Contribution and experience of artists

Visiting Festival artists injected a total of $6.8 million in induced tourism spend into the NSW economy, resulting in an artist tourism contribution of $4.4 million in value added and 42 FTE jobs.

Artists associated with the Festival contributed to the State economy in two ways: (1) through the induced tourism spend of artists from outside of the local area, and (2) through the fees earned through Festival performances, particularly those paid to local artists, that were subsequently injected back into the economy through household spending activities

Overall, visiting artists contributed $2.1 million in direct value added and $2.3 million in indirect value added to the New South Wales economy. This equates to a total of 29 direct FTE jobs and 14 indirect FTE jobs.

The adjacent charts provide a specific perspective of the unique experience of artists at the Festival.

Chart 8: Identify as LGBTQIA+ Chart 9: Identify as First Nations respondents

More likely to be LGBTQIA+ 1.1x

Source: Attendee survey, All (n=10,030), artists (n=160) respondents

More likely to be First Nations 2.8x

Source: Attendee survey, All (n=10,030), artists (n=160)

Source: Deloitte Access

The host organisations paid out over $5 million dollars in artist and creative fees.a

Notes: (a) This amount is not additive to the overall economic contribution, as it is already captured in the value added of planning and hosting activities

Source: Attendee survey, All (n=6,437), artists (n=117)

Source: Attendee survey, All (n=6,437), artists (n=117)