{"id":603661,"date":"2026-04-14T15:36:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T15:36:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/603661\/"},"modified":"2026-04-14T15:36:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T15:36:09","slug":"debate-on-live-music-development-responsibility-in-calgary-council","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/603661\/","title":{"rendered":"Debate on live music, development responsibility in Calgary council"},"content":{"rendered":"

As questions around the future of a popular Calgary live music venue<\/a> swirl due to a proposed development, members of the city\u2019s executive committee will debate a policy that could put developers on the hook for managing noise concerns should they build next to an existing live music venue.<\/p>\n

Ward 9 Coun. Harrison Clark is bringing forward a notice of motion Tuesday that could kick off work on a so called \u201cagent of change\u201d policy. <\/p>\n

He wants to flush out where responsibility lies for protecting venues up against development. <\/p>\n

\u201cWhat I\u2019m attempting to do is bring forward hopeful changes to bylaw that will assist us in identifying who\u2019s responsible,\u201d Clark explained. \u201cIf you\u2019re going to move in next to an existing venue, let\u2019s make sure that we\u2019re clear on what you\u2019re responsible for and how to mitigate that.\u201d<\/p>\n

The debate comes as the Ship & Anchor on 17 Avenue warns proposed residential development above and beside the pub could create future conflict. <\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a familiar tale: Developers construct buildings and market apartments using live music venues and bars nearby as enticements for young professionals, but do not design appropriately to mitigate the level of sound,\u201d the Ship says on its website. \u201cThen after a few months of normal operations, the nearby businesses start getting noise complains, every single night, over and over again, until they are forced to shut down.\u201d <\/p>\n

A development permit submitted to the city outlines Strategic Group\u2019s proposal: the addition of floors on top of the existing building which houses the building, and a redevelopment of its neighbour to add residential units. <\/p>\n

Supporters of the venue\u2019s cause say it\u2019s important to them that the Ship & Anchor continue as a live music venue. <\/p>\n

\u201cWhat makes us real, what makes us human? Music, love, sadness, tragedy, happiness, all that, so why not hold on to those things?\u201d one Calgarian told CityNews. <\/p>\n

\u201cI think it\u2019s going to ruin the patio, it\u2019s going to take away from one of the hotspots in the city, it\u2019s just unnecessary to put it right there,\u201d added another. <\/p>\n

One woman said she\u2019s actually in support of adding new live music venues, not taking existing ones away. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe don\u2019t have enough live music. I live near 17 Avenue \u2014 there\u2019s so many bars and restaurants and not enough live music venues,\u201d she said. \u201cSo, the more we can support it, the better.\u201d<\/p>\n

If the motion is approved, it would head to a future council meeting for full debate. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As questions around the future of a popular Calgary live music venue swirl due to a proposed development,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":603662,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194293],"tags":[49,2798,48],"class_list":{"0":"post-603661","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-calgary","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-calgary","10":"tag-canada"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/603661","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=603661"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/603661\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/603662"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=603661"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=603661"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=603661"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}