Music organisations 

Eden Court is proud to be the largest combined arts organisation in Scotland and the only major performance venue in the Highlands. Our riverside buildings in central Inverness house two theatres, two cinemas, two multipurpose studios and three art galleries. We present and make work with, by and for the people of the Highlands and Islands and those who visit us.

The Soundhouse Organisation is a charity based in Edinburgh that promotes live music. The Soundhouse Organisation produces two festivals - Edinburgh Tradfest and, new for 2024, the Soundhouse Winter Festival.

Sounds St Leonards is a local concert series base in St Leonards, East Sussex run by violinist and promoter, Holly Harman. Bringing world class music to local venues in the town, Sounds St Leonards is the best place to see and hear both international acts, nationally-renowned names and local artists.

FOKUS, the Forum Osnabrück für Kultur und Soziales e.V., is a non-profit organization focused on municipal youth and cultural work. It encompasses departments for Culture, Youth, Media, and Youth Services in schools.

DIA is more than a members club, it's a movement - uniting youth with a shared love for music and storytelling. Our aim is to streamline access to the industry for talent and revolutionize the way they can present their work to the world. From Scandinavia to London and New York.

L'Accademia - Centro Musicale Polivalente is a music school based in Parma, Italy, managed by Terzo Suono Società Cooperativa Sociale ONLUS. Our goal has always been to give the best music education for all levels, and our great passion for musical education has always inspired the growth of our structure and training offer.  

Le Festival Les Créatives is an annual cultural and feminist event held in Geneva, Switzerland, celebrating women and gender minorities’ contributions to the arts and culture. The festival features a diverse lineup of performances, including, music, theater, visual arts, literature, all aimed at promoting gender equality.

EcoNov8 Hub is a multidisciplinary nonprofit company which bids, develops and stages Conferences, Events, Exhibitions and Festivals to create, drive and ensure capacity building and inclusive sustainable economic participation.

Frankly My Dear is a Scandinavian based +200 composers network providing original music for professional filmmakers. The community challenges the conventional practices within the synchronization industry, revolutionizes its business model.

The Neustadt Art Kollektiv is an association of artists and cultural workers from Dresden-Neustadt, Germany. For us, art is performing and visual, it is music and literature as well as politics and action.

ZEBRALUTION started in 2004 as a digital distributor for independent music labels. Today we are also the world´s leading distributor of audiobooks to streaming services, have launched a fast-growing podcast network, a new neighboring rights royalty collection and royalty accounting business.

OPIA Community is a travelling festival series, a record label and a community hub made up of creators, thinkers, art lovers and everything in-between. Built around an idea by artist Olafur Arnalds, we want to bring people together in this age of social disconnect.

Meeting of Women in the Latin American Music Industry, which carries out various activities designed to highlight the role of women and dissent in the Latin American Music Industry from Panama and focuses on making visible women in music who are referents of the new generations of artists and professionals.

Specials Worldwide is an independent music label and management group formed in 2019. With founding members based in both 'Vancouver' and Toronto, Canada, Specials was initially conceived to build upon the team’s collective life and career experience in music to create a far-reaching and diverse platform for the growing undercurrent of electronic music culture across Canada.

Big Whistle is the go-to online store for Irish tin whistles and penny whistles of all varieties since 2000. Stocking the best and most respected whistle-makers in the industry, Big Whistle is dedicated to serving folk musicians worldwide.

From the Other is new home of Sounds from the Other City, Fat Out and the Samarbeta Music Residencies.Bringing together the decades worth of creative endeavour and good times that have made these platforms possible, From the Other is here to celebrate and champion the ‘other’.

Midnight Mango Ltd is an established international live music booking agency based in Somerset in the UK, with agents living around the world. The artists we represent come from various genres, with one common thread; they are all outstanding.

She Voice stands as a beacon of empowerment and progress within the dynamic tapestry of Africa's entertainment industry. Born from a fervent commitment to gender equality and inclusivity, our platform is a pioneering force dedicated to uplifting and amplifying the voices of women across every facet of entertainment.

Aiming to raise awareness on mental health challenges in the music industry, MMHF is an annual music festival in Dublin, Ireland. Consisting of a conference, usually including panel discussions and workshops, and performances in the evening, the vision is to provide an event evoking discussion on the topic.

Amsterdam Roots Festival stands for connection, innovation and enrichment and sees great value in cultural traditions. Through a diverse array of artistic expressions including music, circus, dance, theater, conversations, and spoken word, artists share narratives about their Roots.

Knockengorroch CIC is an organisation promoting upland heritage, local and international roots music and diverse arts and environmental happenings in the hills. Our flagship event is Knockengorroch festival which takes place over 4 days in the Carsphairn hills of South West Scotland. 

Initiative Musik has been awarding the Venue Programming Prize since 2013 with the involvement of the Federal Jazz Conference and the LiveMusikKommission – Association of Music Venues in Germany. APPLAUS has meanwhile become a well-established federal award.

The German Jazz Prize pursues the overarching goal of creating, living and communicating more cultural diversity in musical practice and teaching, in cultural management as well as in sound carrier production and documentation.

We are the German federal government’s central funding institution for popular music and jazz. Artists and their music are at the core of our work in the cultural sector. We are committed to supporting a diverse musical landscape, future-oriented economic structures, ecological sustainability, and social justice for all.

NoExcuse is a non-profit association whose purpose is to create cultural events where women have a prominent role in male-dominated cultural areas and to support organizations that protect vulnerable women as well as those that work preventively.

Queensway was born in early 2022 by founder Tash Evans (AKA Luna Thee Frenchie) in Birkenhead, Merseyside. Our aim is to platform underrepresented groups within the electronic music scene. We do this by collaborating with the region's most forward-thinking establishments and venues.

Solas Festival - Scotland’s midsummer festival - has been running since 2009. The all-age, weekend-long celebration of music and the arts is designed to entertain, inspire and challenge. Our programme makes space for challenging debate with activists, writers and thinkers from across the political, cultural and religious spectrum.

Directly connecting music artists and music fans using advanced, scalable tech and full artist-ownership of fan relationship and data.

Measure of Music is a virtual three-day weekend program to show the impact & importance of data across the music industry and to give current music execs, music industry hopefuls and industry career changers a crash course (and a finished project!) in music and data in collaboration.