Call to Submit Music Tour Funding
Apply to Concerts SA’s Music Mobility Fund which will select new projects to support in February.
PLANNING a music tour but unsure how to fund it? Apply to Concerts SA’s Music Mobility Fund which will select new projects to support next month.
The tour support mechanism offers opportunities for professional South African musicians to undertake live music tours in South Africa as well as other Southern African Development Community (SADC) countries.
The fund provides support to live music performances, collaborations and performance-based workshops across all music genres.
Following the success of the five previous rounds of funding, applications are now open for the first iteration of Music Mobility Fund disbursements this year.
The deadline for submissions is Sunday 4 February, and tours should take place between early March and 22 July 2018. Since it was initiated in 2013, the Music Mobility Fund has received over 800 applications and supported more than 160 tours with artists like Freshlyground, Madala Kunene, Moonchild Sanelly, Samthing Soweto, DJ Lag, Bombshelter Beast, The Brother Moves On, Sibot, Taxi Violence, Sibusile Xaba, Msaki, Native Young or Make-Overs.
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Musician, composer and UCT researcher Cara Stacey, leader of the Afrikan Freedom Principle project, said: “The Concerts SA Mobility Fund allowed for a wild and creative idea to be realised. It helped myself, Mandla Mlangeni, and Matchume Zango (three musicians in three cities) to come together to create new music and then helped us to share this with transnational audiences. It is a priceless opportunity and so important in facilitating the development of creative work but also the creative minds of both musicians and audience members.”
Designed to help musicians, music industry professionals and organisations build on already established domestic success and develop connections, markets and audiences for their work, the fund provides support towards travel and transportation, as well as per diems, material costs (hiring of backline and sound equipment), accommodation, artwork design, travel insurance and visas. Among the projects that may be financed are tours and concerts, including regional, national or provincial tours, as well as performances at festivals and showcases.
The Music Mobility Fund also funds artistic collaborations with merit among musicians based in different provinces of South Africa or SADC countries. Each project must be between four days and three months in duration.
Applicants are encouraged to use the Concerts SA Venue Map (www.concertssa.co.za/venues-map) and the Concerts SA Live Music Toolkit (www.concertssa.co.za/downloads/live-music-toolkit) in the preparation of your tour. Enquiries and applications should be submitted by email to concertssa@samro.org.za, by fax to 086 500 7028 or by post to Concerts SA, c/o The SAMRO Foundation, 20 De Korte Street, 4th Floor SAMRO Place, Braamfontein, Johannesburg, 2001.
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