Infrastructure and Equipment - 2026/27
Arts and culture funding for companies, offered by Sound NSW (Department of Creative Industries, Tourism, Hospitality and Sport).
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- Funding
- $150k to $300k
- Equipment purchase and infrastructure works up to $150,000 OR High-end audiovisual systems and advanced lighting technology up to $300,000
- Where
- New South Wales
- Opened
- 20 August 2026
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Who can apply
- Companies
These are the applicant types Sound NSW (Department of Creative Industries, Tourism, Hospitality and Sport) lists for this program. It is a starting filter, not the full eligibility test, and the guidelines on the official page are what decide an application.
Eligibility, in Sound NSW (Department of Creative Industries, Tourism, Hospitality and Sport)'s own words
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What Infrastructure and Equipment - 2026/27 funds
This grant supports dedicated live music venues to purchase equipment, undertake infrastructure works and to install high-end audiovisual systems and advanced lighting technology. Dedicated live music venues can apply for a grant to support the following venue upgrades: Equipment purchase and infrastructure works up to $150,000 OR High-end audiovisual systems and advanced lighting technology up to $300,000. See the ‘Types of projects funded under this grant’ section for details of the specific works that can be supported.
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How to apply
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When does Infrastructure and Equipment - 2026/27 close?
This round of Infrastructure and Equipment - 2026/27 closed in September 2026. GrantWindow keeps the record because most Australian grant programs run again, and the alert list is told the night Sound NSW (Department of Creative Industries, Tourism, Hospitality and Sport) opens the next one.
How much funding is available through Infrastructure and Equipment - 2026/27?
Sound NSW (Department of Creative Industries, Tourism, Hospitality and Sport) publishes a funding amount of $150k to $300k, noted as: Equipment purchase and infrastructure works up to $150,000 OR High-end audiovisual systems and advanced lighting technology up to $300,000. Confirm it in the guidelines on the official page before you build a budget around it.
Who can apply for Infrastructure and Equipment - 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 Infrastructure and Equipment - 2026/27 still open?
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Infrastructure and Equipment - 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.
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- Last checked24 Oct 2026The day we last read this program on the funder's own page.
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