Music Grants in Australia

This program provides funding for established large-scale contemporary music festivals in NSW to improve short-term viability for festival operators and support contemporary music festivals vital to the NSW music landscape. Grants may be used for government-related costs including police, medical and ambulance fees, as well as operational costs such as insurance, venue hire, security, production, and staffing.

Grants supporting dedicated live music venues in NSW to purchase equipment and undertake infrastructure works including soundproofing, ventilation, accessibility improvements, and energy efficiency upgrades. Funding aims to build venue capability, increase fit-for-purpose live music venues, and reduce sound impact on neighbours.

This program provides funding to NSW live music venues to deliver all-ages contemporary music events. It aims to build new live music audiences, increase the number and diversity of all-ages events, create performance opportunities for emerging and established artists, and strengthen venue capacity to deliver safe, accessible, and compliant events.

The Revive Live program was announced as part of the Government’s Critical Support for the Live Music and Festivals measure in the 2024/25 Federal Budget. The Government provided a further $25 million to extend the program for an additional two years to 30 June 2027. Revive Live provides essential support to established live music venues and Australian music festivals through open competitive and closed non-competitive grant opportunities to assist them to continue to operate in the current operating climate, limiting venue closures and event cancellations, and stimulating long-term sustainability. This grant opportunity provides flexibility to allow the Department to invite specific organisations to submit applications for a project that addresses the strategic needs of the sector, outside the timeframes of the open competitive grant opportunity. The assessment of such projects ensures the program can address identified emerging sector priorities or barriers to growth in a timely mann

This program provides funding to NSW live music venues to help them with the costs of infrastructure and equipment upgrades. Funding supports the purchase of equipment and infrastructure development works including soundproofing, ventilation, accessibility improvements, energy efficiency improvements, and production equipment such as sound, lighting and staging.

Suppliers of goods and services involved with live performance events will be eligible for a grant of $200 or $500 per event. Either $200 or $500 per event, depending on the level of loss or unrecoverable costs incurred. You can apply for support for up... Closed on 8 Sep 2021