Get Involved
Celebrate RISING 2023 in your shop windows and go into the running to win!
As a major cultural event supported by Visit Victoria and Creative Victoria, RISING aims to invigorate the city through winter and support the City of Melbourne’s night-time economy with unique and engaging programming.
From 07—18 June 2023, RISING orbits Flinders Street Station and surrounding streets and carparks, and transforms St Paul’s Cathedral, Federation Square, Flinders Lane and Birrarung Marr. A break from business as usual, RISING's purpose is to reflect Melbourne’s identity and amplify its artists, businesses and creative industry.
What is the Local Business Program
As part of RISING we're supporting and profiling small businesses that make up the fabric of the city by inviting them to participate in Melbourne’s newest major culture festival this winter.
Retail, restaurants, cafes, pubs, clubs, entertainment venues, tourist attractions, cultural institutions, hotels and accommodation providers, within the CBD to participate in the program through a simple application process.
Successful applicants will be provided a RISING Local Business Program asset kit and ideas for theming their façade or shopfront throughout the festival period.
In exchange, local business will be supported by RISING through promotion across our channels. Businesses will be sent a RISING digital asset kit to promote their involvement in the festival.
Applications are open until midnight, Sun 4 June.
Competition entries close midnight, Sun 11 June.
Apply now
What you’ll get
- Involvement acknowledged on RISING’s ‘Local Business Program’ page
- A free RISING digital toolkit including a variety of digital assets, copy, content, social guidelines for use on website, social media platforms
- An asset kit with window decal templates, animation to project in venue, etc for your display
- A visual reference deck showcasing Ideas to align with the RISING brand
- The chance to win a tickets to RISING signature events and be featured on RISING’s social channels (details below)
Local Business Eligibility
To apply for the Local Business Program, your business must:
- Be located within the City of Melbourne
- Have an ABN
- Have shopfront window(s)/street frontage themed for RISING with supplied assets or lit up blue within RISING dates
Competition details
HOW TO ENTER
To enter the Local Business Program competition:
- Be a successful applicant to the Local Business Program
- Have a RISING display in your shopfront window(s)/street frontage themed for RISING with supplied assets or lit up blue during RISING from 01—18 June
- Post your display on your social channels by Sun 11 June and tag RISING (Instagram, Facebook TikTok, Twitter, LinkedIn)
The winning business will be notified on Mon 12 June.
PRIZE
- 4 x tickets to each RISING 2023’s signature events (The Rink at RISING, Shadow Spirit and Euphoria, 1 x Forum Show)
- Your business featured on RISING’s social channels with dedicated posts across Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter, TikTok)
Apply to the Local Business Program
Applications close midnight, Sunday 4 June 2023.
Apply now
Terms and Conditions
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
The following conditions must all be met for a valid entry:
- Entrants must be successful applicants participating in the RISING: Local Business Program (please see above for further information)
- Entrants must have their shopfront window(s) themed for RISING with supplied assets or lit up blue from Wednesday 7 June –Sunday 18 June 2023
- Entrants must post a photograph or video of their shopfront window display on their business social media channels by 11.59pm on Saturday, 10 June 2023 and tag the official RISING accounts on each platform (Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, Twitter, LinkedIn)
- The Entrant must be a valid and approved participant in the RISING: Local Business Program. The winning Entrant’s details will be checked against RISING’s records to confirm
- RISING will shortlist five (5) entries that RISING judge to be the most creative, fun and that meet RISING’s toolkit/branding guidelines
- The shortlisted entries will be put to a public vote via RISING’s social channels on Sunday, 11 June 2023. The winner will be the entrant with the highest aggregate votes across all social platforms when voting closes on Monday 12 June 2023
PRIZE
There is a total of one (1) grand prize to be won.
Prize includes:
- 4 x tickets to each of RISING’s 2023 signature events (The Rink at RISING, Shadow Spirit and Euphoria, 1 x Forum Music show)
- Winning entrant’s business featured on RISING’s social channels with dedicated posts across Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter, TikTok