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Contemporary Music Festivals - 2026/27

Arts and culture funding for companies, offered by Sound NSW (Department of Creative Industries, Tourism, Hospitality and Sport).

Closing date

November 2026

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Funding
$100k to $250k
Up to $100,000 for festivals with up to 12,000 capacity and up to $250,000 for festivals over 12,000 capacity
Where
New South Wales
Opened
28 September 2026
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Who can apply

  • Companies

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Eligibility, in Sound NSW (Department of Creative Industries, Tourism, Hospitality and Sport)'s own words

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What Contemporary Music Festivals - 2026/27 funds

What this money is forArts and culture

This funding program supports local contemporary music festivals that build new audiences and supports local music collaboration. This funding program supports local contemporary music festivals that builds audiences, promotes NSW music, supports local music collaboration and provides opportunities for community connection through music. festivals with capacity of up to 12,000 can apply for up to $100,000 festivals with capacity of over 12,000 can apply for up to $250,000.

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Sound NSW (Department of Creative Industries, Tourism, Hospitality and Sport)

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About Contemporary Music Festivals - 2026/27

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When does Contemporary Music Festivals - 2026/27 close?

Sound NSW (Department of Creative Industries, Tourism, Hospitality and Sport) has this round closing in November 2026. The closing month is shown to every reader with no account at all; the exact day, the funder's own closing time, a live countdown and the link to the funder's application page open with a free 7 day trial. Government portals shut on the stroke of the deadline, so submit a day early.

How much funding is available through Contemporary Music Festivals - 2026/27?

Sound NSW (Department of Creative Industries, Tourism, Hospitality and Sport) publishes a funding amount of $100k to $250k, noted as: Up to $100,000 for festivals with up to 12,000 capacity and up to $250,000 for festivals over 12,000 capacity. Confirm it in the guidelines on the official page before you build a budget around it.

Who can apply for Contemporary Music Festivals - 2026/27?

Sound NSW (Department of Creative Industries, Tourism, Hospitality and Sport) lists this program as open to companies. That is a starting filter rather than the full eligibility test: the criteria in the funder's guidelines are what decide an application.

Is Contemporary Music Festivals - 2026/27 still open?

It was open now when we last read Sound NSW (Department of Creative Industries, Tourism, Hospitality and Sport)'s own page, on 24 Oct 2026. Every source is re-read nightly and this page carries the date of the last read.

Who runs Contemporary Music Festivals - 2026/27, and does GrantWindow take a cut?

Contemporary Music Festivals - 2026/27 is offered by Sound NSW (Department of Creative Industries, Tourism, Hospitality and Sport) in New South Wales. Applications are made through the funder, never through GrantWindow: we take no applications, charge no fee and act as no intermediary. Any site offering to apply on your behalf for a government grant is worth a very careful look.

Where this record came from

© State of New South Wales. For current information go to www.nsw.gov.au. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.

  1. Read fromnsw.gov.auNSW Government Grants and FundingThe address of Sound NSW (Department of Creative Industries, Tourism, Hospitality and Sport)'s own listing for this program is one of the two facts a trial opens.
  2. Published underCC BY 4.0CC BY 4.0
  3. Last checked24 Oct 2026The day we last read this program on the funder's own page.

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