The Touring Queensland Fund (the Fund) is focused on supporting regional communities' access to high quality arts and cultural products and events, including music gigs.

The Fund supports delivery of the key priorities of the Queensland's Time to Shine: 10-year arts and cultural strategy, including ensuring arts for all Queenslanders.

Program objectives

• Increase arts engagement in Queensland's regional communities through touring
• Grow audiences and markets for artists and organisations through touring
• Increase access to inclusive and quality arts and cultural experiences

Funding of up to $100,000 is available to support a single tour of any length or a program of tours taking place over a period no longer than 12 months.

Activities must be tour-ready and can be in any artform for which Arts Queensland has responsibility including visual arts, craft and design; cultural heritage; performing arts; contemporary and classical music; and writing.

Touring itineraries must include at least three (3) locations, excluding the touring party's home location.

Organisations, groups and individuals applying for this grant must:

• Be based in Queensland. If you are applying as an individual your primary residence must be in Queensland. If you are applying as a group or organisation your business address must be in Queensland.
• Have an active Australian Business Number (ABN) in the same name used in the application.
• Have a bank account in the same name used in the application.
• Have completed any Arts Queensland progress or outcome reporting that is due.
• NOT owe Arts Queensland any money.
• Only submit one application to this funding round.²
• NOT have received funding in the previous round of Touring Queensland Fund.
• NOT have received more than $1 million per annum in grants from Arts Queensland in the last 12 months.
• Submit your application through SmartyGrants by the closing date.
• NOT apply for Arts Queensland funding for activities that commence before the activity start date.
• Submit all compulsory support material.
• Be deemed suitable to receive public funding (see Community Expectations relating to Qld Govt Investment)

If you are applying as an individual, you must also be:

• An Australian citizen or permanent resident
• Aged over 18

If the application is being auspiced:

• The auspice body, rather than the applicant must have an active ABN and bank account in the name of the auspice body.
• The auspice body, must NOT owe Arts Queensland any money and must have completed any Arts Queensland progress or outcome reporting that is due.
• The Auspice body may:
  • Be based outside of Queensland.
  • Auspice more than one application in this funding round.
  • Have received funding in the previous round of Touring Queensland Fund.
  • Have received more than $1 million per annum in grants from Arts Queensland in the last 12 months.

• Phone: 07 3034 4016
• Email: investment@arts.qld.gov.au