Festivals Australia provides funding to support individual art projects at festivals or significant one-off community events, such as a town celebration or opening of a new community resource.

Festivals Australia will:

• provide access to a diverse range of high quality, innovative arts projects that grow audiences at festivals across regional Australia

• support partnerships and collaboration across the arts sector

• encourage community participation in arts projects at regional and remote fetivals.

The program delivers two funding rounds each year usually opening in February and September. The Minister for Communications, Urban Infrastructure, Cities and the Arts (or their delegate) approves funding under the Program Guidelines.