Request for Proposals: Early Career Promoter Fund (UK)

The Early Career Promoter Fund will also help to address underrepresentation, ensuring support reaches a diverse range of promoters, and proactively encouraging grantees to support a diverse range of artists and music genres nationwide.

Funding Information

• The Fund will offer grants of up to £3,500 to contribute towards the costs of the booking, programming and promotion of gigs, concerts, club nights, showcases, tours, festivals and other performances.

Eligible Costs

• Booking, Programming and Promotion of events
• Costs associated with Music Activities
• Promotion costs
• Capacity Building
• Other expenditure

Ineligible Costs

• Events or tours which take place outside England
• Capital purchases including van/car purchases, equipment, A/V purchases, building work or building a studio
• Projects requesting funding that will or would be covered without the requirement of funding support
• Activities which take place before funding decisions are communicated
• Attendance at international events taking place outside the UK
• Promotion of events taking place outside of England

Expected Outcomes

• This programme will deliver grants for early career independent promoters in the grassroots music sector, aiming to bolster the local, regional and national talent pipeline with the following intended outcomes:
  • Supporting music events in all genres, across England
  • Helping early career promoters to develop skills and feel more confident in promoting artists, DJs and bands in partnership with music venues and festivals in their area
  • Developing new partnerships and relationships between promoters and regional music venues, nightclubs and festivals
  • Developing new audiences for promoters’ work and for artists, venues, and others in the grassroots music ecosystem
  • Helping promoters to deliver events and work at a scale beyond their current level, and build their capacity, skills and networks

Eligibility Criteria

• Eligible applicants must be based in England and funding will be available to early career independent music promoters.
• They define music promoters as those responsible for booking music acts to perform at a venue, festival, club night, showcase, concert, nightclub, on tour or at other music events (in any genre), who are also responsible for publicising and promoting the show.
• There must be a clear funding need and applicants will be asked why they require support and how support will enable them to carry out activities and build their capacity. For the purposes of the activity you are applying for, you must submit a balanced budget i.e. no profit or loss.
• Promoters based outside England cannot apply to this fund.
• Promoters based in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales might be able to apply to other PRS Foundation schemes for organisations or industry professionals, or to Arts Council of Northern Ireland, Creative Scotland or Arts Council of Wales for similar support. All other PRS Foundation programmes are available to those based anywhere in the UK.

For more information, visit PRS Foundation.