2026 Regional Arts Touring Round 1 — NSW

• Individuals must be 18 years or older. • Individual applicants must have an active ABN or be administered at time of contracting if successful. • Individual applicants must have lived in New South Wales for at least 12 months. • For groups without legal status, the lead applicant must be 18 years or older. • For groups without legal status, the lead applicant must have an active ABN or be administered at time of contracting if successful. • For groups without legal status, the majority of members must have been located in New South Wales for the past 12 months. • Unincorporated groups must have a written and signed agreement outlining roles, responsibilities and acceptance of the proposed project. • Organisations with legal status such as companies, associations and partnerships may apply. • Local government authorities must be a distinct business unit based in New South Wales. • The person submitting the application must have authority to act on behalf of the organisation or entity. • All successful applicants must provide an active ABN with a nominated bank account or details of a funds administrator. • Individuals must have a sole trader ABN or a private company ABN where the individual is the sole director, or use a funds administrator. • Organisations with legal status must have an ABN matching the entity name and a nominated bank account. • Funding requests must not exceed 90% of project costs. • Applicants must contribute at least 10% cash or in-kind toward the tour or project. • Projects must focus on arts and culture and directly benefit regional New South Wales artists, arts and cultural workers and/or regional communities and audiences through arts-led touring activities. • The project must start after 2026-09-01. • The project must be completed by 2028-09-01. • Only one application may be submitted to this round. • Applicants successful in the previous round of Regional Arts Touring cannot apply. • Applicants cannot have already received Create NSW or Sound NSW funding for the same part of the project. • Applicants cannot be state or federal government departments or agencies, including state cultural institutions. • Schools and educational institutions cannot apply. • Key Festivals, State Significant Organisations and National Performing Arts Partnership Organisations cannot apply. • Projects related to filmmaking, screen production, mainstream animation, film festivals or contemporary music are ineligible. • People employed by Create NSW, or employed there within the last 12 months, cannot apply.