2025 Multicultural Festival Grants - Performance

Funding category: Performance

Funding available: Up to $500 (Five hundred dollars only)

Eligible projects: Dance, song, music, or a combination of these.

Performance area: A raised stage (set area), or moving throughout the event area, including in-between the stalls and audience (roving). Stage sizes and locations will be confirmed by event organisers closer to the event.

Examples:

• Roving: marching or drumming bands, conga lines, samba parades, lion dance (groups only).

• Stage/set area: dance performances, vocal and instrumental performances (individuals or groups).

The following applies to all applications in every category of the Multicultural Festival Grants:

• Organisations must ensure that its performance promotes Australia’s multicultural diversity and its model of integration and social cohesion.
• Participating groups will be required to adhere to all risk management, Work Health and Safety, Safe Food Handling requirements, City of Adelaide Guidelines, and COVID Safe requirements at the time of the event.
• Community group representatives and group coordinators will be required to attend mandatory information sessions in the lead up to the event.
• Community group representatives are required to share all relevant information with their group members who are participating on the day.
• Participating groups will be required to submit a detailed online Requirements Form for approval by the deadline.
• All community group members participating on event day will be required to complete an online Pre-event Registration Form.
• Participating groups must provide and seek approval for all printed materials to be used and/or displayed at the event, prior to the event.

Cultural guidelines:

• Performances must not promote religious or political objectives that do not advance the interest of an intercultural and cohesion society.
• Performances must not display any article, clothing, flag, sign, picture or printed material that is either not eligible for display or is considered offensive or substandard.
• Costumes, music, and dance of participants must reflect that of the performing group’s own cultural heritage and identity.
• Use of any commercial music is not permitted without prior approval by event managers.
• Performance group participants are required to wear cultural or traditional dress reflective of their culture during the performance.

Performance safety guidelines:

• Performances must not use or display toy or replica weapons.
• Performance group participants will be responsible for adhering to all safety and protective requirements as instructed by event organisers, for example the use of protective equipment to prevent damage to the venue or event equipment.
• Performance group participants must not bring equipment that will not fit within their designated performance space or time.

Performance guidelines:

• Performance times will be 10 minutes per group to ensure a broad diversity of communities can participate.
  • Stage (set area) performances: this includes stage set and strike times, therefore if your group takes two minutes to set-up, your performance time will be eight minutes.
  • Roving (moving) performances: exact timings will depend on the group’s capacity, program allowances, the type of roving performance and the length/size/space of the area they need to move through.
• Performance group participants are required to adhere to their allocated performance time and must not play music or provide pre-recorded music over the allocated time.
• Performance groups are encouraged to use the entirety of their programmed time to showcase their culture.
• Stage sizes, performance times and roving performance routes will be finalised closer to the event and will be confirmed with successful groups.
• Performing groups are encouraged to choose lively performances and bright costumes that best represent their culture.

Important instructions:

• If successful, all performance groups will be required to provide proof of public liability insurance – a minimum of $1 million or as required in your agreement.
• Provide all relevant information in your application to assist the assessment panel, including a detailed running schedule of the planned performance, the number of performers, any previous performance experience/reviews, and available resources (e.g., costumes, music and/or props).
• Community groups with another idea for performances are encouraged to apply but may consider applying under the activity category (e.g., martial arts demonstration or ‘come and try’ activities).

The following are ineligible for funding:

• organisations that have outstanding acquittal reports for previously awarded grants
• educational institutions or related representative bodies, e.g., schools and/or their parents’ associations, universities, and for-profit childcare centres
• individuals or organisations applying on behalf of an individual
• Commonwealth, State or Local Government department and agencies
• Organisations that have demonstrated religious or political advocacy that is not aligned with intercultural cohesion.

The following will not be supported:

• activities primarily aimed at meeting religious or political advocacy that do not advance the interests of an inclusive and cohesive Australian society
• engaging in, or promoting/demonstrating, activities that are deemed unlawful
• engaging in, or promoting/demonstrating, activities that may be a risk to public safety
• engaging in, or promoting/demonstrating, activities that have potential to cause damage to the Government Parties reputation

Before you continue your application please ensure you can answer YES to the following questions:

• I have read the funding guidelines
• I will abide by the funding guidelines
• The applicant is a multicultural not-for-profit organisation
• The applicant has a registered Australian Business Number (ABN)
• The application is not for reimbursement of funds that have already been spent
• The application is not for an event that is aimed at meeting religious or political objectives that do not advance the interests of an inclusive and cohesive Australian society
• The application is not for an event that may be a risk to public safety.