Opportunities

Check out the opportunities, jobs, courses, workshops and events coming up in Wales and beyond.

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

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

Escape Records: Opportunities

Escape Records have a whole range of job opportunities available.

Deadline: Rolling deadline

Welsh National Opera: Work Experience

Each year WNO offers work experience, placements and shadowing opportunities in different departments across the organisation dependent on availability and company schedules.

 

Deadline: Rolling deadline

The Moon Cardiff calls for local acts

Want to play at The Moon? Play original music? They would love to have you! They get a lot of messages every week so are making a database of interested acts for future shows.

Deadline: Rolling deadline

South Wales Improvisers

South Wales Improvisers run regular workshops at SHIFT in Cardiff.

Deadline: Regular Sessions

Sunday Cypher - Hip Hop Open Mic

FREE Open Mic at the Bunkhouse in Swansea, welcoming MCs, DJs and Hip Hop artists of all levels.

Deadline: Regular Sessions

The Creative Space

Drums, beats, guitars and bars - a creative space in Cardiff for under 25s.

Deadline: Regular sessions

Academi Leeway - Join the Dots

Leeway Productions, in partnership with Valleys Kids are reigniting Academi Leeway, a grassroots musical theatre academy for young people aged 14–25 – in Porth.

Deadline: Regular Sessions

North Star Open Mic

Get ready for the  North Star Cardiff's Fortnightly Open Mic Event!  

Deadline: Regular Session

Future Blood Music Workshops

Music group for young people aged 15 - 21 weekly at Swansea Grand.

Deadline: Regular Sessions

BBC Music Introducing...

Making music? Get yourself heard on the BBC.

Deadline: Rolling Deadline

Music Technology, Recording and Production

Join Swansea MAD for a free 12 week boot camp for music beginners. 

Deadline: Weekly Sessions

Sound Progression

Sound Progression offers mostly free of charge programmes for young people to develop their musical skills.

Deadline: Regular Sessions

TRAC - Call out for Creative Facilitators

Trac Cymru is looking to recruit for upcoming projects and to develop a database of creative practitioners and facilitator who can deliver or are interested in developing the skills to deliver creative sessions with varying community groups.

Deadline: Rolling Deadline

Sŵn Festival - Volunteer Call Out

SŴN FESTIVAL VOLUNTEERS - Volunteers cover a whole range of tasks and duties across the festival.

Deadline: 30 / 09 / 23

Fortitude Through Music 2023

Fortitude Through Music - regular music making sessions from October to December for 16 - 25 year olds in Pontypridd.

Deadline: 04 / 10 / 2023

National Youth Arts Wales - Applications now open

National Youth Arts Wales are looking for talented performers to join the national ensembles in 2024! If you’re aged between 16-22, were born in Wales or now live in Wales, they want to hear from you.

Deadline: 08 / 10 / 23

WMC - Life Hack

Life Hack - Join us for this free event and get hands-on experience from creative professionals working across multiple industries here in Wales. 

Deadline: 13 / 10 / 23

Musicians Union Fair Play Event: Health and Wellbeing in Live Music

Fair Play on Tour: Health and Wellbeing in Live Music at Clwb Ifor Bach

Deadline: 16 / 10 / 23

Tŷ Cerdd Lottery Funding

Tŷ Cerdd distributes Lottery funds on behalf of Arts Council of Wales, to help organisations develop music-making of all genres in communities around Wales. Apply now for Create, Engage & Inspire strands.

Deadline: 5pm 18 / 10 / 23

Street Art Opera - Commission for Creators

Music Theatre Wales is now inviting Welsh artists, and artists developing their creative practice in Wales, to propose ideas for new Street Art Operas, which they plan to show in June 2024.

Deadline: 23 / 10 / 23

John Armitage Memorial Trust - Call for music

Since 2000, JAM has given performances of over 180 new pieces of music, either submitted to or commissioned by the charity. 

Deadline: 5pm 27 / 10 / 23

Applications for the 2024 National Ensembles are now OPEN

Open for National Youth Brass Band of Wales, National Youth Orchestra of Wales or National Youth Choir of Wales if you’re aged between 16-22, were born in Wales or now live in Wales.

Deadline: 8 / 10 / 23