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Why Support RISING
From the beginning, it has been RISING’s mission to showcase Melbourne/Naarm’s creative identity.
We want to make a groundbreaking festival that lifts up artists, fosters community, and brings together the audiences that make the city the creative haven it is.
Since 2020, we’ve worked with 2,541 artists and commissioned 83 new works. We have staged over 1,100 performances, including 47 world premieres.
RISING is a not-for-profit. Our funding goes towards making bold, new works, but also making these experiences free or accessible to audiences via subsidised low-cost tickets. Since 2022, we have welcomed 1.6 million to our free events, and 558,000 people have engaged with RISING’s First Peoples-led programming.
We cannot continue to do this without your support. By donating to RISING, you’re ensuring we give everyone an amazing cultural experience.
All donations of $2 or more are tax-deductible. And can be made to any of the below annual giving areas.
RISING Constellations donors, who gift $250 or more, receive exclusive access, invitations and priority ticketing.
Our Annual Giving Areas
Image Credits
The Wilds, RISING 2022. PHOTO: Eugene Hyland
Manifesto by Stephanie Lake Company, 2022. PHOTO: Sam Roberts and Roy Vandervegt
Tiirtjingalpai, Rene Wanuny Kulitja, Shadow Spirit 2023. PHOTO: Eugene Hyland
10,000 Kazoos by Ciaran Frame, 2023. PHOTO: Shannyn Higgins
Golden Square, RISING 2022. PHOTO: Remi Chauvin
Kaleidoscope by Keith Courtney, 2022. PHOTO: Ian Laidlaw
Pendulum by Lucy Guerin & Matthias Schack-Arnott, 2021. PHOTO: Gregory Lorenzutti
Wandering Stars by The Lantern Company, RISING 2021.
Still Lives by Luke George and Daniel Kok, 2022. PHOTO: Michelle Li
Wurukur Djuanduk Balag — Ancestors are Calling by Dr Lou Bennett AM, 2022. PHOTO: Miles Bennett
OH DEER by Aphids, 2023. PHOTO: Michael Pham