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SOUND RECORDING MENTORSHIP
MANCHESTER

344 Audio based in Dukinfield in Manchester are offering 5 mentorship placed to emerging sound designers. This intensive programme is for ambitious, creative sound people who want to gain paid work.

PERFORMERS &
EVENT CREW
International
Women's Day Festival
MANCHESTER

Every year The Zebra Partnership leads on the Manchester City Council Walk for Women and International Women's Day Festival. Managing Director, Carol Ann Whitehead, was a former part time ACC lecturer and a couple of years ago she set up how ACC students can be involved by creating a team with three of the ACC pathways. Events, Media and Music. There are opportunities to perform, manage the sound and film the event.

MUSIC PERFORMER
27th January Deadline

This is a work experience opportunity to work with The Zebra Partnership and Stockport Race Equality and Culture Awards. Your job will be to perform at the awards ceremony. The event takes place on Sat, 4 February 2023, 18:00 – 21:30.

ARTIST OPPORTUNITY
Indieknow February start

IndieKnow has received funding from Youth Music's Incubator Fund to create opportunities for 6 artists and 1 content/web/app developer to help us build the MVP of the platform. The artist opportunity includes a paid mentorship and a grant toward marketing costs of releasing one song, and the developer opportunity includes a 12 week fixed term position which will pay over £4k to the successful candidate.

ISLE OF WIGHT YOUNG BLOOD
Open now

The Isle of Wight Festival has once again teamed up with HOTVOX to find 3 talented, emerging acts to play at their 2023 event. The New Blood Competition is open to all artists and bands, aged 18+ who are based within the UK. Find out more about how the competition works, and apply now to be in with a chance of playing at the festival next June. Check out the link below.

GREAT ESCAPE
15th February deadline

Whether you are a band, a singer songwriter, a rapper, DJ, collective or duo, The Great Escape want to hear from you. The 4 day music industry conference and showcase of emerging talent returns to Brighton from 10th May 2023, and they're currently accepting applications to perform. The deadline is 15th February 2023, but as it's a very popular festival, we suggest you get in there quickly. Find further details and apply via the link below.

FESTIVAL OPPORTUNITIES
FESTIVAL REPUBLIC
Applications open

Festival Republic is looking for students to help at their music festivals over the holidays. They have shows from May to September and once you register, you can sign up to work at as many or as few as you’d like. There are both paid and volunteer roles available so you can choose whether you’d like to rack up the hours to top up your bank account or would rather volunteer before the music starts and then spend the weekend reaping the rewards.

MUSIC INDUSTRY MONDAYS
Ongoing
LONDON

LCCM's FREE Music Industry Mondays is back, bigger and better for 2022. Join each week for a topical panel discussion/interview from a different industry guest, followed by an open mic plus drinks and networking, all hosted at The Music Box, SE1 0LR. The lineup this year is outstanding with some big names who want to share their experiences – and meet you too.

PATREON
Income via Membership

Patreon is a platform that gives creative people a sustainable income through memberships. You let your fans become patrons (members) by paying a monthly subscription for whatever level of membership they choose. This arrangement means you get paid for doing what you love, while retaining creative control.

PLAY AT
NEW CENTURY HALL
Manchester Autumn/Winter

Access Creative and Cetera are looking to book acts for various opportunities across different festivals and venues. New Century is an exciting new venue in Manchester (1000 capacity) and Access, Cetera and promotions company No Wave are looking for acts and DJs to play as support slots for larger touring acts as the venue launches this summer.

PAID MUSIC OPPS
with MyPocketSkill

MyPocketSkill supports young people to earn, save and learn about money.

Parents and businesses can sign-up and book young people to provide digital & social media, music and academic lessons, babysitting and many other categories. They help to arrange everything - from registration to payment.

MUSIC OPPORTUNITIES
General opportunities

Looking for music work experience or an internship? The document linked below has some really useful links to get started to make you more employable.