Eligibility criteria

To be eligible, businesses must:

• be in Victoria
• be registered as operating in an eligible industry sector identified in the List of Eligible ANZSIC classes
• be a ‘contracted supplier’ of a ‘live performance event’ that meets the definitions in Section 8 of the program guidelines that was to take place between 11:59pm on Thursday 27 May 2021 and 11:59pm on Thursday 24 June 2021 and was cancelled due to the restrictions that began at 11.59pm on Thursday 27 May 2021
• have as its principal activity the supply of goods and services to performance events
• have incurred unrecoverable costs as a result of the restrictions greater than $500 for each live performance event that is the subject of the application
• hold an Australian Business Number (ABN), registered in Victoria and have held that ABN at Thursday 27 May 2021
• be trading solvently at the time of application
• agree to gain consent from the live event presenter/s that have cancelled the event/s to give the following business details in the application: event name, business name and ABN and main contact name and phone number.

Grant amount

The total value of a grant available to each applicant is $500 per event.

A business as defined by its ABN can apply for a grant for up to four live performance events, with the total grant amount capped at $2000 per applicant.

How to apply

This program is now closed.