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Townsville-Gurambilbarra, QLD
Starts 25 July 2025
2024 HIGHLIGHTS
We're proud to have the support of the following Sponsor organisations in delivering the 2024 Festival.

We're proud to have the support of the following Sponsor organisations in delivering the 2024 Festival.

Government Partners

Tourism & Events Queensland
Tourism & Events Queensland

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Queensland Government
Queensland Government

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Creative Australia
Creative Australia

Creative Australia is the Australian Government’s principal arts investment and advisory body.

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Creative Victoria
Creative Victoria

Creative Victoria is the State Government body dedicated to championing, growing and supporting Victoria's creative industries.

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Principal Partner

Townsville City Council
Townsville City Council

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Founding Partner

James Cook University
James Cook University

James Cook University (JCU) values how excellence and creativity play vital roles in making local communities vibrant and flourishing. The Australian Festival of Chamber Music (AFCM) promotes the rich and unique cultural environment of North Queensland through presenting internationally acclaimed classical musicians to audiences from Townsville, around Australia, and overseas. With the former Vice Chancellor of JCU, Professor Ray Golding, as an integral part of the Festival’s inception in 1991, JCU is proud to be a sponsor of the AFCM and to be celebrating its 30th year of showcasing creativity and innovation in chamber music.

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Diamond Partners

Metal Manufacturers
Metal Manufacturers

Haymans and MM Electrical are a part of the MMPL Group, the leading Electrical Wholesaler to the trade in Australia and our Customers rely on us for electrical, communications and data, solar, lighting and associated electrical component products to keep their homes and business energised and connected. Once again MMPL are proud to support the Australian Festival of Chamber music in Townsville and surrounds

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The Ville
The Ville

Discover Wonderful at tropical North Queensland’s premier destination for leisure, dining and entertainment. The Ville Resort-Casino is a multi-award winning resort featuring six unique bars and restaurants, international standard Casino and a stunning infinity-edge resort pool with swim-up bar.  Located on the Townsville Breakwater, The Ville boasts panoramic views overlooking Magnetic Island, the Coral Sea, Townsville City and iconic Castle Hill. The resort is within walking distance of the Magnetic Island ferry terminal, CBD, restaurants and cafés, shopping precincts, Reef HQ Aquarium, the Museum of Tropical Queensland, art galleries, and Townsville’s award-winning beachfront, The Strand.

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Platinum Partners

SeaLink
SeaLink

Festival Sponsor SeaLink operate 18 daily services to Magnetic Island and will have you in paradise in only 20 minutes on one of their high speed catamarans. Magnetic Island's relaxed tropical lifestyle, quiet, secluded beaches, rugged nature, abundant wildlife and easy access to the Great Barrier Reef make it a wonderful place to relax and unwind. Whether it's a short public holiday break, weekend adventure or something longer, if you're looking for a variety of activities you'll be spoilt for choice.

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Theme & Variations
Theme & Variations

Established in 1985 Theme & Variations Piano Services is Sydney’s premier piano store. Specialising in new and used pianos for sale, plus piano related services including – piano tuning, repairs and restorations.

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Gold Partners

Ergon Energy Network
Ergon Energy Network

We supply electricity to 761,000 customers across an operating area of over one million square kilometres – around 97% of Queensland – from the coastal and rural population centres to the remote communities of outback Queensland and the Torres Strait. Ergon Energy Network is part of Energy Queensland Limited. Our electricity network consists of 143,000km of overhead powerlines, 9,000km of underground power cables, and 1 million power poles. We own and operate 33 stand-alone power stations that provide supply to isolated communities not connected to the main electricity grid. And we own and operate a gas-fired power station in Barcaldine. We are all about safely delivering secure, affordable, and sustainable energy solutions with our communities and customers.  

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Townsville Grammar School
Townsville Grammar School

Townsville Grammar School is the north’s leading academic School with a widely renowned Music & Performing Arts Program including more than 20 vocal and instrumental ensembles from Junior School through to Senior. As the only co-educational, non-denominational independent school in the city, Townsville Grammar School offers Pre-Prep to Year 12 (day and boarding) across three campuses.

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XRX
XRX

XRX is proud to continue partnering with the AFCM in 2022. We are locally owned and operated with 40 years of experience helping businesses across our region.   XRX has a longstanding relationship with the AFCM as their print provider and we have recently become their telephony and NBN provider. Our expertise in business technologies enables us to tailor solutions across all aspects of Print, Voice, and IT.  We consistently health check your systems to mitigate equipment downtime and provide reliable communications for your business. Our dedicated support team is the largest in the region and consistently achieves national top 10 status for the speed at which our expert technicians resolve issues.    XRX removes the complexity of owning and managing business technology systems. Contact us for expert advice regarding production equipment (Printers, Scanners, Copiers, Wide Format, 3D), our telephony and communications (Cloud Solution, PBX, VOIP, NBN) or IT (ADITS).

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Rydges Southbank
Rydges Southbank

Sitting in the heart of Townsville on Palmer Street, Rydges Southbank Townsville offers business and leisure travellers alike a premium location in the Central Business District close to shopping, dining and entertainment. Our boutique Townsville accommodation is the gate to Magnetic Island and the Great Barrier Reef and offers unparalleled views of Townsville City, Castle Hill and Ross River Marina.

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AFCM Outreach Partner

Wilmar Sugar
Wilmar Sugar

Wilmar Sugar supports our regional AFCM Outreach Program, including performances in the Burdekin and Ingham. The AFCM Fellowship Ensemble along with Masterclasses Director Lloyd van't Hoff, will participate in musical workshops and concerts in the region prior to and throughout the Festival thanks to the generous support received from Wilmar Sugar.

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Silver Partners

wilson/ryan/grose
wilson/ryan/grose

Integrity. Professional. Compassionate. Clear thinking. Committed to community. wilson/ryan/grose has over 125 proud years of leadership in law.  Carrying on the legacy of our forebearers as trusted advisors to Queenslanders is an honour in which we take great pride.   We utilise our experience, expertise and well-established networks to offer a complete legal service. Our commitment to the people and communities of regional Queensland is unwavering.  As people who live, work and raise families in regional Queensland, we have the lived experience to offer specialised advice relevant to regional Queenslanders.  We are in a unique position to identify and understand the challenges and opportunities faced by our clients and pride ourselves on our role as trusted advisors. wilson/ryan/grose has been serving and supporting the business and community of regional Queensland for over 125 years and are proud supporters of the Australian Festival of Chamber Music.

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Brown Family Wine Group
Brown Family Wine Group

For over 130 years the Brown Family’s sense of adventure and innovation has led us to where we are now: creating exciting new wines, pushing boundaries, and developing vineyards in some of the best regions in Australia.

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Bronze Partners

Peppers Blue on Blue
Peppers Blue on Blue

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OracleStudio
OracleStudio

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Detours Coaches
Detours Coaches

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The Keyboard Shop
The Keyboard Shop

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Media Partners

Triple M
Triple M

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Townsville Bulletin
Townsville Bulletin

The Townsville Bulletin has been proud supporters of the AFCM since it's inception 30 years ago.

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Channel 7 Townsville
Channel 7 Townsville

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4MBS
4MBS

4MBS Classic FM broadcasts the great classical works, shorter light popular classics, plus musicals past and present.

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Industry Partners

Australia Digital Concert Hall
Australia Digital Concert Hall

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Big Eye Theatre
Big Eye Theatre

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Dancenorth Australia
Dancenorth Australia

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Musica Viva Australia
Musica Viva Australia

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Queensland Symphony Orchestra
Queensland Symphony Orchestra

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Umbrella Studio Contemporary Arts
Umbrella Studio Contemporary Arts

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Urban Screens
Urban Screens

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Townsville Enterprise
Townsville Enterprise

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Barrier Reef Orchestra
Barrier Reef Orchestra

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Perc Tucker Gallery
Perc Tucker Gallery

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PANQ
PANQ

Atticus Design
Atticus Design

Atticus Design is a Melbourne based graphic design studio focusing on brand identity, digital and print design. We create thoughtful, engaging and honest design that connects us to each other, and the world we live in.

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RASN NQ & Topology
RASN NQ & Topology

Topology is dedicated to delivering and supporting regional arts programs and services to ensure a diverse and thriving creative landscape ranging from communities such as Mount Isa, Cloncurry, Doomadgee and Boulia and as far north as Normanton, Mornington Island, and across the state east to Burdekin, Townsville and Palm Island. (Indicated purple on the RASN map) As leaders in the defining aspects of creativity in Australia, Topology has toured internationally, nationally and regionally throughout Queensland for over 25 years, bringing a range of performances, cross artform collaborations and creative programs. Topology brings this knowledge to RASN and strives to support the North Queensland Catchment 2 to develop connected, creative and cultural communities.

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