Vic Govt Sets Up Funding To Assist Music Industry Workers Amidst COVID Pandemic

The Victorian Government has announced it will provide millions in funding for the state's creative industries and those who have lost work due to the COVID pandemic. 

The Experience Economy Survival Package unveiled today will provide $150 million to support the creative industries, as well as sport and tourism.

More than $32 million of that figure will go towards creative agencies and initiatives, including funding for the Geelong Arts Centre, Museums Victoria, National Gallery of Victoria, Arts Centre Melbourne and Melbourne Recital Centre, as well as $6 million for live music industry workers and to bolster the oversubscribed Sustaining Creative Workers initiative - which supports professional independent creative practitioners, sole traders, freelancers, collectives and micro-organisations/businesses.

These funds are in addition to the $16.8 million support package recently announced for creative industries and bring the total survival package for jobs in the creative sector to more than $49 million.

“Victoria has the best galleries, museums and performance venues in the country – and one of the best live music scenes anywhere in the world," Minister for Creative Industries, Martin Foley said today.

"They are central to life in this state and this funding is vital to safeguarding jobs in the $31 billion creative industries economy.”