Crowds who turned out for the Anzac Day memorial service at Sydney ’ s Martin Place have been left fuming after the Ivy nightclub played loud dance music during the minute ’ s silence . A contractor doing a sound check inside the exclusive club is believed to have been responsible for turning the music on . Many of those in the record crowd of 30,000 took to Twitter to express their anger at the club interrupting the minute ’ s silence on at least five occasions . The club , on George Street in Sydney ’ s CBD , is close to the Martin Place War Memorial . Father Arron Cutugno said he was 'disgusted ' by the choice to play music during the minutes silence . Arron Cutugno , who was taking his young daughter to her first Anzac Day ceremony , described the decision to play music while the minute ’ s silence was being observed as ‘ disgusting ’ . ‘ Really enjoyed the service , everything was great until Ivy decided to start playing music three quarters of the way through the minute of silence , ’ he told Channel Nine . ‘ I can tell you there were at least a thousand people who looked straight up and were disgusted by it . '' Others have taken to social media to voice their furore , with a flurry of messages on Twitter taking the restaurant to task over the incident . A spokesperson for Merivale , which runs the Ivy , said the company was 'mortified and deeply upset ' by the incident and offered unreserved apologies for the disturbance . 'As a measure of respect , we worked with police to close Ivy at 2am , one and a half hours earlier than normal , to reduce noise and crowding around the venue when people arrived at the dawn service , ' the group said . A spokesperson for Merivale , which runs the Ivy , said the company was 'deeply upset ' by the incident . Many of those in the record crowd of 30,000 took to Twitter to express their anger at the club . Merivale announced the contractor responsible for the incident was 'immediately terminated this morning ' The spokesperson said all Merivale staff and management had left the venue by 4am . However , a third party contractor entered Ivy afterwards and conducted 'unauthorised sound testing ' for an event taking place later today . 'He behaved in a terribly insensitive and completely unacceptable , thoughtless way , ' the spokesperson said . 'That contractor was immediately terminated this morning . '
Ivy nightclub has come under fire for playing music during Anzac Day service . The club was forced to play the song 'Happy Birthday' by a local band after it received complaints from members of the public.