Touring and Travel Fund 23/24

The fund supports national and international touring activity and attendance at key music industry events for NSW artists and industry professionals.  

Georgia Winchester performance
BARKAA is standing and looking into the camera

The Touring and Travel Fund is designed to address the time-sensitive nature of venue availability and performance opportunities. 

It delivered $2.6 million in 2023/24 to 179 music acts to support national and international touring activity and attendance at key music industry events for NSW artists and industry professionals.

We’ve seen rapper ChillCheney embark on a six date Australian tour, country artist Fanny Lumsden kick off a multi-date UK tour, and indie rock group The Buoys take on their first overseas tour across Europe and the UK. The Touring & Travel Fund will support 85 international and 94 domestic tours, showcasing the exceptional depth of talent of NSW artists not just on the national touring circuit, but to the world.

The fund also supported Sydney rapper BARKAA take off on her first national tour, Newcastle band dust to take up a European support tour with legendary New York act Interpol and backed Broken Hill metal act Firestorm to support a Canadian band Unleash The Archers on their Australia and New Zealand tour.

Recipients

(A to F) Recipient names
  • 1-800-Mikey
  • Abel Ibanez G
  • Abroad
  • Adam Miller
  • Adam Newling
  • Áine Tyrrell
  • Andy Garvey
  • Annakye
  • Anoxia
  • Aristea Mellos
  • Ash Grunwald
  • Astrodeath
  • B2PC
  • BARKAA
  • Battlesnake
  • Becca Hatch
  • Ben Swissa
  • Benji and the Saltwater Sound System
  • BLOKBSTR
  • Bloom
  • Bobby Alu
  • Boo Seeka
  • Brekky Boy
  • Busted Head Racket
  • Caitlin Harnett & The Pony Boys
  • Cap Carter
  • Charley
  • ChillCheney
  • Closure
  • Cody Munro Moore
  • Complexant
  • Corey Legge
  • Crocodylus
  • Darren Cross
  • Daniel Radburn (Rad Music Management)
  • Darker Half
  • Dead Witch
  • Deadshowws
  • Dear Seattle
  • DeepFaith
  • Defektro
  • Deficit
  • Dominic Furber (Paxx Group)
  • Donny Benet
  • Dune Rats
  • Dust
  • Dyan Tai
  • Dylan Atlantis
  • DZ Deathrays
  • Eden Sher (Blak Label Music)
  • Elestial
  • Elmo Aoyama
  • Elysian Fields
  • Euan Hart
  • FANGZ
  • Fanny Lumsden & The Prawn Stars
  • Firestorm
  • FIST
  • Frog Imposter
(G to P) Recipient names
  • G2g
  • Gee Tee
  • Georgie Winchester
  • Good Pash
  • Good Ramen
  • GRAACE
  • Grand Pricks
  • Greg Carey (Ripple Effect)
  • GRXCE
  • Hayden James
  • Hayley Grace & The Bay Collective
  • Hockey Dad
  • Hollie Col
  • Hoon
  • Human Noise
  • Inertia
  • Infinite Skies
  • James Bennett
  • Jess Reiss
  • Jordan Kenny
  • Josh Pyke
  • Junkyard Beats
  • Justice for the Damned
  • Keiynan Lonsdale
  • Lady Lyon
  • Le Shiv
  • Limbo
  • Little Cents
  • Lo!
  • Louey Howell & The Funkatu Collective
  • Louise Sawilejskij (Nala Music Management)
  • Lucas Abela
  • Lulu & Mischka
  • M A R N i E
  • Magic Machine
  • MARVELL
  • MC D
  • Megan Alice Clune
  • Megan Woods
  • Melody Pool
  • Middle Kids
  • Miruthan
  • Moktar
  • Morgazmks
  • Munashe Mutambiranwa
  • Murray Kyle
  • Nick Ward
  • Nicole Issa
  • Nicole Millar
  • Oliver Cronin
  • Operation Ibis
  • Pacific Avenue
  • Paul A. George
  • Private Wives
(Q to Z) Recipient names
  • R.M.F.C.
  • RAAVE TAPES
  • Radio Free Alice
  • Raechel Whitchurch
  • Reliqa
  • Robbie Mortimer
  • Robyn Martin
  • Roy Kellaway (King Stingray)
  • Royel Otis
  • Rum Jungle
  • Salarymen
  • Sam Allen
  • Satin Cali
  • Schkeuditzer Kreuz
  • Second Idol
  • Shacked
  • Shivani Sharma (artist manager)
  • Sienna Skies
  • Slumberjack
  • Solo Career
  • Songs From The Porch Of Life
  • Sons Of The East
  • SPEED
  • Spirit Sound Medicine
  • Starcrazy
  • Stefano Rocco Quartet
  • Stephen Pavlovic (Unpopular)
  • Stop Asking
  • Studio8
  • Tangela
  • Temtris
  • The Beefs
  • The Blamers
  • The Bowerbird Collective
  • The Buoys
  • The Michael J Brady Trio
  • The Rubens
  • The Scotsman & The Stovies
  • The Standing Strong Band
  • The Terrys
  • The Tryouts
  • The Whitlams Black Stump
  • Tigerlily
  • Timothy Kidall Park (artist manager)
  • Toria Richings
  • Totally Unicorn
  • Two Another
  • Udaravi Widanapathirana (SemaphoreMGMT)
  • Vacations
  • Vilify
  • Vyvienne Abla (Vyva Entertainment)
  • Where's Jimmy? and Catpiss
  • William Crighton
  • YT DiNGO
  • Zodiac

Removing barriers for the music industry

For the first time in NSW, under the 2023/24 Touring & Travel Fund, support for people with care requirements or cultural needs was covered, removing a critical barrier in the music industry to allow more artists to tour.

Five acts benefited from this support, including acclaimed country singer Fanny Lumsden who was able to take a carer for her two young children on a UK tour, and Hannah Joy and Tim Fitz from Middle Kids who received support to take their two young children on a North American tour.

So grateful to be included in this round of international touring grants; it’s a huge challenge to fund breaking into new markets, which are necessary for building long term sustainable careers. We are independent, self-managed and also have two little kids, and with both my husband and I running everything and in the band, they have to come with us. This funding has assisted in us being able to bring some support on the road, which literally allows us to do our jobs.

Fanny Lumsden, 2023/24 Travel and Touring funding recipient

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