Touring Victoria supports Victorian and arts and cultural organisations or professional creative practitioners to tour a professional production, performance, exhibition or program to, or from, regional and outer-metropolitan Victoria.

For activity commencing from 1 April 2026 and ending by 4 December 2028

What funding is available?

Amounts between $10,000 and $150,000 are available.

Who can apply?

We encourage you to apply if you’re a:

  • Victorian and cross-border arts and cultural organisation
  • Victorian and cross-border based professional creative practitioner with a history of presenting quality, professional work
  • tour coordinator applying on behalf of an arts and cultural organisation or creative practitioner
  • community or local government organisation with relevant experience, coordinating or presenting a tour
  • sole trader applying under an auspice arrangement (please refer to the FAQs).

Note: State-owned cultural agencies or other creative organisations already receiving multi-year funding through Creative Victoria are eligible to apply to this program.

Please note

  • This is the only round of the Touring Victoria program for the 2025-26 financial year.
  • Grant funding agreements will only be entered into with legally constituted organisations that have an ABN.
  • Creative Victoria will only accept one application per applicant.
Art installation
Jacqui Stockdale: Drawing the Labyrinth, 2015, installation view at McClelland Gallery and Sculpture Park, 2016 Photography by Christian Capurro, Melbourne, a NETS Victoria touring exhibition

This program has three streams:

  • First Peoples stream - Applications led by First Peoples creative entities will be assessed in alignment with Aboriginal self-determination principles by an assessment panel of First Peoples creative industries peers.
  • Deaf and Disabled stream- Applications led by Deaf and Disabled creative entities can choose to be assessed by a panel of creative industries peers with lived experience of deafness and disability, the First Peoples assessment panel or by specific creative industries peers depending on the creative discipline chosen.
  • General stream- Applications will be assessed by specific creative industries peers depending on the creative discipline chosen.

Please Note:

  • Applications from non-First Peoples that contain First Peoples activity may also be reviewed by a First Peoples panel to ensure cultural protocols are demonstrated in the applications.
  • Each applicant can only apply to one stream. If you are eligible to apply to more than one stream (for example, First Peoples and Deaf and Disabled), please speak to program staff about which stream you are choosing to apply through, and which assessment panel you would like your application reviewed by.

Key dates

Applications opened: Wednesday 5 November 2025

Applications closed: 3pm, Thursday 4 December 2025

Supported activity can commence from 1 April 2026 and ending by 4 December 2028


How to apply

First Peoples Creatives Stream:  Applications  CLOSED

Deaf and Disabled Creatives Stream: Applications  CLOSED

General Stream:    Applications  CLOSED

To view previously started, drafted and saved applications, and to return to the grants portal please click here.

Find general information on using the grants portal, including how to register and FAQ about the Portal.

Who can I talk to?

2025 Guidelines and tools

After you apply

Once you submit your application on the Department of Jobs, Skills, Industry and Regions grants portal you’ll receive an email acknowledgement.

The Creative Victoria grants team will then check that your application meets all the eligibility criteria before application are assessed by an assessment panel of creative industry and education sector peers against the published assessment criteria.

You’ll be notified by email of the outcome approximately 16 weeks after the published closing date.

See Information for applicants

Please note

There’s high a level of demand for Creative Learning Partnerships funding, so we recommend that you plan for contingencies if your application is unsuccessful (e.g., other funding sources). Please don’t make commitments based on the assumption that you’ll receive funding until you’ve received written confirmation of your final funding outcome.

Funding recommendations are subject to approval by the Minister for Creative Industries. Feedback on your application is provided at Creative Victoria’s discretion and may not be available when you receive notification of your funding outcome.

Successful applications

If your funding application is successful, you’ll receive a funding agreement outlining the conditions for funding, payment information and reporting requirements.

See Information for current recipients

Payment of grants

Program funding payments are conditional on you meeting your obligations under your Funding Agreement with the Department of Jobs, Skills, Industry and Regions, including fulfilling any payment milestone outcomes or deliverables set out in the Funding Agreement.

Please note, school email security settings may redirect correspondence to email spam folders. Applicants are advised to check spam folders regularly for confirmation of receipt, and notification about the outcome of your application.