Opportunities
Learn about various opportunities currently available that can support or be of value to local individuals and organisations in the LCR music sector including; funding opportunities, job vacancies and auditions, training and development prospects, and sector specific events.
If you have relevant opportunities to share with the sector you can list them on this page by completing the form below.
The Hitmaker Fund
The Hitmaker Fund offers an opportunity for songwriters and producers working in popular music genres to further develop their careers and writing/production with grants of between £5,000 – £10,000.
Launched in 2017 as a response to the long-term career needs of those working behind the scenes, The Hitmaker Fund (formerly The Writer Producer Fund) was initiated by PRS Foundation with BASCA Trust. The rebranded Hitmaker Fund is now delivered by PRS Foundation.
Power Up Participant Programme
The POWER UP Participant Programme is designed to elevate exciting Black music creators and industry professionals and address barriers for those at crucial career stages.
Creating a long-term network across the UK, each year the Participant Programme will support:
- 20 x Black music creators
artists, songwriters, composers and producers who are involved in the creative process and may be working in any genre, based anywhere in the UK - 20 x Black executives and industry professionals
industry professionals working in any sector of the music industry, anywhere in the UK. This includes employees and entrepreneurs, freelancers and self-employed professionals
So far, 201 participants have received holistic support with a new Year 6 cohort being announced in July 2026. All participants remain engaged in the network.
Supporting Grassroots Music
This fund has been allocated specifically to support rehearsal and recording studios, promoters, festivals, and venues for live and electronic music performance such as grassroots music venues and club sector organisations to apply for support for projects that help them bring live and electronic music to the public and and support the development of talent.
You can apply for between £1,000 and £40,000, for projects up to three years in length. If you need to apply for more than £40,000, you can still apply to the main Project Grants programme for activity that delivers grassroots music activity.
MusicFutures IP Clinic and Lab
MusicFutures is proud to launch their IP Clinic and Lab, supported by the Intellectual Property Office UK and the Liverpool Law Clinic, University of Liverpool.
We’ll be offering free legal advice to help music creators, entrepreneurs and music businesses across the LCR understand their rights and make informed decisions about their future.
Whether you’re protecting your music, understanding and managing your IP, developing your business model, earning from your work, navigating contracts, managing metadata & rights, or handling platform claims, we’re here to help.
Based at ACC Liverpool. Get in touch via our contact form.
Arts Council National Lottery Project Grants
National Lottery Project Grants is our open access programme for arts, museums and libraries projects. The fund supports thousands of individual artists, community and cultural organisations.
The fund will focus on the needs of smaller independent organisations and individual practitioners
Free live events training programme | Sound Check
Do you love live music? Do you want to make it your career?
Sound Check is an exciting training programme from Future Yard, designed to introduce people to the skills that will help them pursue a successful and sustainable career behind the scenes in the live music industry.
Sound Check is open to anyone aged 19+ in the Liverpool City Region with a passion for live music and an interest in making it their career. The course is free to access and no previous experience is required.
Studios For All Fund
The Studios for All Fund provides free studio access for charities, CICs and not-for-profits that use music to empower young people under 30 from underrepresented or disadvantaged communities.
Through Pirate’s nationwide network of 600+ rehearsal, recording, DJ, podcast and dance studios, organisations can apply for in-kind support worth between £100 and £2,000+. The programme is designed to remove barriers such as cost, lack of facilities and limited technical expertise, giving more young people access to professional creative spaces, skills and community connections.
Open Fund For Music Creators
The Open Fund for Music Creators supports the development of outstanding music creators of all genres and backgrounds at different stages of their career with grants of up to £5000. Previous recipients include Young Fathers, Afrodeutsche, Jasdeep Singh and Ruth Lyon
In order to be eligible Music Creators’ projects must fulfil all three of our funding priorities:
- To support the creation, performance and promotion of outstanding new music in any genre
- To enable the UK’s most talented music creators to realise their potential
- To reach audiences
This fund has several funding rounds / deadlines annually, check the link for more info
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