Live music and Port Phillip just go together, and with so much talent and enthusiasm in our City for live music, we wanted to share Always Live's expression of interest for a huge Victoria-wide celebration of contemporary live music. Submissions are still open until 11.59 pm, Sunday 27 February.

Through this open call process, Always Live will engage with a range of project partners and hear about your ground-breaking, life-changing, live contemporary music event, one-off show or experience that could appear in the Always Live program.

Always Live is taking place Victoria-wide. The focus is equally on metro, suburban, outer suburban and regional areas across the state. Always Live aims to encourage visitation to the city from the regions, and to the regions from the city, as well as to attract interstate and international audiences. Whilst Always Live is not commissioning shows or offering grants, there are a range of different ways to collaborate.Your show could be included in the program to leverage marketing and promotion. There may also be financial or other resource support made available. 

Whether its atmospheric or euphoric, genre-busting or sonic shapeshifting, bright and bold, different and unexpected, impressive or unprecedented, newer than the new normal, experimental, playful or relatable, universal or personal, trending or traditional, this is an opportunity to share your ambitious inspiration.

Concepts from Victorian applicants and / or featuring Victorians will be prioritised but non-Victorians and concepts featuring non-Victorian artists are still eligible and encouraged to apply.

Expression of Interest closing date

Expression of Interest submissions close at 11.59pm (AEST) on Sunday February 27, 2022.

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