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Music Victoria will be hosting an online information session to discuss guidelines, explore eligibility criteria and answer questions for the Live Music Festivals Fund.

The session will take place on Monday 29 April from 2:30pm–3:30pm. RSVP to attend the webinar and/or to receive the recording if you can’t attend on the day.

The Live Music Festivals Fund will provide grants of up to $50,000 to established Victorian festival organisers to support them to stage new or existing events.

For more information on eligibility and how to apply, go to https://www.musicvictoria.com.au/initiatives/new-victorian-government-funding-programs/

Live Music Festivals Fund is an initiative of the Victoria Government, made possible by the Community Support Fund and Creative Victoria, delivered by Music Victoria.

Music Victoria will be hosting an online information session to discuss guidelines, explore eligibility criteria and answer questions for 10,000 Gigs: The Victorian Gig Fund.

The session will take place on Wednesday 1 May from 2:30pm–3:30pm. RSVP to attend the webinar and/or to receive the recording if you can’t attend on the day.

The Victorian Gig Fund is part of the Victorian Government’s commitment to back 10,000 live music gigs across state in the next four years. Established Victorian live music venues can apply for up to $10,000 a year to go towards Victorian artists’ fees for gigs at their venues.

For more information on eligibility and how to apply, go to https://www.musicvictoria.com.au/initiatives/new-victorian-government-funding-programs/

Music Victoria is delivering the Victorian Gig Fund as part of the Victorian Government’s 10,000 Gigs initiative.

Applications for Creative Victoria's Live Music Restart Program - Festivals & Events have opened, with funding of between $250,000 and $1,000,000 available to support the delivery of a single live music festival or event (3000 capacity in-person or more) or a series of live music festivals/large scale events, in Victoria.

If you are an experienced event organiser with an established Victorian live music festival or event, join us on Zoom for an info session on Tuesday, 26th July at 12:30pm. In this session, hear directly from Creative Victoria as we work through the application process together spelling out requirements and key selection criteria to be addressed.

The Live Music Restart Program - Festivals & Events ('the program') is intended to support the return of large, complex live music festivals and events in Victoria (with a capacity of 3000 or more in-person attendees) delivered by event organisers with a proven track record of delivering these types of events.

The funding round will open 3pm 21 July 2022 and close at 3pm on 18 August 2022.

The session will be recorded. Please RSVP even if you cannot attend to receive a copy of the recording.

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Questions: If you have any questions in advance of the session, email info@musicvictoria.com.au.

Access: Auslan interpreter will be provided. If you have any other access requirements, indicate when prompted at checkout or email info@musicvictoria.com.au.

Demographics & Identity questions: For more information about our demographics and identity questions in the registration process, please head to: musicvictoria.com.au/demographics-and-identity

Music Victoria acknowledges the Traditional Owners, the Wurundjeri People of the Kulin Nation, on whose unceded land we advocate, support and celebrate on. We pay our deep respects to Elders past and present, and all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists and communities. We acknowledge them as the first artists, the first musicians, and the first creators of culture. We deeply respect the role that music and songlines play in the continuation of their culture for the past 60,000+ years.

INFO SESSION: Support Act COVID-19 Crisis Relief Grants | Wednesday, December 1st at 1pm:

As we are all coming out of lockdown and heading into the holidays, it's tough to balance life and stay afloat. Jumping straight back into gigging, work, and socialising can be exhausting. If you are a musician, performing arts or music industry worker, the Support Act COVID-19 Crisis Relief Grants are still available, but applications must be in by December 3rd to be processed before Christmas.

Music Victoria understands that the application process can be confusing, so we are partnering with Support Act and Songlines to host an info session to assist you with the application process. Kiwat Kennell will be joined by Support Act’s First Nations Community Engagement/Social Worker Cerisa Grant and Songlines Co-CEO Kiernan Ironfield.

The current round of funding is almost running out, so be sure to tune in and ask any questions you may have before applying.

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Register for the webinar on Eventbrite.

Hear directly from Creative Victoria on the new Music Works Program which provides funding of $4k-$40k for MUSIC projects.

This program accepts applications from Victorian based contemporary music industry professionals. This may include artists/bands, managers, promoters, labels and other music industry business and organisations across all genres and career stages.

In this session, we'll work through the application process together spelling out requirements and key selection criteria to be addressed.

Full details available here: https://creative.vic.gov.au/grants-and-support/programs/music-works

Application Deadline: 3pm, 25 November 2021

For activities commencing from 1 March 2022.

NOTE: It takes approximately 12 weeks from the closing date until funding results are available.

As we're all coming out of lockdown, we thought it be best to hear what's going on around in our local area's.

So please, join the City of Port Phillip’s Live Music Lead and Music Victoria's Project Coordinator, Kiwat Kennell , for a chat about the recently implemented Live Music Action Plan.

We'll be discussing recently released programs that support local venues, grants, music events, musicians and the wider industry.

Live via Zoom Thursday the 4th of November.

Register HERE

The City of Melbourne has announced Round 2 of their Quick Response Arts Grants.

These grants are available to artists and small to medium arts organisations, across all disciplines and to people from all backgrounds.

With assistance of up to $4000, the grants will consider projects for online content, the development of new or unpresented work or to successfully deliver a project to the public.

Joined by Michelle Ely and team from the City of Melbourne, we will run you through the application process and answer any questions you may have.

For more information around guidelines and eligibility requirements please click HERE.

Applications close 5PM, Wednesday the 13th of October.

So RSVP now and get your projects ready.

Background:
Business Victoria has opened round two of the Live Performance Support Program (Presenters) for events affected by recent lockdowns and health restrictions. Victorian event presenters, including producers, promoters, venue owners and artists who promote their own shows, are encouraged to apply.

If you’re thinking about applying for the program under the presenter stream, this free online information session is for you.

This session will cover:

• changes from the last round of funding

• program guidelines, including eligibility and how to apply

• funding amounts available ($7000 or $5000 for one event, and a further $5000 for a second event)

• any questions you have.

We received great feedback from our last round of info sessions and we hope these next sessions help many more of you submit funding applications!

Please RSVP your attendance and don’t exclude yourself.

Find out more about the Live Performance Support Program (Presenters) here.

Background:
Business Victoria has opened round two of the Live Performance Support Program (Suppliers). If you were contracted to work on a live performance event that has been postponed or cancelled, we encourage you to apply for this funding. Contracted suppliers include performers, crew, technicians and more.

 

If you’re thinking about applying for the program, this free online information session is for you!

The Victorian government updated this program to assist a wider range of affected event businesses and workers. We’ll go through the program changes, the application process and answer any questions you may have.

Some notable program changes that we’ll cover include:

• possible funding for missed gigs from Lockdown #5 if you missed out on the last round of applications

• explanations around the total support cap of $4000 cap and the $200 -$500 per event cap

• eligibility criteria and deadlines

We received great feedback from our last round of info sessions and we hope these next sessions help many more of you submit funding applications!

Please RSVP your attendance and don’t exclude yourself.

Find out more about the Live Performance Support Program (Suppliers) here.

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