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Live Music
The Live Music program supports BC-based live music presenters, creating engagement opportunities for artists and audiences.
In 2021/22 this program has two intakes:
Live Music: Operational Support - Closed September 15
This intake provides operational support for venues, festivals, and concert presenters affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, in order to assist with the recovery and restart of the live music industry.
Live Music - Apply by December 15
This intake supports the recovery and restart of B.C.'s live music sector, funding live music events, and enhancing music tourism throughout B.C. Funding will also support the growth of the live music sector through business development activities.
Applicants may apply through two funding streams:
- Presentation
- Business Development
SIGN-UP FOR GRANT COACHING SESSIONS
One-hour grant coaching sessions are available for new and previously unsuccessful applicants from underrepresented groups and regions of BC. Grant coaches can provide feedback on your applications for Amplify BC programs.
This includes artists and companies from and serving the following groups:
- Indigenous peoples
- Black community
- People of Colour
- Deaf and Disability community, and those who live with chronic illness or are neurodiverse
- LGBTQ2IA+ and gender diverse
This also includes people from underrepresented regions of BC:
- Cariboo
- Kootenay
- Nechako
- North Coast
- Northeast
- Thompson / Okanagan
- Vancouver Island and Coast (excluding the Capital Regional District / City of Victoria)
INSTRUCTIONS:1. Sign up for grant coaching session by choosing a coach below.
2. Read the guidelines and start writing your grant application before your appointment, and come with specific questions. Share your saved application link or application materials with your grant coach, to receive feedback on your draft.
3. You are limited to ONE grant coaching session. Please do not sign up for multiple sessions with multiple coaches.
MEET OUR LIVE MUSIC GRANT COACHES
Nancy Lee aka Which Nancy is a music curator, media artist, event organizer, artistic mentor, and music video director based in Vancouver. Nancy is a co-founder of electronic music and art collective Chapel Sound and CURRENT Symposium, an intersectional and multidisciplinary initiative featuring artistic and educational programming for women, nonbinary artists and artists of colour. Nancy works with artists and organizers in DIY and underground spaces, and genres spanning from rap, RnB, club, experimental electronic, ambient, bass, house and techno. Over the past few years, Nancy has received grants from Creative BC, City of Vancouver, Canada Council for the Arts and BC Arts Council. She is keen to offer support for emerging artists, BIPOC and queer artists, artists from immigrant families, and artists whose first languages are not English.Languages: English, Mandarin, and limited Cantonese@whichnancy / www.nancylee.ca / www.currentsymposium.comPhoto by May TroungPrograms Supported: Live Music, Music Company Development, Music Industry Initiatives.jpeg)
Sage McBride lives in Fernie BC where she is a member and managing partner in the alternative folk rock band Shred Kelly. She is the grant writer for the group and has experience writing successful grant applications for Amplify BC, FACTOR, Music BC and Radio Starmaker. She is passionate about collaboration and excited to be a grant coach for the Kootenay Region.
Programs supported: Live Music, Music Company Development
Sign up for a 1-hour grant coaching session with Sage McBride
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