Deadline: 11 March 2025
The City of Sydney is pleased to invite grant applications to support festivals and events that celebrate, develop and engage their communities.
Categories
- They provide support for festivals and events under 2 tiers:
- Tier 1: General festivals and events:
- This grant program supports local festivals and events that celebrate, develop and engage the city’s communities. They may provide forums to share knowledge, create opportunities for active community participation, celebrate local culture and creativity and activate local precincts. They can be one-off, yearly or a series of recurring events over a set period.
- Tier 2: Major festivals and events:
- This sponsorship program supports major festivals and events that bring significant economic, social and cultural impact to Sydney. Sponsorships provide support for significant and/or recurring festivals or events with a proven track record, which have a recognised brand and the capacity to achieve results across multiple strategic priorities.
- Tier 1: General festivals and events:
Funding Information
- Tier 1: General festivals and events:
- Cash funding up to $50,000 a year is available, for a one-year program or multi-year funding (up to 3 years).
- You can apply for up to $10,000 worth of capital expenditure or equipment purchase.
- Tier 2: Major festivals and events:
- Cash funding of $100,000 or more a year. Funding is available for up to 4 years in this funding tier.
- Applicants can apply for up to $10,000 worth of capital expenditure or equipment purchase.
Funding Priorities
- Tier 1: General festivals and events:
- Their funding will prioritise festivals and events that:
- celebrate and acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities and culture
- strengthen social inclusion, enable connectedness and reduce social isolation
- support the visitor economy through activations, events and promotion
- represent the cultural and social diversity of their communities
- activate local precincts with creative programming.
- Their funding will prioritise festivals and events that:
- Tier 2: Major festivals and events:
- Major festivals and events must contribute to at least 3 of the following priorities:
- Celebrate and acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities and culture
- Strengthen social inclusion, enable connectedness and reduce social isolation
- Support the visitor economy through attractions, events and promotion
- Attract intrastate, interstate or international visitation and investment in Sydney
- Represent the cultural and social diversity of their community
- Activate local precincts with creative programming
- Encourage cultural organisations and artists to locate and operate in Sydney.
- Major festivals and events must contribute to at least 3 of the following priorities:
Eligibility Criteria
- To be eligible an applicant must operate within the City of Sydney’s local area or be able to demonstrate significant benefits for the area’s residents, workers and/or visitors.
- These organisations can apply for tiers 1 and 2:
- Eligible Not For Profit Organisation
- Incorporated Association
- Unincorporated Community Group auspiced by an Eligible Not For Profit Organisation
- Corporation
- Co-operative
- Trustee of a Trust
- Government Entity
- These additional individuals and organisations can apply for tier 1 only:
- Individual auspiced by an Eligible Not For Profit Organisation
- Sole traders
Ineligibility Criteria
- Funding is not available for:
- operational costs or overheads for the core business of an organisation
- fees and charges associated with event teams at landmark venues
- projects that directly contravene the eligibility and ethics framework or existing City of Sydney policies.
For more information, visit City of Sydney.
