Creative Australia has pledged over $500k to support 20 tours of original Australian music under the latest round of funding from the Contemporary Music Touring Program.

The tours, spanning pop and R’n’B to art and experimental music, will bring music and multimedia performance to capital cities and regional centres.

Rubiks Collective performing A Book of Hours in 2023. Photo © Darren Gill

The funding includes a $300k ‘injection’ from Music Australia, with a dedicated $50k to be put towards tour promotion in Australian music media outlets.

Tar virtuoso Hamed Sadeghi has received funding to take his group, Eishan Ensemble, on an album launch tour across QLD, NSW and the ACT in February–March 2025. 

Fusing Persian and Western classical and contemporary tradition, Eishan have performed across Europe and Australia and its upcoming album, Northern Rhapsody, will be released by French label ACEL Production later in 2025.

Melbourne’s Rubiks Collective will take A Book Of Hours on an Australian tour....