Organisers · first-timers
Run your first gig
New to putting on a gig? Here’s the official stuff worth reading first.
- MusicNSW: Gig Hustle Checklist ↗
A step-by-step checklist for planning, promoting and running a gig.
- OneMusic: event licences (PDF) ↗
Music licensing for events. The guide lists a minimum fee of $82.50 per ticketed music event.
- ACCC: selling tickets to events ↗
What the law expects when you sell tickets: no drip pricing, no hidden costs.
- ACCC: price displays and drip pricing ↗
How to show a total price, including compulsory fees, up front.
- Parliament of Australia: bills digest on the new drip-pricing rules ↗
New drip-pricing rules start 1 July 2027 (Unfair Trading Practices Act 2026).
- NSW, aged 18–30? Sound NSW Young Promoter Fund 2026/27 ↗
Applications close 2pm AEDT, 11 November 2026.
Ready? List it on Gigmates
Add the date, venue, lineup and your ticket link. Fans find it in the gig guide and the Tickets button sends them straight to your ticket page.
General info only, not legal advice. Check each source for the latest. Links go to the organisations’ own sites; Gigmates isn’t affiliated with or endorsed by them.