Getting in Touch About Melbourne's Laneways and Arts

Laneway Notes is an independent journal, and much of what ends up on these pages starts with a message from a reader. If you have spotted a new mural going up in a city laneway, stumbled on a small gallery opening in Collingwood or Fitzroy, or found a quiet arcade café worth a detour, we would love to hear about it. Tips like these help keep the coverage current in a city where street art can be painted over within weeks and pop-up spaces come and go quickly.

What is useful to send

  • Laneway and street art sightings: the lane name, the nearest cross street and roughly when you saw the work. Photos help, but please only share images you took yourself.
  • Events and openings: a link to the organiser's own announcement is the most reliable source, as dates and times often change.
  • Corrections: if a venue has closed, moved or changed its hours since we wrote about it, a short note means we can update the page for other readers.
  • Story ideas: walking routes, lesser-known precincts or seasonal days out you think deserve a closer look.

A few things to keep in mind

Laneway Notes is not an official tourism body, venue or ticket seller, so we cannot book tables, sell tickets or answer questions on behalf of galleries and event organisers. For those, contact the venue directly through its official channels. We read every message, but replies can take a little while because the journal is run independently.

Before writing in, it may be worth browsing the archive to see whether a place has already been covered, or reading the Laneways Guide for the routes and precincts we return to most often. More background on the journal itself is on the About page.