Green Music Australia has formalised a partnership with climate-impact agency FEAT. Live, directing a portion of the Solar Slice ticketing program's new partnerships toward on-the-ground sustainability work across Australian tours, venues, and festivals.
A dollar from a ticket might not sound like much, but when it comes to the movement for more sustainable touring, the cliche is true: every dollar counts. Lime Cordiale have put this to the test across four national tours, using their Solar Slice contributions to fund electric tour vans, switch a European tour bus to biodiesel, restore Old Growth rainforest in the Booyong Nature Reserve, advocate for World Heritage status for the Great Australian Bight, and support First Nations-led restoration of Lungtalanana Island in the Bass Strait.
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Now, Green Music Australia (GMA) is formally partnering with FEAT. Live to scale that impact further. Under the new arrangement, 10% of all new Solar Slice music partnerships in 2026 will be directed to GMA as tax-deductible contributions — supporting the organisation’s education programs, green venue certification work, and broader national sustainability initiatives.
The Solar Slice itself is a ticketing surcharge embedded into the booking fee of partner events, channelling funds toward science-backed climate, nature, and social justice initiatives. Launched in 2022 with Lime Cordiale, it has since expanded to major festivals, including St. Jerome’s Laneway Festival, Splendour in the Grass, Falls Festival, Spin Off and Harvest Rock, alongside artist tours from Angie McMahon, Cloud Control, The Moving Stills and more. The program picked up the IQ Magazine Green Guardian Award in 2024 for its leadership in sustainable touring.
FEAT. Live was founded by Heidi Lenffer of Australian Music Prize-winning band Cloud Control, and the partnership with GMA reflects a shared goal: making sustainable touring a baseline expectation rather than a bonus initiative. GMA CEO Berish Bilander described it as an opportunity to “go further and faster,” while Lenffer pointed to Australia’s music scene as having the potential to be “iconic for a world-leading environmental legacy.”
For artists and festivals looking to get involved, FEAT. Live and GMA are hosting a free artist-led webinar, Solar Slice In Action, on Tuesday 21 April from 2–3pm AEST, featuring Lenffer and Lime Cordiale’s Oli Leimbach walking through how the program works in practice. A separate invite-only session on funding sustainability for festival promoters and industry workers is also launching in April.
More information is available at greenmusicaustralia.org.
