Performing Arts Market Development Fund
The Performing Arts Market Development Fund (the Fund) is a key program of the Queensland Government’s Grow 2022-2026, the second action plan for Creative Together 2020-2030.
The Fund seeks to support interstate and overseas opportunities that enhance Queensland’s cultural reputation, increase exposure and provide access to new insights and technologies including facilitating business and career growth, expand markets and export revenue potential for Queensland musicians, performing artists and organisations.
Objectives
Performing Arts Market Development Fund:
- Supports attendance and participation in national and international events and showcases that fast-track profile building, grow new networks and connections, and drive career sustainability and economic outcomes through new export markets.
- Generates national and international sales and touring revenue opportunities for Queensland-based artists and artsworkers by attending major industry markets and events.
- Enhances skills, professional practice, national and international connections to increase exposure and strengthen the reputation of Queensland’s talented music and performing arts sector.
Market exposure and development through showcasing, touring and market attendance
The Fund supports market exposure and development opportunities for individuals or groups including:
- enabling Queensland-based artists’ and artsworkers’ participation in interstate and overseas buyer’s marketplaces
- extension of scope/scale of market activity including expansion of a showcase or tour
- attending key interstate and overseas market events to scout and grow commissioning and presentation opportunities for Queensland artists.
Applications for showcasing or touring activities will need to demonstrate that applicants have been invited by their national or international partners directly or have been selected through a competitive process.
Applicants must demonstrate how the supported activity/project forms part of their long-term plan for national or international engagement, growth of profile and market, and potential capacity to expand or replicate projects in other markets.
Bringing national and international presenters/promoters/reviewers to see Queensland performances
The fund will also support economy-class interstate travel and accommodation for national presenters/promoters/reviewers and visiting international presenters/promoters to experience performances being presented in Queensland.
There are two streams of funding available:
- Applicants can apply for up to $80 000 towards eligible costs for showcasing, touring or market attendance activities. (Cap per person $7 k per participant)
- Applicants can apply for up to $2 000 towards eligible costs for bringing national and international presenters/promoters/reviewers to see Queensland performances.
Funding
There are two streams of funding available:
- Applicants can apply for up to $80 000 towards eligible costs for showcasing, touring or market attendance activities.
- Applicants can apply for up to $2 000 towards eligible costs for bringing national and international presenters/promoters/reviewers to see Queensland performances.
Applicants can apply for up to 50% of the total project costs directly associated with the interstate or overseas activity.
Eligible and ineligible costs
Arts Queensland funding can only be used for the following costs related to the funded activity:
- economy-class travel, accommodation, travel allowances, visas, registration fees, professional fees and relevant meeting costs.
- freight, equipment hire, technical support, and management fees associated with the delivery of the activity (applications for showcasing activities only).
The fund will not support presenters’ or promoters’ international flights, only their travel within Australia.
The Fund does not support costs associated with attending national or international conferences that do not include, or function as, an industry market.
Visit the Arts Queensland website to apply.