Byron Music Festival. Image by Lisa G Photography.
Latest grants & opportunities
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Contemporary Music Development Grants
Applications are now open for funding artists and acts to create and promote new music and support for music organisations to deliver sector development projects.
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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.
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Touring and Travel Fund
Applications are now open for quick-response funding to support touring and travel by NSW contemporary music artists and industry professionals.
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Contemporary Music Festival Viability Fund
This program funds NSW music festivals to ease financial strain and support jobs during the cost-of-living crisis. Applications now open.
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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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Createability Host Organisation
Applications are now open for music organisations to host internships for artists and industry professionals with disability or who are d/Deaf.
Sound NSW Resources
Generations fellowship FAQs
Interested in applying for Sound NSW's Generations fellowship program? Find answers to frequently asked questions.
Touring and Travel Fund FAQs
Interested in applying for Sound NSW's Touring and Travel Fund? Find answers to frequently-asked questions here.
Contemporary Music Festival Viability Fund - FAQs
Interested in applying to the Contemporary Music Festival Viability Fund? Find answers to frequently asked questions
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.
PEPTALK performing at BIGSOUND in Brisbane, QLD. Image credit: Gabi Rankine.
Stay informed with Sound NSW
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
Find latest grants & funding
Discover and apply for open grants, and view Sound NSW grant recipients via the Grants Finder.
