19 May – The Regional Community Bands Program – supports the work of community bands in regional NSW through an annual program providing small grants to support their activities. Up to $2.5k

24 May – ACON’s Diversity Days Grants – grants of up to $1,000 to host an event that celebrates LGBTQ+ Days of Significance or centre LGBTQ+ communities in Cultural Days, to increase awareness and visibility of diversity in priority settings across NSW.

25 May – Creative Steps – New Work – Individual NSW-based artists and groups may apply (up to $75,000) to develop or present new creative work.

25 May – Cultural Access – Priority Areas – Individual NSW-based artists, groups and organisations may apply for projects led by or engaging with priority areas and target populations.

25 May – Professional Development – Next Steps – Individual NSW-based artists may apply (up to $10,000) to participate in professional development opportunities to propel careers to the next level.

25 May – Creative Nations – For First Nations artists and organisations. Creative Nations supports projects that sustain and strengthen First Nations arts and culture including contemporary artistic practice, community‑led storytelling and truth‑telling initiatives.

25 May – Regional Arts Touring (Round 1) – For Individual artists, groups and organisations. Funding is open to a diverse range of innovative NSW art and cultural programs that appeal to audiences of any age to take their show on the road – from theatre and children’s shows, to literature program and museum exhibitions.

29 May – Collector WindFarm Community Fund 26/27 The Collector Wind Farm Community Fund aims to support initiatives that strengthen the local community through projects within 10kms of the wind farm.

29 May – Strategic Opportunities Program – Supports innovative projects designed to strengthen the NSW screen and digital games industries.

29 May – Quick Response Fashion Grants – Offer up to $10,000 for emerging designers, textile makers, and fashion businesses – prioritising First Nations, Western Sydney, and Regional NSW creatives.

29 May – Volunteer Grants – Grants of between $1,000 and $5,000 will be available to assist eligible not-for-profit community organisations that rely on volunteers.

2 Jun – Creative Australia – Contemporary Music Touring Program (CMTP) – This program aims to support national touring activity undertaken by Australian musicians performing original Australian contemporary music

2 June – Australia-Japan Foundation Grant – This program aims to advance Australia’s engagement with Japan by supporting people-to-people links through programs and partnerships aligned with the Australian Government’s priorities.

2 June – Creative Australia Fellowships – of $80,000 support outstanding, established artists’ or arts workers’ creative activity and professional development for a period of up to two years.

2 June – Creative Australia Playing Australia Project Investment – Supporting performing arts tours to reach regional and remote communities across Australia.

2 June – Creative Australia Visual Arts Major Commissioning Projects – This program funds individuals and groups to create new visual arts and craft commissions for presentation nationally and internationally.

3 June – Veolia Mulwaree Trust – Support for projects which will benefit local communities. Not-for-profit organisations and community groups within the local government areas of Goulburn Mulwaree, Upper Lachlan, Wingecarribee, Wollondilly, Shoalhaven, Oberon and former Palerang are invited to apply.

18 June – Screen Australia – Documentary Production – The aims of the documentary production funding programs are to support Australian documentary content for production and release for Direct-to-Audience, Television and Feature Film platforms; distinctive storytelling for a range of budgets and audiences across local and global platforms; and content makers at different career stages who reflect the breadth of Australia in service of cultural, creative and economic benefits.

30 Jun – Protection of Cultural Objects on Loan Scheme -Provides legal protection for cultural objects on loan from overseas lenders for temporary public exhibition in Australia.

23 Jun – Music Australia Core Contribution Fund – Two-year funding for Australian music industry representative organisations whose primary activity is providing services to key areas of the contemporary Australian music industry.

25 Jun – Screen Australia: First Nations Documentary Development  – This program seeks to provide practitioners with the opportunity to create appropriate written and/or visual materials to ensure that projects are as strong as possible when competing for production finance. Emerging Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander producers are encouraged to apply.

30 Jun – North Queensland Production Incentive – Attracts footloose screen productions to North Queensland.

27 Jul – Peter Blazey Fellowship 2027 – The $20,000 award is intended to further a work in progress from writers in the non-fiction fields of biography, autobiography and life writing.

13 Oct – Creative Australia – Contemporary Music Touring Program (CMTP) – This program aims to support national touring activity undertaken by Australian musicians performing original Australian contemporary music

27 Oct – Creative Australia Four Year Investment for Organisations 2029–32 Enabling arts and cultural organisations to plan with longer-term certainty and increase capacity to leverage other support in 2029–32.

Bango Wind Farm Community Enhancement Fund Opening Soon. Financial support to not-for-profit community groups and organisations working to make a positive and lasting contribution to regional communities within a 20km radius of the Bango Wind Farm. WATCH THE SQUADRON ENERGY NEWS PAGE for updates.