To be eligible for a Live and Local grant you must be an artist, gig promoter or arts organisation presenting a NEW live music performance or NEW music initiatives and projects featuring South Australian artists within the City of Charles Sturt. These grants must be artist, promoter or arts organisation initiated and administered applications and cannot be initiated by the business or venue where the performance or project is presented.

Ongoing projects and music performances that are a part of a venue’s ‘business as usual’ expenses (eg, concert hall, theatre or music venue) or at venues that normally pay artists to perform are not eligible for Live and Local grants. Exceptions may be made to the above if the application is for a trial or new and temporary music project different to the venue’s core business.

To be considered for funding you must answer yes to all the following:

• I have a current ABN.
• My Live and Local event will be located within the City of Charles Sturt.
• I am requesting funding for a new Live and Local event that will be delivered before 30 June 2024.
• I am not (or immediate relative of) a City of Charles Sturt staff member or Elected Member.
• I have no outstanding funding acquittals or debts to the City of Charles Sturt (excluding hardship provision for late payment of rates).

In addition to the program eligibility applicants who:

• Reside in the City of Charles Sturt will be the primary focus, unless otherwise agreed to with the local business or venue.
• Applicants will only be funded for a maximum of two consecutive years. Applicants who have not received funding in the previous financial year will be given a higher priority.

If you are planning an event or festival, you may wish to consider our Events and Festivals Sponsorship fund.

We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Artists, Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Artists and from Artists with Disability.

• Music events, ideas and experiences that take place outside the City of Charles Sturt's boundaries.
• A repeat of a live music event in the same venue or business that has benefited from a Live and Local grant supported event in the same or previous financial year
• Business as usual activities, ongoing projects, and core business. Eg. Venues or businesses that regularly provide paid gigs for live music as part of their entertainment expenditure or music programming (new creative music projects, experiences and trial projects, different to core business, however, will be considered).
• Retrospective funding for completed projects or projects that commenced prior to funding application being submitted.

• Create live music opportunities for artists in diverse spaces, businesses and non-music venues.  *confirm venue has appropriate licences in place to hold such events prior to submitting an application*
• Support trial, new and temporary music project different to traditional music venue’s core business.
• Create employment opportunities for artists.
• Increase public access and encourage more local community involvement with music experiences.
• Collaboration between musicians and local businesses to attract new customers.
• Activate and re-energise public places within the City of Charles Sturt.

Up to $2,000 plus GST per applicant for solo, duo or trio performers.

Up to $4,000 plus GST per applicant for bands comprising of 4 musicians or more.

Funding is limited to one grant per applicant per financial year.

• Musician fees for live music performances within the City of Charles Sturt.
• Marketing and promotion of the funded activity.

Expressions of Interest for this program will be open on an ongoing basis until 1 June 2024 or until funding is exhausted.

Live and Local events can occur between July 2023 and 30 June 2024.

To ensure your application is assessed prior to your event, we encourage applicants to apply for funding a minimum of one (1) month prior to the event start date.

Payment under this program will be made on a project-by-project basis after service has been delivered and a tax invoice received from the applicant.

An internal committee will assess your application against the following selection criteria:

• Answered yes to all program eligibility (outlined under ‘am I eligible for funding’)
• Alignment of your live & local event to the ‘expected program outcomes.’
• Budget items are eligible for funding under this program (outlined under ‘what can the funding be used for.’)
• Project viability (is it achievable within the timeframe and budget).

Applicants will be notified of the outcome of their application approximately 3 weeks from receipt of the online application form.