Applications open for Creative Victoria grants up to $20,000 for artists, creatives and music venues
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17.01.2025

Applications open for Creative Victoria grants up to $20,000 for artists, creatives and music venues

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words by Frankie Anderson-Byrne

Applications have opened for the first Creative Victoria funding programs for 2025

Back yourself and your future projects and apply now for Creative Victoria’s Music Works Program and Creative Projects Fund, a chance to create something new, collaborate, develop your career and more.

Keep up with the latest music news, festivals, interviews and reviews here.

 

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Music Works

The Music Works program supports Victorian-based contemporary music industry artists or industry professionals across all genres and career stages to undertake projects with creative and/or commercial outcomes.

Funding can be used for the creation of new works, collaboration and partnerships, professional development, marketing, tour support, and more.

Applications are open in three streams; First Peoples Creatives stream, Deaf and Disabled Creatives stream and the General stream.

This round of the program will support activity taking place from 1 July 2025.

Applications close 3pm, Thursday 13 February 2025. 

Apply now!

Creative Projects Fund

Now open, the Creative Projects Fund supports creative and professional development projects led by Victorian professional artists, creative practitioners, groups/collectives and creative micro to small organisations at all career stages.

This program is open to projects and activities in all creative fields. Applications are open in three streams; First Peoples Creatives stream, Deaf and Disabled Creatives stream and the General stream.

This round will support projects and activities taking place from 1 July 2025.

Applications close 3pm, Thursday 13 February 2025.  

Apply now!

Coming soon – 10,000 Gigs: The Victorian Gig Fund

The second round of the Victorian Gig Fund will support Victorian music venues to create more paid opportunities for local artists and to give music lovers across the state the chance to see more great local live music.

Stay tuned for full program guidelines and information on how to apply.

Coming soon: opens 30 January 2025

Find out more here.