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
Britten Pears - Young Artist Programme
Applications for the 2025–26 Young Artist Programme are now open!
Britten Pears continues to offer early career professional musicians high-level performance training from some of the world’s finest performers, teachers and creatives. The programme takes place through courses and residencies at our creative campus, set in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in rural Suffolk.
Deadline: 1pm, Monday 17th February, 2025
Community Music Wales - From Silence to Sound: Creating Your Own Soundscape
Join Living Levels and Community Music Wales for an online talk as part of our Sound Levels x Aber i Aber series, to explore the fascinating world of soundscapes.
The word "Aber" refers to culturally significant areas in Wales where water meets land, and this project invites local communities to creatively share their experiences of living near estuaries on the Welsh coastline, including Mor Hafren.
Deadline: 6:30pm - 7:45pm, Tuesday, February 18, 2025
Summit Festival - Beacons Cymru
Beacons Cymru Summit is back for Feb 2025! The dates are set, venues are being confirmed, and we've heard your feedback and will provide more of what YOU want. Grab your ticket to secure your place at the conference, to hear updates and get first access to sign up for limited space workshops.
Deadline: 18 & 19 / 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
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
Chapter - Ecstatic Drum Beats
Ecstatic Drum Beats brings young people aged 16-30 together for a series of 10 experimental percussion and performance workshops to explore and celebrate our collective creative potential.
Facilitated by Chapter Artist in Residence, Dan Johnson.
Deadline: 11 January—15 March 2025
Immersed Skills Development Programme
Get immersed in this training programme this March!
Creative Wales, Immersed Festival and University of South Wales present a series of free workshops delivered by experts to support the live event sector in Wales.
Deadline: Thursday 6th March - Saturday 29th March 2025
We Are The Unheard - The Academy
We Are The Unheard's mission is: to provide accessible training and development support to gender minorities and individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds. Their goal is to guide participants from the beginner stage to a professional career, aiming to significantly increase the representation of female-identifying producers and songwriters in the music industry.
Deadline: Rolling Deadline
Tape Music - Sound Waves
Dive into the world of sound with “Sound Waves” - a FREE music and audio project tailored for young talents aged 8-18!
Deadline: Regular Sessions
The Artbeat Anthem - New Era Talent
Master the arts of DJing, singing, poetry, rap, music producing & graffiti for free (U25s) in Cardiff.
Deadline: Every Wednesday