Gordi performing at The Great Escape with Sounds Australia. Photo by Bree O’Hagan.
Latest grants & opportunities
Touring and Travel Fund
Applications are now open for funding to support touring and travel by NSW contemporary music artists and industry professionals.
Local Audience Development Grants
Support for music businesses and industry professionals to promote and connect local music communities to local audiences.
Young Promoter Fund
Funding for music promoters aged 18-30 to deliver live music events, build professional skills and grow community connections.
Industry Assessor Pool – Expressions of Interest
Applications are now open for artists and industry professionals to join the Sound NSW Industry Assessor Pool.
Generations fellowship
Partnership with Sound NSW, Powerhouse Museum and Blacktown Arts to support Western Sydney (early career) contemporary musicians/bands and their development within the NSW music industry.
2026-27 Createability Host Organisations
Funding and support for arts, cultural, screen, sound and creative industry organisations to host paid internships for Deaf and Disabled artists and arts and cultural workers.
Venue Upgrade Grants
Grants for NSW contemporary live music venues to support Advice & Planning as well as Infrastructure & Equipment and Advanced Screen & Lighting Technology.
Strategic Funding
Application by invitation. Designed for institutions, organisations and music businesses demonstrating industry leadership and significant engagement with contemporary music in NSW.
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Past grants & opportunities
Contemporary Music Development Grants
Funding for artists and acts to create and promote new music and support for music organisations to deliver sector development projects.
Contemporary Music Festival Viability Fund
This program funds NSW music festivals to ease financial strain and support jobs during the cost-of-living crisis.
Our funding recipients
Explore the grants, funding and support we've provided for NSW artists, live music venues, organisations and professionals in the NSW music industry.
MUNASIB performing at MIXMAG. Photo by Ali Hasib.
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Stay up to date on the latest news about our funding programs, upcoming opportunities and events near you.
Creative Communities - the NSW Arts, Culture and Creative Industries Policy
Silenced, Vox Theatre Photo: Natalie Low.
Creative Communities is the state’s Arts, Culture and Creative Industries Policy, recognising the unique place of the sector in NSW.
Creative Communities is an inclusive policy that puts culture, arts, and the creative industries at the heart of NSW. It provides a framework for the next 10 years that supports artists, creatives and cultural organisations and expands to include the rapidly growing creative industries.
Read more on the NSW Arts, Culture and Creative Industries Policy.
Image: Chanika De Silva in Vox Theatre’s Silenced. Photo: Natalie Low
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Discover and apply for open grants, and view Sound NSW grant recipients via the Grants Finder.