Manchester venue renae offers funding for up-and-coming promoters
Three successful applicants to the Promoter Promise initiative will be granted bursaries Continue reading...
Manchester music venue and events space renae will offer funding for three up-and-coming music promoters in the city as part of a new initiative.
Named Promoter Promise , the scheme comes with the help of the Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) and will directly support marginalised and underrepresented communities in the music scene.
"We are incredibly excited to launch our new funding opportunity and events initiative," renae announced on Instagram last week (September 7). "We will be working with three promoters to produce three brand new events in our upstairs space, The Other People Place."
The venue, which opened in Manchester’s Northern Quarter last March , says that it’s aiming to "improve diversity within the world of events promotion and facilitate the creation of incredible, new events."
Three successful applicants to the Promoter Promise initiative will each be granted a £1,000 curatorial budget, a £350 bursary and a £300 marketing budget to throw music-led events in renae’s T.O.P.P..
The initiative will also support the chosen applicants by offering one-to-one development classes with events programmer Beau-Azra, as well as "end-to-end event project support".
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It also offers free venue usage for pre-show preparation and for post-show graduates, support on promoting curated events, and "on-the-ground event support including coverage".
Applicants must be based in the Greater Manchester area, and must belong to an underrepresented or marginalised community, or have faced marginalisation due to race, ethnicity, gender expression, sexual orientation or disability.
Those applying must also have less than two years experience in events promotion, but should have some experience in the arts and creative industries in some capacity.
Applications are open now through until 4:PM on Monday, September 28. Those who are successful will be contacted on October 12. Apply for Promoter Promise here , and find out more below.
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