Receive funding for your festival

Join our project to receive funding from the Creative Europe Programme.

About our project:

Project “Live Music Europe” is specifically designed for music festivals aiming to raise extra funding so they can hire the musicians they want!

Benefits:

You can use funds to hire musicians or bands.

You will receive either partial or full refund.

You can choose artists from all music genres.

You can join this project without payments or fees.

Project details:

For all music festivals and events

The project is designed for all music festivals and events taking place in the European Union.

Festivals and music events of all sizes can join the project
All music genres are supported
Only festivals that are registered on Artunio are eligible to receive funds

For all artists and all music genres

You can hire an artists or a band to perform at your festival or event in 2025 or 2026.

Artists or bands must perform live at your event
Funds can only be used to pay performing artists
You have full control over the selection of artists

Amount of funding per festival/event

The amount of funding is not determined yet. It will be clear after the proposal approval and the amount of festivals and events joining the project.

The maximum amount per one festival/event is 5 000 €
The funding could be spend on more than one performer/band
You may receive full or partial amount of the submitted funds

Requirements for joining the project

To become a part of the project in years 2025 and 2026 you have to:

Register your event or festival into our Artunio database
Create at least two posts with photos or videos from your festival
Remain registered until the announcement of the subsidy amount (November 2025)