Soundproofing Grants for Live Music Venues
Arts and culture funding for companies, individuals and trusts, offered by Sound NSW (Department of Creative Industries, Tourism, Hospitality and Sport).
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- Funding
- Up to $100k
- Up to $100,000 per music venue. Applicants will be required to co-contribute at least 30% of the overall program budget.
- Where
- New South Wales
- Opened
- 13 November 2023
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Who can apply
- Companies
- Individuals
- Trusts
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 Soundproofing Grants for Live Music Venues funds
Funding to support existing and new NSW live music venues to achieve best practice sound management and infrastructure. Eligible music venues can apply for grants up to $100,000 for sound mitigation measures. Sound NSW is committed to supporting existing and new live music venues in NSW to achieve best practice in sound management. This grant is designed to support venues that experience sound complaints or are restricted from presenting live music due to insufficient sound mitigation measures.
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How to apply
Applications are made through
Sound NSW (Department of Creative Industries, Tourism, Hospitality and Sport)
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About Soundproofing Grants for Live Music Venues
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When does Soundproofing Grants for Live Music Venues close?
This round of Soundproofing Grants for Live Music Venues closed in January 2024. 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 Soundproofing Grants for Live Music Venues?
Sound NSW (Department of Creative Industries, Tourism, Hospitality and Sport) publishes a funding amount of Up to $100k, noted as: Up to $100,000 per music venue. Applicants will be required to co-contribute at least 30% of the overall program budget.. Confirm it in the guidelines on the official page before you build a budget around it.
Who can apply for Soundproofing Grants for Live Music Venues?
Sound NSW (Department of Creative Industries, Tourism, Hospitality and Sport) lists this program as open to companies, individuals and trusts. That is a starting filter rather than the full eligibility test: the criteria in the funder's guidelines are what decide an application.
Is Soundproofing Grants for Live Music Venues still open?
This round is closed. Closed rounds stay on record because most Australian grant programs run again, and the reopening is the one worth being early for. The alert list is told the night it does.
Who runs Soundproofing Grants for Live Music Venues, and does GrantWindow take a cut?
Soundproofing Grants for Live Music Venues 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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