TWIN iconic multiday events, the Meredith Music Festival and the Golden Plains Festival, are set to benefit from a Federal Government grant program.<\/p>\n
Organisers of the dual festivals are getting just over $650,000 from the Restart Investment to Sustain and Expand Fund, or RISE, which will go towards a return of the events in 2021 and 2022.<\/p>\n
Last year\u2019s Meredith Music Festival was cancelled due to COVID, and while the 2020 Golden Plains Festival went ahead, the 2021 edition was also put on hiatus.<\/p>\n
If it can go ahead the 2021 edition of Meredith, which normally takes place in December, will be the event\u2019s 30th anniversary.<\/p>\n
Likewise, the Golden Plans Festival is set for a milestone with 2022 marking 15 years since the first event in 2007.<\/p>\n
Along with Meredith and Golden Plains, the Lorne Sculpture Biennale and Geelong\u2019s Museum of Play and Art also received money from the Restart Investment to Sustain and Expand Fund.<\/p>\n
\u201cDemand for RISE funding has been significant since it opened last year,\u201d said Paul Fletcher, Federal Minister for Communications, Urban Infrastructure, Cities and the Arts.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe latest funding will be allocated immediately to create more than 56,000 employment opportunities across the country.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur commitment to these organisations will play an important part in rebuilding our local arts and entertainment sectors, and will assist in the long-term sustainability of cultural and creative organisations.\u201d<\/p>\n
Independently run, both the Meredith Music Festival and the Golden Plains Festival are held on private property west of Meredith in a natural amphitheatre by a group known as Aunty Meredith.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
TWIN iconic multiday events, the Meredith Music Festival and the Golden Plains Festival, are set to benefit from a Federal Government grant program. Organisers of the dual festivals are getting just over $650,000 from the Restart Investment to Sustain and Expand Fund, or RISE, which will go towards a return of the events in 2021 […]<\/p>\n