South by Southwest is the world’s largest annual music conference and festival to be held again in 2013 during March 12-17 in Austin, Texas USA. SXSW have officially announced legendary rocker Dave Grohl as their keynote speaker, which will take place on Thursday, March 14, 2013 at the Austin Convention Center, the hub of SXSW Music

The 2012 Community Broadcasting Association of Australia  Awards have been distributed to those stations and shows that have demonstrated excellence in community radio. The awards recognise the achievements of stations and their volunteers, both on and off-air. The awards are designed to encourage and assist community broadcasters and acknowledge the accomplishments of stations in their programs,

Applications for the 2013 APRA Professional Development Awards have now opened. The awards aim to provide financial assistant to artists who have been working on on building their music careerrs, but need some financial backing in order oto take the next step. Most recently recipients of the PDA’s have been Australian acts such as Gotye.

The Australia Council for the Arts is currently accepting applications for their Contemporary Music Touring Program (CMTP) which provides funding for national touring activity by Australian music artists who perform original contemporary music. Successful applicants can receive up to $15,000 in travel support for bands and their managers. Tours to remote or very remote areas will

MusicNSW is currently seeking an Education Officer to work alongside the MusicNSW team to develop existing and future programs that support and develop the NSW contemporary music industry. The Education Officer’s primary responsibility is to support the delivery of a number of events and develop resources that support the music industry in NSW. This is a

MusicNSW’s youth project Indent is pleased to announce their new book X Festival: Do It Yourself Gigs! X Festival: DIY Gigs is a comprehensive guide for anyone interested in staging their own arts and performance?based events. Covering all aspects of event management, the guide contains content and examples that are geared towards small and medium sized projects with

The final day for Australian Bands hoping to showcase their talents at South by Southwest 2013 (SXSW) to submit their applications is November 7. South by Southwest is the world’s largest music conference and festival held annually in Austin, Texas USA. This year’s festival will take place from March 12 – 17. In 2012, more

Successful applicants for the professional development program CONTROL: The Business of Music Management have been announced! Fifteen successful music managers from all over the country have been selected to participate in this six-month program presented by the Australian Music Industry Network (AMIN), and supported by the Association of Artist Managers. Representing New South Wales will

Asia-Pacific’s inaugural Electronic Music Conference (EMC) have announced that applications are now open to Australian DJs and producers wishing to present their work at EMC’s Emerging Artists Showcase, which will take place on Tuesday 27th November. MusicNSW is pleased to announce we will be supporting EMC 2012 by offering Quick Response Grants, which provide financial assistance for artists and managers

Indent are thrilled to announce the support acts for the 2012 Indent regional tour featuring headliner Jinja Safari! Keeping with the theme of past Indent tours, the support program for 2012 is designed to provide a platform for young, up and coming bands to work with a professional production team, play to larger audiences and play alongside