Deadline: 3 September 2024
The Creative Australia is now inviting applications for its Contemporary Music Touring Program (CMTP) to support national touring activity undertaken by Australian musicians performing original Australian contemporary music.
The tour must comprise of performances in at least three venues or locations outside of the performer’s hometown. Tours that include regional and remote destinations, or which assist performers residing in regional and remote areas to tour, are a priority for funding.
Funding Information
- Grants are available from $5,000 to $50,000, depending on the number of tour venues or locations in regional or remote areas.
- The tour must comprise of performances in at least three venues or locations outside of the performer’s hometown. Tours that include regional and remote destinations, or which assist performers residing in regional and remote areas to tour, are a priority for funding.
- If your itinerary contains only metropolitan performances, you may request up to $15,000.
- If your itinerary contains at least one regional or remote performance, you may request up to $25,000.
- If 75% of your itinerary is to remote and or very remote locations, you may request up to $50,000.
- The minimum grant amount you can apply for is $5,000.
- The Accessibility Remoteness Index of Australia (ARIA) helps determine the regional and remote reach of the tour.
- If you are an applicant with a disability, or are working with artists with disability, you may apply for access costs associated with the use of an interpreter, translation services, specific technical equipment, career or support worker assistance.
Eligibility Criteria
- Individuals or organizations may apply to tour live music performances within Australia. Touring musicians must be performing original Australian contemporary music. Funding can be provided to performers, managers, agents, and music networks on behalf of professionals working in the Australian music industry. Applications must contain one tour only.
Ineligibility Criteria
- You can’t apply for a grant if:
- Your tour does not involve the presentation of original Australian contemporary music.
- You received a grant, or administered a grant, from Creative Australia in the past and that grant has not been satisfactorily acquitted.
- You owe money to Creative Australia.
For more information, visit Creative Australia.
