2026 Choral Festival Stage 2 EOI

Inner West Council is launching its inaugural choral festival, Sing Out, at White Bay Power Station in August 2026.

The Inner West is home to more artists and people employed in the creative industries than anywhere else in NSW. Inner West Council has a demonstrated commitment to supporting our local creative community, including creating opportunities to participate in arts and culture and promoting the Inner West as a leading destination for live music and performance.

The program is open to choirs of all sizes and levels of experience. looking to present existing performance works within an iconic heritage venue.

Application Guidelines and Performance Locations
Please read and familiarise yourself with the Application Guidelines and Location Guide here before applying.

We recommend you watch the pre-recorded information session to help digest the information in the guidelines and performance locations document.

Information Session
You can also join an online information session here: Sing Out Festival Pre Recorded Info Session

Please select the subtitles/closed captions button on the video if you would like to follow along with the transcript.

Dates and Location:
White Bay Power Station
Sunday 16 August
12pm-6pm

Choirs from all levels of practice are invited to propose a performance of an existing work, up to a maximum of 30 minutes running time. 

Applicants are encouraged to consider how the unique spatial, architectural and acoustic qualities of the building can support the presentation of their work. Both site-responsive and stage-based choral presentations are possible as part of this event.

Applications open: Wednesday 6 May 2026 9:00am
Closing date: Wednesday 27 May 2026, 11:59pm

Applicants are encouraged to consider how the unique spatial, architectural and acoustic qualities of the building can support the presentation of their work. Both site-responsive and stage-based choral presentations are possible as part of this event.

Aims

1. Showcase the depth and diversity of choral practice in the Inner West
2. Activate White Bay Power Station through choral performance
3. Amplify innovative approaches to presentation
4. Curate a dynamic and varied audience experience

Expressions of Interest will be assessed by a panel of creative industry members including Inner West Council staff, as well as independent practitioners.  

Projects will be assessed against the following criteria:  

• Artistic merit and quality of the proposed work 

• Response to the site and alignment with festival aims 

• Capacity to deliver the performance 

• Feasibility of the proposal 

Applicants will be asked to select one or more of the performance locations with their proposal, please see the accompanying performance locations document provided in the applicant pack.

We strongly recommend visiting the site or taking a virtual tour before selecting your locations.  

Biennale of Sydney is currently running in the venue, free to attend and open: 

Tuesday – Sunday, 10am – 5pm until 14 June 2026.  

More information here  

 
You can also view locations online, via the White Bay Power Station Virtual Tour  

• Please provide a response to all relevant questions
• When you have completed all of the questions click on Next Page to view the next page of the form
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• You can jump pages by clicking on the Application Form Navigation area on the right-hand side of the form
• Once you have completed all pages the last page will ask you to Review your application - if you are happy with your responses you can click Submit. If your submission was received you will be sent a confirmation message saying your application has been submitted.