NSW Minister for the Arts Hon. George Souris today announced $110,000 in funding to assist young people throughout the State to stage their own all ages, drug and alcohol free music events.
Indent, the peak youth network for contemporary music and a proud project of MusicNSW, will distribute the funds in the form of Partnership Grants and the continuation of the tour in 2012. The Partnership Grants across two categories will fund all ages’ festivals, music video competitions, band nights and competitions. Indent is also reinvesting $2,500 back into the program to fund an extra team.
“The Indent project is a key skills development opportunity for any young person interested in finding out more about the music and entertainment industries.” Mr Souris said.
“From the grants, the tour and the many workshops on offer, Indent empowers young people by giving them the skills and confidence to take control of their local youth events.”
The Partnership Grants give young people the skills, resources and support to stage their own events and take control of their local all ages scene and a stage for hundreds of young bands to showcase their outstanding talents.
The tour engages young people in a professional development opportunity to work on an industry standard event and tour a professional band through regional NSW. Local teams will stage their own event in partnership with Indent and surrounding youth. The teams involved in the 2012 tour will be invited based on their previous applications under the partnership grants.
In addition to the 2012 grants, Indent will provide further assistance to young people wanting to find out more about the all ages industry through the launch of “X Festival: A Do – It – Yourself Guide To Running Music Events”, the annual Open Day mini-conference on March 9 and the continued annual workshop program.
Please see below for the list of successful grant recipients for 2012!
$5,000 Event Development Grant
Youth of Bland Shire, West Wyalong
Youth Entertainment Reference Group, Campbelltown
The Loft, Newcastle
Outback Indent, Broken Hill
Momentum, Music and Media, Bega
$2,500 Grass Roots Grant
Cowra Youth Council, Cowra
Rock the YAC Productions, Byron Bay
Coolamon Shire Youth Events Team, Coolamon
Bathurst Regional Youth Council Events Working Party, Bathurst
Mid-Western Regional Youth Council, Mudgee
Rock the Block, Hornsby
Bandwagon, Tamworth
Cessnock Youth Entertainment Committee (CYEC), Cessnock
Bondi Blitz Planning Committee, Waverly
Crankfest Youth Advisory Committee, Richmond Valley
The Ragers, Griffith
Liquidfest 2012 Committee, Queanbeyan
Unleashed, Riverstone
Artbeat, Gosford
The New What Next, Rockdale
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