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Youth Music - NextGen Fund 2025

Applications open!

The Youth Music NextGen Fund offers young creatives grants of up to £3,000 to make their ideas happen.

It's open to 18–25-year-olds (and up to 30-year-olds who identify as d/Deaf, neurodivergent or Disabled) who live in England, Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland.

Youth Music want to support the future of the music industries. Singers, Rappers, Songwriters, Producers, DJs, A&Rs, Managers and Agents, right through to roles that have yet to be defined.

Deadline: 5pm Friday, 7th February, 2025

Bursaries available for Classical:NEXT Berlin, 12-15 May 2025

Classical:NEXT is the global networking and exchange hub dedicated exclusively to classical and art music, for all professionals – artists, managers, presenters, orchestras, labels, educators, press, media, publishers and more. 

Deadline: 11/02/2025

Help Musicians - Next Level Award

Designed to support musicians ready to pursue a career-changing opportunity

If you’re a musician with a strong track record but lacking the resources to embark on larger and longer-term projects, then our Next Level award might help.

Deadline: Friday 28 February 2025, 5pm

PRS - Early Career Promoter Fund

PRS Early Career Promoter Fund is now open! Grants of up to £3,500 are available to book and promote shows and  to develop scenes in England.

Deadline: 14 / 01 & 11 / 02 2025

Ysgol Roc Pesda

Do you Sing, play Guitar, Bass, Piano or Drums?

Would you like the opportunity to play in a band and meet other young musicians in your area? Join our ‘Rock School’ in Neuadd Ogwen and learn with a team of professional musicians

Deadline: 16 / 01 / 2025 - 13 / 03 / 2025

Community Music Wales - Music & Mental Health Course

Join Community Music Wales in a Mental Health Settings Tutor Training Course!

This comprehensive training course is designed to equip you with the skills to be able to deliver music sessions that benefit communities.

Deadline: March 5th, 6th, 12th, 13th, 19th & 20th, 2025

Ballantine’s True Music Fund x shesaid.so

Do you have a dream music project that is stuck on pause & needs help?

Ballantine’s True Music Fund ‘25 powered by shesaid.so is here to unlock that part of you and help you push play.​

Whatever your passion for music is… whether you want to start a club night or bring back a radio station, we want to help you make it happen. Any proposal is possible as long as you’re ‘Staying True’ to your calling.​

Deadline: Midnight, 14th March 2025

Help Musicians - Record and Release

Help Musicians can support you to create new music and share it with the world. Whether it’s studio time, mastering, or promotion around a release, we can help you to record and release your music.

Deadline: Rolling deadline

Help Musicians - Touring and Live

Support towards taking your performance to the stage and bringing it on tour.

Deadline: Rolling Deadline

Help Musicians - Skills and professional development

Support to grow through training, mentorship or other learning opportunities. 

Deadline: Rolling Deadline

Help Musicians - Support your studies

Receive financial support for your postgraduate or, in some cases, undergraduate studies.

Deadline: Rolling Deadline

Arts Council Wales - Creative Steps

The aim of this programme is to support individuals and organisations who have experienced barriers to accessing funding.

Deadline: Rolling deadline

PRS Foundation: International Showcase Fund

The International Showcase Fund (ISF) offers vital export support for UK-based artists, bands, songwriters and producers who have been invited to perform or create new music at international showcasing festivals or conferences.

Deadline: Rolling deadline

Help Musicians - MOBO Fund

Support towards creating and promoting music of Black origin. You can apply for up to £3,000 towards recording music, and everything that goes around getting it out there into the world.

Deadline: Rolling Deadline