Can Australian Music Survive in the Age of Spotify?
The 2025-26 Federal Budget released this week, provides certainty for Music Australia and the Revive Live program, both key advocacy points for the ALMBC to the Federal Government through numerous written submissions and public presentations.
The budget includes the continued implementation of the National Cultural Policy, Revive, with increased funding of $17 million, including an increase for Music Australia.
The ALMBC is very grateful for the ongoing support from Music Australia through Core Funding as well as funding to enable ALMBC members to travel to international conferences.
The budget also delivered new funding of $8.6 million to extend the Revive Live program for an additional year. The most recent round saw a major increase in funding allocated to small, grass roots live music venues and festivals in regional areas, following updated eligibility criteria that our members fought very strongly for.
Revive Live has so far provided $7.8 million in grant funding in 2024-25 to support 112 live music businesses, including 63 music festival-based activities and 49 live music venues.
More information, including grant opportunity dates, will be made available in due course on the Office for the Arts website
