Dominic Furber – Paxx Group
Marguerite (Margi) Boman – Illicit Sounds
Dave Sleswick – The Tivoli Group (The
Tivoli / The Princess Theatre / Roster Agency)
Jemma Cole – SOFT CENTRE
Joel Siviour – Seismic Talent Agency
Thomas WARD – Dusk’n’Dawn Productions
Bassia Dinnen – Audiopaxx
Angela Dunbavan – Red Chair
Brandon Wade – Select Music & Three Kings Touring
Mat Johnston – Dashville
Justin Rudge – Public Bookings
ALMBC in partnership with Sounds Australia presents the Music Australia International Conference Contribution - Agents, Bookers & Programmers
ALMBC in partnership with Sounds Australia presents the Music Australia International Conference Contribution - Agents, Bookers & Programmers
Supporting selected live music industry sole traders and small business operators who are attending major international music conferences in the 2024.25 financial year.
Funding will financially support selected professional music programmers, booking agents, festival bookers and venue bookers with demonstrated potential and connections in a specific international market.
Supporting selected live music industry sole traders, micro-business and small business operators who are attending major international music conferences in the 2024.25 financial year.
Funding will financially support selected professional music programmers, booking agents, festival bookers and venue bookers with demonstrated potential and connections in a specific international market.
Dominic Furber – Paxx Group
Marguerite (Margi) Boman – Illicit Sounds
Dave Sleswick – The Tivoli Group (The
Tivoli / The Princess Theatre / Roster Agency)
Jemma Cole – SOFT CENTRE
Joel Siviour – Seismic Talent Agency
Thomas WARD – Dusk’n’Dawn Productions
Bassia Dinnen – Audiopaxx
Angela Dunbavan – Red Chair
Brandon Wade – Select Music & Three Kings Touring
Mat Johnston – Dashville
Justin Rudge – Public Bookings
Details
Applications for events occurring throughout 2024 & 25 will be divided into 2 rounds of opening and closing dates:
ROUND 1:
Applications for conferences taking place between August 1, 2024 and April 31, 2025
ROUND 1 OPENS 15 JUNE AND CLOSES 15 JULY 5pm AEST
Applicants notified by 1 August
ROUND 2:
Applications for conferences taking place between May 1, 2025 and June 30, 2025
ROUND 2 OPENS 15 JAN AND CLOSES 20 FEB 2025
Applicants notified by 1 March 2025
The following conferences are a suggested list. You may want to suggest a different conference.
ROUND 1, 2024
Sept 18 – 21, 2024 Hamburg, Germany
Sept 24-26 2024 London, UK
Oct 23 – 27, 2024 Manchester, UK
Oct 16 – 20, 2024 Amsterdam, NL
Jan 15-18 2025 Groningrn, NL
Feb 19-23 2025 Montreal Canada
Feb 25-28 2025 London, UK
March 8-16 2025 Austin USA
April 24-27 2025 Bremen, Germany
ROUND 2, 2025
May 2025 Nashville, US
May 2025 Singapore
May 2025 Brighton, UK
May 2025 Berlin, Germany
June 2025 Toronto, Canada
June 2025 Nashville, US
June 2025 Toronto, Canada
June 2025 New York, US
Contributions of up to $5000 AUD will be awarded to selected professional businesses to help cover essential costs associated with their attendance and international activity at their chosen event, such as travel expenses, accommodation and event registration costs.
The program is designed to support the challenge of covering costs travelling from Australia.
Applicants who already may be travelling from an international location may apply, however we ask applicants to seek only funds required.
You are eligible to apply if you:
– are a current financial ALMBC member (of any level)
– are currently working in the live music industry
– are an Australian citizen or an Australian permanent resident
– hold a current valid passport
– have not already received this funding in the last 12 months. (Applicants are only eligible to apply for funding once within a 12 month period).
Only one representative of a business can gain this funding to attend the same event within a 12 month period. Two or more different business representatives could gain funding to attend two or more different events.
An employee of a business may apply if that business is a member (or ‘Friend’ for businesses not owned in Australia) of the ALMBC. The business will be the applicant.
Successful applicants will demonstrate:
– a commitment to a career within live music that is recognised by the industry, and their peers
– a plan of activities they will undertake during their time at their specified event, demonstrating why this event – and that particular international market – is a priority territory for their business right now
– clear leads, connections, and goals (short and long term) in that marketplace
– a clear plan for how they intend to maximise the opportunities before, during and after the event
– emails or letters of support from up to 3 industry professionals / peers outside your own business
Please note that not all applicants will receive funding, and only a selected number of applicants will be successful in receiving funding per assessment.
In instances where an ALMBC Board Member or staff applies for funding, the ALMBC will withdraw from assessing these applications, and refer to the Sounds Australia team to assess independently.
The Australian Live Music Business Council (ALMBC) will pay selected funding recipients (Activity Participants) up to AU$5,000 (plus GST if registered) as a lump sum upon receipt of a
(a) fully executed Agreement and (b) a valid Tax Invoice.
Agreements will be distributed to confirmed Activity Participants promptly upon confirmation of their involvement in this program.
– The Grant Funds shall be exclusively used by Activity Participants to contribute toward their costs of attending their specified event, including their flights, accommodation, event ticketing or admission and other similar associated costs.
– No later than 60 days from the last day of the event, Activity Participants must provide ALMBC with an Activity Report that provides details about the activities they undertook with regard to this program, including achievements, goals (including those not met), industry outcomes and benefits, and a breakdown of how the funds were spent.
– Travel Permissions: The Activity Participant has, or will obtain prior to the Activity, all visas, permissions, valid documentation and any other permits or exemptions required to travel to the region where their specified event takes place.
– As a condition of receiving the Grant Funds, the Activity Participant gives their permission to allow ALMBC, Sounds Australia and Creative Australia / Music Australia to use, without compensation, the participant’s name, professional information and likeness for advertising and publicity purposes in connection with the Grant, including on websites or social media channels controlled by the ALMBC, Sounds Australia and Creative Australia / Music Australia.
– It is a requirement that you inform us of any co-funding for this activity, whether it is confirmed before submitting your application; while waiting for the result; or after (and if) your application has been successful.
– You agree to participate in industry development session/s where possible, following your successful project, which could include being part of a short online panel talking about your project, or similar.
Please note it is the responsibility of all participants to arrange and pay for any insurance that they require to undertake this Activity. (If you wish to use some of your funding towards insurance costs, this is permitted.)
Dominic Furber – Paxx Group
Marguerite (Margi) Boman – Illicit Sounds
Dave Sleswick – The Tivoli Group (The
Tivoli / The Princess Theatre / Roster Agency)
Jemma Cole – SOFT CENTRE
Joel Siviour – Seismic Talent Agency
Thomas WARD – Dusk’n’Dawn Productions
Bassia Dinnen – Audiopaxx
Angela Dunbavan – Red Chair
Brandon Wade – Select Music & Three Kings Touring
Mat Johnston – Dashville
Justin Rudge – Public Bookings