Member for Pittwater, Jacqui Scruby, has welcomed news that the Aloha Music Festival, has secured $100,000 through the NSW Government’s Local Audience Development Grants program ahead of its planned launch on 6 March 2027 at Collaroy.
The funding was announced as part of a $3.1 million NSW Government investment through Sound NSW to support live music events, festivals, venues and audience development initiatives across the state.
The Aloha Festival is an all-ages contemporary music festival designed to unite the community by celebrating music and surf culture - featuring local and top Australian artists. For the first time, the festival will also partner with the Australian Surf Film Festival to showcase the collaboration between surf and music cultures.
While located just outside the Pittwater electorate, Ms Scruby said the festival would be embraced by many across the Northern Beaches and fill an important gap in the local cultural calendar.
“The Pittwater Peninsula is starved of music events and this will have a huge impact, particularly amongst our youth,” Ms Scruby said.
“Because this festival will make a positive contribution to the cultural and social wellbeing of the Pittwater community, I was proud to write a letter of support for the grant application.”
Ms Scruby said she was particularly pleased to see the festival supporting emerging local musicians, environment and the celebration of Aboriginal culture.
“I particularly value the festival’s commitment to supporting local emerging musicians as the Northern Beaches has forever been the birthplace of some of Australia’s most iconic bands and we need to keep that legacy going,” she said.
“We have a wealth of talent on the Northern Beaches and I look forward to seeing the benefits that such a drawcard event will have to the area.”
More information about the Local Music Development Grants can be found here:
https://www.nsw.gov.au/departments-and-agencies/dciths/ministerial-media-releases/grants-supporting-live-music