In 2019-20, 17 festivals received operational funding from Creative Victoria, reporting on employment, volunteering, income and expenditure and attendance and programming.
9 of these festivals are located in regional Victoria.
Definition of festivals are a series of events and activities celebrating a cultural concept, facilitating exchanges between audiences and creative practitioners.
Finance
In 2019-20, Creative Victoria provided $11.8 million to festivals, around 40% of their total income. Total income for all festivals was $29.5 million.
Every $1 provided by Creative Victoria leveraged a further $1.49 income to the funded sector.
Sources of income
- Earned income was 27% of total income.
- Creative Victoria funding was 40%.
- Other Government funding was 13% of total revenue (including Commonwealth, local and other State funding).
- Private support was 19% of total revenue.
- $1.7 million in cash sponsorship
- $1.3 million through in-kind sponsorship
- $1.7 million in donations and fundraising
- $0.8 million from foundations (incl. philanthropy).
Sources of income | ||
|---|---|---|
| Earned income | $7.8m | 27% |
| Creative Victoria | $11.8m | 40% |
| Other Government | $3.9m | 13% |
| Private support | $5.5m | 19% |
| Other | $0.4m | 1% |
Local Government provided 6% of the total income, around $1.8 million.
Expenditure
- 58% of sector expenditure went towards production costs
- 21% on administration costs
- 17% on marketing costs
Expenditure | ||
|---|---|---|
| Production | $17.3m | 58% |
| Administration | $6.3m | 21% |
| Marketing | $4.9m | 17% |
| Other | $0.9m | 3% |
| Depreciation | $0.4m | 1% |
Workforce
The sector employed 428 people.
- Total employment is equivalent to 117 full time employees.
- 57% are employed on a casual basis.
Sources of income | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full time | 58 | 14% |
| Part time | 124 | 29% |
| Casual | 246 | 57% |
Festivals engaged the services of 8,162 creative practitioners.
2,004 volunteers provided 35,593 hours of service.
Audience
Festivals reported attendances of 1.0 million.
- 82% were from metropolitan Melbourne
- 11% from regional Victoria
- 5% from interstate
- 2% from overseas
15 festivals reported 3.0 million online visits
11 festivals reported 51.8 million views on digital platforms (incl. radio, TV, live streaming, downloads).
Programming
Festivals presented 1,986 events, including:
- 1,256 productions
- 285 exhibitions
- 116 workshops and classes
- 132 lectures, seminars and conferences
- 47 films
- 150 other events
Sector development
12 festivals offered education or youth participation programs, reporting 20,730 student or youth attendances through 416 sessions.
A number of organisations offered targeted programming:
- 9 offered programming for First Peoples
- 9 offered programming for children (up to 12 years)
- 13 offered programming for youth (12 to 25 years)
- 10 offered programming for people from culturally and linguistically diverse communities
- 5 offered programming for senior citizens
- 5 offered programming for people who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and/or intersex
- 7 offered programming for people who identify as women
- 8 offered programming for people who identify as having a disability
- 7 offered programming for people living in regional communities.
The sector reported 48 inbound tours and 6 outbound tours.
Tours | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inbound | 48 | Victoria | 0 |
| Interstate | 22 | ||
| International | 26 | ||
| Outbound | 6 | Victoria | 1 |
| Interstate | 5 | ||
| International | 0 | ||
