The Live on Stage program offers grants of up to AU$10,000 to individual artists, groups and organizations who have been invited to present a musical performance at a music trade fair or festival. Applicants must be Australian citizens or permanent residents, perform original compositions and have a body of work that is distributed nationally. The purpose of the program is to enable Australian musicians to further their professional careers by allowing them to showcase their work on an international stage.
Live on Stage
Market Development
Australia Council for the Arts
Music Board
PO Box 788
Strawberry Hills, NSW 2012
Australia
+61-02-9215-9099
australiacouncil.gov.au/grants/grants/live_on_stage_-_music_international_showcase_program_-_market_development
The Contemporary Music Touring Program seeks to provide grants that will allow contemporary musicians to tour within Australia. The program awards grants of AU$10,000 to Australian artists in a wide range of genres, including pop, jazz, country, blues, hip-hop, rock and alternative. Grants must be used to fund a tour in at least three venues outside of the applicant's hometown; tours that travel to remote destinations are given top priority.
Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts
GPO Box 787
Canberra ACT 2601
Australia
+61-02-6274-1111
arts.gov.au/arts/contemporary_music_touring_program
The Skills and Arts Development program provides grants of AU$5,000 to both individual musicians and music arts organizations for the purpose of professional development. Grants may be used to foster mentoring relationships between emerging and established artists, to fund conferences or workshops that focus on skill development or to fund residency programs or exchange opportunities for individual artists.
Skills and Arts Development Grants
Australia Council for the Arts
Music Board
PO Box 788
Strawberry Hills NSW 2012
Australia
+61-02-9215-9099
australiacouncil.gov.au/grants/grants/skills_and_arts_development__music
Arts Victoria offers Music Touring Grants to professional musicians in Victoria who plan to participate in an ongoing tour program. Grant awards range from $1,000 to $25,000 and may be used to fund travel and touring activities both in Australia and internationally, with priority going to those acts who plan to tour regionally in Victoria or participate in tours that exclusively feature Victorian musicians. Applicants must have at least 2 years of professional experience in the music industry to be considered.
Music Touring Grants: Victoria Rocks
Arts Victoria
2 Kavanagh St.
Southbank VIC 3006
Australia
+61-03-8683-3100
arts.vic.gov.au/content/Public/Funding_Programs/Victoria_Rocks/Music_Touring_Grants.aspx
New Work Music Grants are available to individual musicians, musical acts and organizations who seek to fund the creation of music or musical media arts projects. Grants may be used to fund composition, commissioning, songwriting and arrangement for new musical projects or piano reductions of existing Australian musical works. The amount of the grant varies based on funding, the scale of the project and the artist's individual need.
New Work Music Grants
Australia Council for the Arts
Music Board
PO Box 788
Strawberry Hills, NSW 2012
Australia
+61-02-9215-9000
australiacouncil.gov.au/grants/grants/new_work__music