The fund supports marketing activities aimed at increasing visibility and attracting visitation to the event from outside its immediate area. 

Grants for this stream are only available to events that have been running for more than 2 years.

The Regional Event Fund identifies and supports events in regional NSW that have the potential to act as a 'cornerstone' or flagship tourism event for their area by attracting overnight visitation and delivering long term benefits to the region.

The Regional Event Fund comprises 3 individual funding streams providing a development pipeline for events from inception, through emergence, to their establishment as tourism events in Regional NSW.

This program is funded and administered by Destination NSW.

To be eligible to apply for the Regional Event Fund Flagship Event stream, applicants must:

• be the event owner (i.e. own the rights to the event and hold the relevant approvals for the event) at the time of application and contract
• be financially solvent or be financially viable and able to demonstrate that they are likely to remain so over the duration of the funding period
• have an Australian Business Number (ABN)
• be a sole trader, company, partnership, unincorporated and incorporated associations, or company trust entity
• have at least $20 million public liability insurance, or be able to secure before entering into a Funding Agreement
• be a legal entity and not a business name.

To be eligible for the $20,000 annual grant your event must:

• take place between 1 July 2026 and 30 June 2027
• have been held for a minimum of 2 years prior to applying for funding
• be held in one of the following 7 Destination Network regions listed below:
  • Destination Central West
  • Destination Country & Outback NSW
  • Destination North Coast including Lord Howe Island
  • Destination Riverina Murray
  • Destination Southern NSW
  • Destination Sydney Surrounds North
  • Destination Sydney Surrounds South

Please note: the Local Government Areas of Penrith, Hawkesbury, Blue Mountains and Wollondilly are no longer included in the above Destination Networks.

For information relating to Destination Networks, including a boundary map, please visit: Destination Networks.

To be eligible for the $30,000 triennial grant, your event must:

• meet the eligible events criteria above for the $20,000 annual grant
• have received three Flagship Event Annual event grants.

• Email: grants.admin@dnsw.com.au