Grants for moderate sized public events that provide economic and community benefits to the Greater Geelong region.
Key dates
| Applications open: | 27 June 2026 |
| Applications close: | 10 August 2026 by 5.00 pm (we do not accept late applications) |
| Notification to applicants: | 9 December 2026 |
| Event start date: | Event cannot start until after 31 December 2026, and you have a signed funding agreement with us |
| Event end date: | You must complete your event by 31 December 2027 |
Grant Guidelines
To confirm the eligibility of your organisation and activity, please read the grant guidelines before applying.
Who can apply?
To apply for this grant, you must be one of the following:
- incorporated not-for-profit organisation
- unincorporated group with an auspice
- registered charitable organisation
- business
- individual operating as sole traders (with an active ABN)
- school or learning institution (only for non-curriculum-based activities that support participation by the wider community).
What can you apply for?
Events staged from 1 January 2027. For example:
- Community festivals
- Food and wine festivals
- Music events
- State or national sporting events
- Multicultural events (For events expecting less than 300 attendees, please consider the Community Strengthening Grants).
How much can you apply for?
The total amount of funding available for Community Events Grants is $150,000.
Applicants may ask for up to $10,000.
How to apply
- Read the grant guidelines.
- Check you are an eligible applicant.
- Check your activity is eligible.
- Get in touch with us - please discuss your activity with us before applying.
[email protected] or phone 03 5272 5560 - Collate your supporting documents.
- Answer the questions in the application form.
- Don't forget to hit the submit button.
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Information Session
Below are the slides from the 2026-27 Information Session held 9 July 2026.
Although we do not have a financial sponsorship program for events there are opportunities where we can offer support.
To investigate this opportunity further, please contact our Event Services unit on 03 5272 5272.
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