Standard event: 1,000 to 10,000 attendees

A Major Events Support Grant of up to $25,000 is available for the operators of major one-off events impacted by the July lockdown and subsequent trading restrictions.

Major Events Support Grant application form - Standard event (1,000 to 10,000 attendees)

To be eligible for the grant a business must:

• Have  a valid and active ABN (Australian Business Number) and be registered for the GST.
• Have an Australia-wide payroll of less than $10 million in the 2019-20 financial year.
• Employ people in South Australia.
• Be the organiser/operator of an event that:
  • commenced on or prior to 20 July 2021, and was required to be cancelled/postponed as a result of State‑wide lockdown and further restrictions; or
  • was scheduled to be held over period of State-wide lockdown or restrictions commencing 20 July 2021 up to 10 August 2021 and has been cancelled/postponed as a result of the restrictions.
• The event was a one-off event with an approved COVID Management Plan or COVID Safe Plan catering for an event of over 1,000 combined capacity in one or across multiple locations.
  • Entities with an on-going COVID-19 Management/Safe Plan for regularly scheduled events are not eligible.
• Have incurred a non-recoverable financial loss as a result of the cancellation or postponement of the event.

To receive the full $25,000 grant, organisers must have experienced a non-recoverable loss that was greater than $25,000.

To the extent that the business received support under the COVID-19 Business Support Grant – July 2021 and/or the COVID-19 Additional Business Support Grant, these amounts will be deducted from the Major Events Support Grant.

Larger event: more than 10,000 attendees

An increased grant amount of up to $100,000 is available for cancelled or postponed events with greater than 10,000 attendees.

Major Events Support Grant application form - Larger event (more than 10,000 attendees)

To be eligible for an increased grant amount an organiser must meet the following criteria, in addition to those for the $25,000 Major Events Support Grant:

• Provide evidence that forecast attendance over the period of the event was over 10,000 attendees (eg ticket sales).
• Provide evidence of a non-recoverable financial loss as a result of the cancellation or postponement of the event equivalent to the requested grant amount (e.g. up to $100,000).

Where non-recoverable costs are less than $100,000, the grant is capped at the level of non-recoverable costs.  Where an applicant has already received the $25,000 grant, the top up grant will be adjusted accordingly so total grants do not exceed $100,000.

Applications for Major Events Support Grant are now closed

Detailed Guidelines and Terms and Conditions are available.

If you have any questions regarding the Business Support Grant please contact the COVID-19 Support Fund