeared off a CBD laneway, a small gallery in Collingwood or Fitzroy changing its programme, or a corner of the city you think deserves a closer look. If you write about a piece of street art, include the laneway name and a nearby cross street. Walls are repainted often and directions help it get documented before it disappears.

A few points help set expectations before you write:

  • Tips and suggestions about exhibitions, open studios, markets and live events are always welcome. Coverage is chosen editorially and is never guaranteed or paid for.
  • Corrections matter. Venues close, laneways get redeveloped and opening hours change. If something on the site is out of date, a short note with the page in question is appreciated.
  • Tickets and bookings are not handled here. Laneway Notes is not a venue, promoter or official tourism body, so for dates, prices and reservations please go to the organiser's own website.
  • Artists and makers who want their work considered should share where it can be seen in person. Seeing a work on site makes it much easier to write about it well.

Replies can take a little while, particularly during busy festival periods when there is more happening around the city than any one writer can keep up with. In the meantime, the Laneways Guide is a good starting point for planning a walk. The archive collects earlier posts on exhibitions, precinct wanderings and days out, and some of those older pieces still hold up as background reading even where the details have since changed.