Arts Queensland funds artists, companies, festivals, community organisations and events in the areas of dance and music. Some of the organisations and initiatives funded in 2007-2009 are:

• Aboriginal Centre for the Performing Arts - The Aboriginal Centre for the Performing Arts is a Registered Training Organisation developing and training Indigenous Performing Artists in acting, singing, dance and music.
• Andrew Garvie, David Atkins and Zsolt Reggel - Recording Resin Dogs at The Document Room with Production JT Meskiel
• Andrew Tuttle - Participating in a residency program at Centre for Electronic Music – WORM, Rotterdam (The Netherlands), performing at ZXZW Festival (Tilburg, The Netherlands)
• APAM - Arts Queensland is committed to showcasing Queensland artists and arts organisations at the biennial Australian Performing Arts Market
• Ausdance Australia
• Australasian World Music Expo (AWME) - an annual Melbourne event showcasing traditional and contemporary indigenous, roots and world music, from the Oceania, Asia and Pacific region
• Australian Festival of Chamber Music
• Big Sound
• Billy Thorpe Scholarship - a $10,000 annual scholarship for an aspiring Queensland musician to honour the legacy of musician Billy Thorpe.
• Brian Lucas – Performance Anxiety
• Brisbane Cabaret Festival
• Brisbane Powerhouse
• Clocked Out Productions
• Creative Media Warehouse for Deep Blue Orchestra
• Dan Parsons
• Dance made in Queensland - This is dance made in Queensland. These artists and companies represent the quality and diversity of a dynamic dance community made up of classical, contemporary, Indigenous, world, pop, independent and emerging performers. Queensland dance companies and artists have a gift for innovation, daring and originality.
• Damen Cox, Kathleen Cooper and Nadia Mizner - showcase at CMJ Music Marathon in NY, USA tour, promote new album Rearrange beds
• Dancenorth
• Emily Burke Mirella Freni Masterclass in Italy
• Expressions Dance Company
• Gail Mabo for Koiki
• The Gothic Symphony
• Gondwana Voices
• Grant McLennan Memorial Fellowship - a $20,000 annual fellowship to a Queensland contemporary songwriter.
• Hungry Kids of Hungary
• Indigenous Intrudaz
• Janet McKay - Random Overtones
• John Parker, Patrick Marchisella and Lynette Irwin - Midem attendance and performance 2009
• Judith Wright Centre of Contemporary Arts
• Kristopher Wason - The CMAA Australian College of Country Music
• Lawrence English - Room 40 10 year anniversary
• Linsey Pollak
• Lisa Wilson Collective – Elbow Room
• Megan Sarmardin
• Melissa Western
• Mirko Ruckels - Analog Seaforms
• Music by the Sea 2010
• Nicholas Mayer-Miller – Mentorship with Shoji Hano in Tokyo
• John Thompson and Nicole Murphy - 2009 International Folk Alliance Conference in Memphis
• Opera Queensland
• Q Music - Supporting the development of the Queensland music industry. Activities include workshops, showcases and forums
• Operator Please
• Out of the Box
• Pearly Black performance of "Songs of Love and Death"
• Phluxus Dance Collective
• Queensland Ballet
• Queensland Music Festival
• Queensland Performing Arts Centre
• Queensland Orchestra
• Queensland Youth Orchestras
• Red Chair
• Reggaetown 2008 in Cairns
• Songs of Applewood 2008
• Southern Cross Soloists
• Tara Simmons
• The John Steel Singers
• The Rational Academy the space between collective
• The Rocketsmiths
• The View from Madeleine's Couch
• The West End Composers Collective Topology
• Townsville Community Music Centre
• Valley Fiesta
• Valley Jazz Festival
• Woomera Aboriginal Corporatio
• Youth Arts Queensland

Initiatives:

• Arts Queensland Sector Development Plan 2007 - 2009 for Dance and Music
• Contemporary Music Strategy - Arts Queensland has developed a Contemporary Music Strategy to make a difference in the growth and development of Queensland's burgeoning contemporary music industry.