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Scholarships and Subsidies

Specialised programs for school-aged students to develop their craft.

A group of high school students on stage, facing towards the auditorium. The stage lighting is on.

Adelaide Festival Centre and generous partners offer an array of subsidies and scholarship opportunities to remove barriers to the arts for budding artists and art enthusiasts.

All subsidies and scholarships are designed to make the arts accessible to those who might otherwise miss out. 


On Stage Program Scholarships

Proud­ly fund­ed by the Ade­laide Fes­ti­val Cen­tre Foun­da­tion

The Ade­laide Fes­ti­val Cen­tre offers a lim­it­ed num­ber of schol­ar­ship oppor­tu­ni­ties to par­tic­i­pants at no cost. These posi­tions are avail­able to young peo­ple who would not nor­mal­ly have the oppor­tu­ni­ty to par­tic­i­pate in arts learn­ing due to finan­cial or remote loca­tion rea­sons. Remote appli­ca­tions are also eli­gi­ble to apply for trav­el assistance. 

Please con­tact our On Stage Pro­gram Exec­u­tive to find out more.

Program Executive

On Stage


centrED Transport Subsidies

South Aus­tralian region­al and equi­ty schools are invit­ed to con­tact cen­trED to apply for trans­port sub­si­dies should trav­el costs pro­hib­it atten­dance at an Ade­laide Fes­ti­val Cen­tre pre­sent­ed per­for­mance or workshop. 

Please con­tact cen­trED if you have any fur­ther questions.


DreamBIG Children’s Festival ticket and transport subsidies

Generously Supported by Ahrens

Thanks to the generous support of Ahrens via Adelaide Festival Centre Foundation, centrED will be providing close to 400 free tickets to DreamBIG Children’s Festival events.

Contact the centrED team to find out more.

centrED team


Arts for All centrED School Subsidy Program

Supported by Adelaide Festival Centre Foundation

Adelaide Festival Centre’s Arts for All - centrED School Subsidy Program provides equity of access for young people to experience the wonder of live performance on our stages, the majority for the first time.

The Arts for All centrED School Subsidy Program provides:

  • Free tickets for students from Department for Education Index of Educational Disadvantage (IoED) Category 1-2 schools and non-government schools with an ICSEA of 975 or below to attend what for many is their first live performance or artist workshop.
  • Subsidised transport to schools who cannot access free public transport due to location or needs of their student cohort.

Contact the centrED team to find out more.

centrED team

Our learning programs are supported by Adelaide Festival Centre Foundation

Support the work of the Foundation in delivering youth and education programs and career development opportunities.

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