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 starting from 1 December 2024
This round of Touring Victoria is supported through the Victorian Government’s Community Support Fund.
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 coordinators applying on behalf of an arts and cultural organisations or creative practitioners
- 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 cultural organisations already receiving recurrent 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 2024-25 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.
This program has three streams:
- First Peoples creative entities stream - Applications led by First Peoples creative entities will be assessed in alignment with Aboriginal self-determination by an assessment panel of First Peoples creative industries peers.
- Deaf and Disabled creative entities 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.
NOTE:
- Applications from non-First Peoples creative entities 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
Round opens: Friday, 28 June 2024
Round closes: 3pm, Thursday, 1 August 2024
Supported activity can commence from 1 December 2024
How to apply
Applications are submitted via a unique link via the Department of Jobs, Skills, Industry and Regions Grants Portal.
For the First Peoples stream, start your application here.
For the Deaf and Disabled stream, start your application here.
For the General stream, start your application here.
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?
- Erica Sanders
- For help with translations please call the Translating and Interpreting Service
- Visit the Translating and Interpreting website