• Help Musicians Announce Phase Three of Their Coronavirus Financial Hardship Funding

    Having went above and beyond in 2020 to successfully help those in the music industry most in need, Help Musicians has announced a third phase of funding, targeted at self-employed musicians who do not qualify for the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme and unemployed professional musicians unable to make ends meet throughout the UK. For those who are eligible, to the extent that funds allow, HMUK will offer grant payments from the moment their application is successful to March 2021 to top-up Universal Credit payments where relevant. Where an applicant does not qualify for Universal Credit but is still experiencing significant financial hardship, an assessment, and…

  • Deadline Approaching for Help Musicians NI Transmission Fund

    Music charity Help Musicians UK’s Transmission Fund is approaching the first round deadline of June 29 for applications. Although the scheme is UK-wide, we’re both heavily encouraging Northern Irish artists to apply – in recent years they’ve supported the likes of Joshua Burnside & Rebekah Fitch. In the words of Help Musicians UK: “The Transmission Fund is designed to help you build your career by providing grants of £500 – £1500 to fund opportunities allowing you to focus on developing your artistic and professional development at a crucial point in your career. We can support opportunities such as short courses, workshops, training and time limited periods of…

  • Win tickets to AVA Festival 2017

    In partnership with our friends at Helps Musicians NI, we have two pairs of tickets to give away to this year’s frankly unmissable AVA Festival. Right up there with the country’s leading annual electronic festivals, AVA will return to Belfast’s T13 over June 2-3 with Jeff Mills & Guillaume Marmin, Ben UFO, Fatima Yamaha, Job Jobse, Moxie, New Jackson, Ryan Vail and many more. Speaking of the festival, Vail said,  “Careers are being made at events like these. Direct contact to the people that live & breathe electronic music is something that any aspiring producer or DJ should take advantage…