17 April 2023
Funding to Support Grassroots Live Music
Funding for grassroots music venues and promoters to develop capacity and resilience to continue their work longer-term.
Arts Council England has confirmed that a further £1.5 million has been ringfenced to continue its Supporting Grassroots Live Music programme for an additional six months.
Applications are accepted from organisations whose main function is to host and/or promote live music events in venues. Usually, this will be venues and promoters (or groups of venues and/or promoters). The programme supports projects that bring the full spectrum of contemporary popular music genres to live audiences, which includes, but is not limited to:
- Electronic (including house, electronica, drum & bass, dubstep, experimental etc)
- Hip-hop, grime etc
- Indie and alternative
- Metal and punk
- Pop
- Rock (including blues, modern, post-rock etc)
The funders are also keen to support projects which develop diverse approaches to music programming, incorporating for example: classical, jazz, folk, and/or world music alongside contemporary pop.
Grants of £1,000 to £40,000 are available for up to three years of activity. There is a requirement for applicants to demonstrate at least 10% match funding.
Funding will support projects that might involve presenting live music programming, but they might also include activities that put live music venues and promoters in a better position to deliver their work in the long term.
Applications are accepted on a rolling basis until September 2023.