The program provides essential support to established live music venues and music festivals to assist them to continue to operate in the current operating climate, limiting venue closures and event cancellations, and stimulating long-term sustainability.

Funding is available for activities that support established live music venues or music festivals, creating a sustainable operating environment to increase performance opportunities, and the development and discoverability of original contemporary music by Australian artists. The Program also has a strong focus on activities that improve accessibility at established live music venues or music festivals, providing participation opportunities for audiences, and career pathways for musicians and music workers, with disability.

A total of up to $12.5 million in grant funding will be available in 2026-27 for Revive Live. All grant amounts are GST exclusive. Grant funding for 2026-27 will include a strong focus on activities that improve and increase participation and accessibility to live music events by people with disability.

If you are registered for the Goods and Services Tax (GST),5 where applicable, we will add GST to your grant payment.

Applications for grant funding will be accepted under two streams:

• Live music venues - with a maximum grant amount of $150,000.
• Music festivals - with a maximum grant amount dependent on proven audience size:
  • festivals with 10,000 or less attendees, the maximum grant amount is $150,000.
  • festivals with greater than 10,000 attendees, the maximum grant amount is $250,000.

You are required to contribute towards the grant activities. There is no minimum or maximum amount of co-contribution, but the level of contribution is expected to be relative to the nature and scale of the supported activity (as considered in assessment Criterion 2, see section 6). Cocontribution must be in addition to funding from other Commonwealth, state, territory or local government sources.

If other Commonwealth, state, territory or local government sources are contributing to your overall activity, this grant cannot be used to fund activities already supported by those sources. If you are in receipt of funding from other government sources, you will need to clearly distinguish how the activity in this application is different to the activity or activities funded by other government sources.

To be eligible you must:

• have an Australian Business Number (ABN)
• be registered for the purposes of GST
• be a permanent resident of Australia
• have an account with an Australian financial institution
• comply with all regulatory, industry and legal requirements in relation to copyright, licensing, employment, planning and environmental protection.

And be one of the following entity types:

• a company incorporated in Australia
• a company incorporated by guarantee
• a sole trader with employees
• an incorporated trustee on behalf of a trust
• an incorporated association
• a partnership
• an incorporated not-for-profit organisation
• an Australian local government body
• an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Corporation registered under the Corporations (Aboriginal and /or Torres Strait Islander) Act 20066

We can only accept applications from:

• organisations that have a primary purpose to host live public performances of original contemporary music, with a strong focus on showcasing Australian artists (Australian local government bodies are exempt from this criterion)
• organisations with at least three years of demonstrated experience delivering live music
• organisations that are a majority-Australian owned business (including any parent or related companies)

• Phone: 02 6136 8008
• Email: music@arts.gov.au