Do you remember your first live music experience? The one that cracked your world open — the lights, the sound, the feeling that anything was possible. That’s the moment The Push exists to give every young Australian. Give A Gig Day helps us make it happen — creating safe and affordable music experiences that change lives. Your support on 23 October will give a young person their first live music experience — and a story they’ll tell for the rest of their life. Give a gig. Because every young person deserves that first gig feeling.

About The Push

The Push is Australia's leading youth music organisation.

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Arts and culture bring communities together. Art inspires us, challenges us, preserves our stories, and, most importantly create spaces where everyone can belong. These experiences don't happen by chance, they happen when communties choose to support them.

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The Godinymayin Yijard Rivers Arts and Culture Centre (GYRACC) is a not-for-profit cultural precinct that presents an annual program of exhibitions, performing arts and events. We also offer a venue hire service and The Godinymayin Store.

A campaign to fund NAVA’s First Nations Policy 2024–2029 and establish the Deputy Director, First Nations Policy and Advocacy.

About NAVA

NAVA is the sole national peak body for the visual arts, craft and design in Australia, advocating for a vital, sustainable, and ethical industry. 

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Help Regional Sounds build a recording booth to showcase Mid West music, make Geraldton a music destination, and grow WA’s creative economy.

About Regional Sounds

Regional Sounds is building a crankin' regional music scene by fostering a vibrant and inclusive regional music community.

Image credits: Photo: Sarah Hinton

THEATRE 180’s exciting, vibrant season of important stories from Australia’s heritage is poised to take landmark productions to audiences nationwide.

About THEATRE 180

Enabling stories that matter, for all.

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Constance ARI is celebrating the launch of our archive project – celebrating 22 years of art and community in Lutruwita/Tasmania.

About Constance ARI

Constance is an off-site, project based ARI (Artist Run Initiative) based in nipaluna / Hobart. Constance ARI is focused on creating critical dialogues and engagement within, and beyond, the local Tasmanian arts community through supporting experimental and critical praxis.
 

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The 1812 Theatre will restore the presence of its Ferntree Gully façade with a spectacular illuminated, eight-metre-wide Art Deco-inspired marquee.

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The 1812 Theatre is a vibrant community theatre in Upper Ferntree Gully, entertaining Melbourne audiences for more than 75 years. Presenting six major productions annually alongside youth theatre, workshops and community activities, 1812 provides an inclusive, welcoming space for volunteers, performers and audiences to experience and participate in live theatre.

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Eight new works. One cello. Twelve hours. $2,000. Help me make some musical magic happen!

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Louise King is an award-winning, internationally trained cellist, composer and creative producer with 30+ years’ professional experience. After decades interpreting other composers’ music, she is now developing her own creative voice through cello, looping, electronics, improvisation and composition, inspired by the Sunshine Coast landscapes she has called home for 23 years.

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Celebrate Tantrum’s legacy and help secure our future: providing transformative arts experiences and breaking down barriers for another 50 years.

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For 50 years, Tantrum Youth Arts has been creating bold, inclusive arts experiences for young people, adults with disability, and early-career artists in the Hunter. We believe everyone has the right to play, and use theatre and creative programs to amplify young voices, and champion equitable access to the arts.

Image credits: Photo Credit: Eryn Leggatt

*BreathingSpace* is the amount of time that Frontyard could survive without further income, based on current expenses. Let's expand it!

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A Not-Only-Artist Run Initiative. Frontyard is a pro-active, flexible space for practical skills-sharing, community cultural engagement and critical research. Our aim is to challenge, facilitate and nurture collaborations between people with a passion for culture and to build a more resilient and sustainable independent arts community for the future.

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Support a culturally urgent Australian LGBTQIA+ Horror confronting forgotten Queer history, prejudice, vulnerability and the search for love.

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Based in Tarntanya (Adelaide), George Kellis (he/him) is a neurodivergent writer, working professionally as a Social Worker. Obtaining his Diploma of Screen from the Adelaide College of the Arts, as well as Introduction to Filmmaking with the Mercury and AFTRS, George’s writing has advanced in international screenplay competitions including Austin Film Festival. A passionate advocate and member of the Department for Human Services LGBTIQA+ Minister’s Advisory Council, George’s writing showcases his unique lived experiences with authentic, underrepresented characters.

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Help make art happen by supporting creative opportunities across the Sunshine Coast’s region for the next generation of artists.

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Sunshine Coast’s Regional Gallery in Caloundra presents exhibitions, public programs and learning experiences that connect communities with art and artists. The Gallery supports creative development, celebrates local and national practice, and helps people of all ages experience, understand and participate in contemporary art.

Help write the next chapter.

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Hunter Writers’ Centre is a not-for-profit incorporated association serving the stories, writers, and storytellers of the Hunter region. With a core focus on writing and storytelling, our programs include writer and artist residencies, exhibitions, and an arts store at the Lighthouse Arts precinct on Whibayganba-Nobbys headland

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Help Australian students access excellent Australian-written contemporary performances that reflect the culture/politics of our times.

About Shock Therapy Arts

Shock Therapy Arts makes Transformative Arts Experiences to inspire young audiences towards conversations and actions for positive social impact.

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Mine Raiders is a novel where a young ecologist and a haunted local girl face mining conflict, protect wildlife, and find love in a land torn between progress and survival.

About Angelo Raza

Angelo Raza writes bold fiction from 20 years in mining. His novel Mine Raiders aims to reshape how we see industry, land, and human resilience

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Your donation will help empower women, girls, and non-binary people to build confidence, create change, and strengthen communities across Australia.
 

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WOW - Women of the World Australia is a powerful, community-driven movement that celebrates gender equality, diversity, and the achievements of women/girls and gender diverse people through an annual program of Festivals & Events. Originating in Brisbane, the Australian branch advocates for intersectional inclusion and centers the voices of First Nations and regional women. WOW actively works alongside UN Women Australia to back gender equality. Through story, music and the arts, WOW empowers women across Australia.

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CDoc screens year-round documentary programs and supports regional filmmakers, fostering cultural exchange and nurturing community connection.

About Castlemaine Documentary Festival (CDoc)

The annual Castlemaine Documentary Festival, affectionately known as CDoc, is held over three nights and two days. This mid-winter weekend event of films and parties remains the centrepiece of many Festival events run throughout the year. 
 

Image credits: Photo taken at Locals 2024

Help us share the Shock Therapy! Your donation brings our award-winning Queensland-grown shows to the rest of the country.

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Shock Therapy Arts is a Not-For-Profit social enterprise with ACNC registered charity status. We produce a diverse range of projects, specialising in new Australian text-based plays exploring socio-political and cultural issues. We tour our shows directly into secondary schools and have our work programmed into festivals and major cultural venues.

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Help us bring Lucy Guerin's bold new work The Forest to life — your support is crucial for employing dancers and creating inspiring new dance works.

About Lucy Guerin Inc (LGI)

Lucy Guerin Inc (LGI) is an award-winning Australian dance company dedicated to challenging and extending the art of contemporary dance.

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Support the next wave of writers to tell the Australian stories that are not already being told.

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The Wheeler Centre is Australia’s only dedicated hub for Books, Writing and Ideas – a place where audiences connect with leading writers and thinkers from across Australia and the world.

Double the tickets and bring busloads of regional kids to experience live arts and culture.

About The Country Arts Foundation

Increasing access and strengthening regional communities in South Australia through the arts.

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This campaign will directly support growing Australian Dance Theatre's ensemble of dancers, enabling us to broaden our creative capacity both on stage and in the community.

About Australian Dance Theatre (ADT)

Led by Artistic Director Daniel Riley, ADT is made up of an ensemble of professional dancers. We are based on Kaurna Yerta. 

SFF Admit All is an initiative designed to remove barriers and welcome more diverse audiences to engage with the Festival.

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Sydney Film Festival is committed to making screen culture as accessible to all. SFF Admit All is a new initiative designed to remove barriers to participation for diverse audiences to engage with the Festival.

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Do The Bus Stop. Donate $16 (or more). Nominate your friends to support inclusive filmmaking.

About Bus Stop Films

Bus Stop Films is a disability-led non-profit creating inclusive filmmaking, education & employment opportunities, changing lives through storytelling

Image credits: Photo: Thomas Earnshaw

Fund the commission of a new piano trio by Nicole Brady for the Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition.

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Fund the commission of a new piano trio for the Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition.

Image credits: MICMC photo of Orelon Piano Trio – JAMES GRANT PHOTOGRAPHY; photo of Nicole Brady – DAVID BOUD

Support an independent artist exploring identity, belonging, migration and citizenship through painting, hair stitching and mixed media.

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Sorour is an Iranian-Australian multidisciplinary artist living and working on Canaipa, Queensland. Her practice explores identity and belonging through mixed-media and hair stitching. Drawing on personal experience and local environments, she transforms familiar materials into works that consider visibility, displacement and the complex process of finding where we belong.

With One Voice is a national network of inclusive community choirs which brings communities together to experience joy and connection.

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Since 2008 Creativity Australia has been reducing the mental health impacts of loneliness and isolation through the benefits of group singing. Our 26 With One Voice choirs are inclusive, supportive communities which bring people together to experience joy and connection.

I am raising funds to create new ceramic works, develop my Saggar firing practice, and share this ancient technique with audiences in Australia.

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I am an Iranian-Australian ceramic artist based in Adelaide, with over 10 years of experience in ceramics. In my practice, I focus on wheel-thrown vessels, glazing and the ancient Saggar firing technique. I combine traditional ceramic processes with contemporary forms, materials and experimental firing methods.

Adelaide Contemporary Experimental (ACE) commissions ambitious new works by South Australian artists. Your support enables creativity, experimentation, and connection with our community.

About Adelaide Contemporary Experimental

Adelaide Contemporary Experimental (ACE) is South Australia’s leading independent contemporary arts organisation.

Image credits: Emmaline Zanelli, 'Magic Cave' (2024). firstdraft. Photography by Emmaline Zanelli.

As On the Terrace turns ten, help Chamber Music Adelaide continue to connect South Australians through shared, intimate music experiences.

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Chamber Music Adelaide supports musicians to do what they do best, whether historical music or new interpretations of chamber music - we help them create experiences that transcend style or genre and thrive on closeness and connection. We support artists to present world-class performances in intimate settings.

Support the next chapter of Notes of Self as it tours internationally, connecting audiences of all ages through movement, imagination and shared discovery.

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James Batchelor and Collaborators are a creative team led by choreographer James Batchelor, working between Australia and Europe. Across performance, research and education, they create ambitious choreographic encounters shaped by attention, imagination and movement. Their practice explores how dance connects people, histories and ideas, with a particular focus on intergenerational exchange and transmission.

Image credits: Morgan Hickinbotham

KINGS supports the presentation of critical and experimental projects through a dedicated mentorship model at pivotal points in artists’ journeys.

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KINGS Artist-Run is a contemporary arts organisation supporting emerging and early-career creative practitioners, delivering an annual suite of exhibitions, performances, publishing initiatives, and curatorial outcomes. Established in 2003 as an experimental video site, KINGS continues to be communally driven by a volunteer collective of artists, writers, performers, curators and academics.

Image credits: KINGS ARTIST-RUN_THANG DO 2026 ALPHABET PERFORMANCE_KIM FENG PHOTOGRAPHY