Live Performance Venue Grant Program NSW

This program provides funding to NSW hospitality venues to help with costs of staging live performances.
Open
Closes in 27 days

Closing date: Tuesday 23 September 2025 Tue 23 Sep 2025

What do you get?

Funding between $15,000 and $80,000.

Who is this for?

NSW hospitality venues.

Overview

Eligible project costs include:

  • purchase and installation of equipment to facilitate staging of live performance (speakers, PA systems, microphones, mixing desk, lighting etc)
  • acoustic appraisal of the venue by an acoustic consultant
  • payments for live performance artists
  • hiring sound/staging equipment
  • hiring contractors to provide security services for performances starting after 5pm
  • marketing costs for performances starting after 5pm.

Check if you can apply

To be eligible, applicant venues must:

  • be an Australian-incorporated organisation with an active Australian business number (ABN)
  • be an existing restaurant, bar, café, brewery or distillery, registered club and/or hotel
  • provide a commercial on-premise food and/or beverage offering
  • be located within NSW
  • have been operating for at least 12 months at the time of submitting an application
  • possess a valid, current NSW liquor licence
  • have relevant approvals to operate at least once per week after 5pm.

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