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$300,000 King Street Carnival sponsorship approved, with event arrangements to be addressed in agreement
Inner West Council has backed Music and Booze Co’s plan to replace the King Street Crawl with a carnival in 2028, with a partnership agreement to cover safety, waste and public-space use.
Reporting from draft minutes. Recorded wording may change when confirmed. How this article was prepared
King Street residents, businesses and event organisers could see a new carnival in 2028 after Inner West Council approved $300,000 over three financial years for a lead-sponsor role.
The resolution notes Music and Booze Co’s proposal to transition the King Street Crawl into the King Street Carnival. It requires a partnership agreement covering road closures, pedestrian safety, waste management and use of Camperdown Memorial Rest Park.
The agreement must also specify that Council funding supports activations within the Inner West local government area and support minimum fee payments to participating musicians when those musicians are paid directly by the organisers.
The minutes do not establish that the event plan has been finalised. The resolution requires a December briefing note on the listed partnership arrangements and how the funding will be spent, once the agreement is finalised. It also requires Music and Booze Co to provide a summary after each event in 2027 and 2028 covering attendance, local venue and artist participation, venue revenue, local economic impact and marketing reach, to be reported to councillors via briefing note.
The minutes do not state how the $300,000 will be divided across the three financial years, or set out the final event footprint and traffic arrangements. They record the sponsorship approval, rather than a completed agreement or a guarantee that the proposed 2028 carnival will proceed in a particular form.
The minutes record the motion as carried with no votes against. The public minutes are marked unconfirmed.
What deserves a closer look
The funding approval is recorded, but the minutes do not establish that the partnership agreement or event arrangements have been finalised.
The resolution refers to events in 2027 and 2028 while describing the transition to the carnival as occurring in 2028, so the format of any 2027 event is not established by the record.
Questions for follow-up reporting
What will the final partnership agreement require for road closures, pedestrian safety, waste management and use of Camperdown Memorial Rest Park?
How will the $300,000 be divided across the three financial years?
Will the 2027 event operate as the King Street Crawl, the King Street Carnival or another format?
What event footprint and traffic arrangements will be proposed for 2028?
What happens next
Council is to enter into the partnership agreement, with a December briefing note on its listed arrangements and how the funding contribution will be spent once the agreement is finalised.
The agreement is to require Music and Booze Co to provide a summary after each event in 2027 and 2028 covering attendance, local venue and artist participation, venue revenue, local economic impact and marketing reach, to be reported to councillors via briefing note.
Check the record
These passages were matched to the source text. Read them in context in the original minutes.
The motion notes Music and Booze Co's proposal to transition the King Street Crawl into the King Street Carnival in 2028 and calls for a partnership agreement acknowledging Council as lead sponsor and addressing road closure, pedestrian safety, waste management and use of Camperdown Memorial Rest Park.
Note the proposal from Music and Booze Co to transition the King Street Crawl into the King Street Carnival in 2028. 2. Enter into a partnership agreement with the organisers that: a) Specifically acknowledges Council's role as lead sponsor; b) Addresses road closure and pedestrian safety, waste management, and use of the Camperdown Memorial Rest Park site; c) Agrees that Council's financial contribution will be used to support activations within the Inner West Local Government Area ;
Item 11 King Street Carnival Partnership Request, clauses 1–2(c)
Open original minutes ↗The minutes record approval of $300,000 over three financial years to secure Council's role as lead sponsor, with the motion carried and no votes against.
Council Meeting 10 November 2026 22 3. Approve $300,000 over three financial years as outlined in the report to secure Council's role as lead sponsor. Motion Carried For Motion: Crs Antoniou, Atkins, Barlow, Blake, Byrne, Carlisle, Clay, D'Arienzo, Fergusson, Howard, Macri, Scott, Smith and Tastan Against Motion: Nil C1126(1) Item 12 Public Exhibition - Innovate Reconciliation Action Plan 2026-28 Motion: (Carlisle/Barlow) That: 1.
Item 11 King Street Carnival Partnership Request, clause 3 and vote
Open original minutes ↗The proposed agreement is to direct Council's financial contribution to activations within the Inner West local government area and support minimum fee payments to participating musicians where directly paid by the organisers.
b) Addresses road closure and pedestrian safety, waste management, and use of the Camperdown Memorial Rest Park site; c) Agrees that Council's financial contribution will be used to support activations within the Inner West Local Government Area ; d) Supports minimum fee payments to participating musicians where directly paid by the organisers; e) Receives a report back on the above points and how Council's funding contribution will be spent via briefing note in December once the agreement is finalised;
Item 11 King Street Carnival Partnership Request, clauses 2(c)–(d)
Open original minutes ↗The motion calls for a December briefing note on the listed partnership points and how Council's funding contribution will be spent, once the agreement is finalised. It also calls for Music and Booze Co to provide a summary after each event in 2027 and 2028 covering attendance, local venue and artist participation, venue revenue, local economic impact and marketing reach, to be reported to councillors via briefing note.
d) Supports minimum fee payments to participating musicians where directly paid by the organisers; e) Receives a report back on the above points and how Council's funding contribution will be spent via briefing note in December once the agreement is finalised; and f) Agrees that Music and Booze Co will provide a summary after each event in 2027 and 2028 that includes data on attendance, local venue and artist participation, venue revenue and local economic impact, and marketing reach, and that this be reported to councillors via briefing note.
Item 11 King Street Carnival Partnership Request, clauses 2(e)–(f)
Open original minutes ↗The minutes are identified as unconfirmed.
PUBLIC SPEAKERS: Item # Speaker Suburb Item 7: Nikki Ellis Birchgrove Item 8: Jo Burton Sander Ottes Mia Lewin Dan Conway Ashfield Annandale Enmore Marrickville Item 9: Rose Doolan Karl Sekulla Rojan Bajgain Tempe Sydenham Sydenham Item 15: Tracie Miller Sydney Item 27: Mirabel Somers Dulwich Hill Item 28: Chris Gray Croydon Item 35: Ellis Bou-Harb Marrickville Unconfirmed minutes from the Ordinary Council meeting held on 10 November 2026.
Closing note to the minutes
Open original minutes ↗Source record
Inner West Council, Ordinary Council meeting minutes for 10 November 2026. This report is based on the council’s public minutes; the minutes are identified as unconfirmed, and no independent reporting or verification has been undertaken.
Key facts from the minutes
- Council approved $300,000 over three financial years for its role as lead sponsor.
- The proposal would transition the King Street Crawl into the King Street Carnival in 2028.
- The partnership agreement must address road closures, pedestrian safety, waste management and use of Camperdown Memorial Rest Park.
- The agreement is to require Music and Booze Co to provide a summary after each event in 2027 and 2028 on attendance, local venue and artist participation, venue revenue, local economic impact and marketing reach, to be reported to councillors via briefing note.
- A December briefing note is required once the agreement is finalised, including how Council’s funding contribution will be spent.
- The minutes record the motion as carried with no votes against, but identify themselves as unconfirmed.
Why it matters
- Future event activity around King Street and Camperdown Memorial Rest Park could affect local venues, artists, businesses, residents and road users through changes to traffic controls, public-space use and waste arrangements.