Advocacy Initiatives
2021 – STAY ALIVE | New Live DMA Publication
This report gives information about the live music associations’ main priorities for 2021 and what actions they need and expect from governments in response to Covid-19.
Sector: Festivals
Events
Transmediale 2021 – 2022 | A year-long Festival
The upcoming edition of transmediale will unfold via online and in-person events. This new expanded structure, formulated in response to COVID-19, will create a year-long engagement with the festival theme.
Advocacy Initiatives
Open Club Day statement
Taking the opportunity of the coming 4th [Open] Club day on February 6th, 2021, Live DMA calls every music enthusiast to join forces & make this edition of [Open] Club Day a symbol of resilience and solidarity.
Tools & Resources
Covid-19’s impact on the circulation of emerging artists in Europe: insights from Liveurope
Huge financial loses and working with ever-changing and unpredictable conditions are just some of the many challenges venues are facing today.
When it comes to artistic mobility, the average number of concerts with young talent organised per venue went down from 36 (last season pre-corona) to 18. This represents a 47% decrease.
Advocacy Initiatives
Cultural Diversity at stake: Call for reinforced and equal support to local music scenes everywhere in Europe!
This publication explains straight to the point what live music organisers are going through since March 2020 and points to the open wounds that urgently need to be taken care of.
Tools & Resources
Latest Covid-19 update on the Liveurope venues
The second wave of Covid-19 has hit Europe hard, and music venues throughout the continent are certainly not spared.
Events
Can we Live Without Mega-Events?
In this public lecture it will be discussed the human need for mega-events and festivals and their importance to city life, city projection and city building. With or without a pandemic, can we live without major festivals?
Stories / Good practices
German Study Finds That Indoor Music Concerts Are Safe With Proper Ventilation and Masks
Back in July, German scientists were planning a 4,200-person experimental concert to gain a better understanding of COVID-19’s transmission risk. Now, these researchers have determined that music concerts are safe with masks and proper ventilation.
Online Training #3 – Curating Festivals
The Festival Academy calls for applications for the third of their series of Online Trainings. Applications close by 10 November 2020.
Stories / Good practices
Beats over Borders
A catch up with three different venues in three different countries to talk about the current state of affairs, their take on the role of mobility for live music, and their hopes for the future, as well as the experience of being a musician in the year 2020.
Report: COVID-19 survey “Festivals’ needs and commitments”
COVID-19 has hit all cultural and creative sectors and within the sector festivals particularly.
How worldwide festivals and concerts are inventing new ways to happen?
Little by little, festivals have been forced to postpone and, in worst case scenarios, to cancel their edition leading to economic difficulties and uncertainty for the future.
Events
International Festivals and Policy in light of COVID-19
Perspectives from the Festival Cities Network on the impacts of COVID-19 on international festivals and policy, a webinar.
Events
Neverthere @ Surge Festival
Neverthere is hosting a space within Surge Festival 2020 for experimental new digital projects. A window providing audiences with a glimpse of live performance, across the world, are innovating during this extraordinary time.
Events
Ingegnarsi
“Ingegnarsi” event wanted to react to the covid 19 situation and to provide an alternative and resilient way to celebrate this important moment for the city by organising a 4-day on line event that has reached over 5.000 people.
Organisations and initiatives
Yourope
Yourope was founded in 1998, and has evolved into the most important Association of European Festivals. Besides discussing trade topics and sharing best practices with its 90 festivals and associated members, Yourope has founded dedicated groups dealing with health & safety (YES Group), green operations (GO Group) and marketing & communication (EMAC Group). The overall aim of the association is to collaborate, share experiences and to pinpoint areas that would benefit from a joint approach.
Organisations and initiatives
ESNS (Eurosonic Noorderslag)
ESNS (Eurosonic Noorderslag) is Europe’s main conference and showcase festival, focusing on European music. The exchange of European music is one of its main goals. ESNS is a non-profit, European artist only, 100% showcase festival and music conference. Selling out each year ESNS attracts over 4.000 professional delegates, including 400 international festivals, and showcases around 350 European artists for over 40.000 visitors total.
Organisations and initiatives
European Music Exporters Exchange (EMME)
EMEE is a non-profit association made up of 24 national and regional Music Export offices from all over Europe, with its registered office based in Brussels. We pull together a mix of public and private funding to support European musicians, music companies and music professionals in their export strategies. EMEE’s mission is to strengthen the European Music Sector by encouraging musical diversity, visibility, and supporting mobility in and outside Europe through the exchange of information and expertise from the members as well as project initiatives between members and/or other music industry organisations.
Organisations and initiatives
Tallinn Music Week (TMW)
Held each spring in Tallinn, Estonia since 2009, Tallinn Music Week is one of the most acclaimed new music and city culture festivals and key networking events for music and creative industry professionals across Europe. TMW’s core is an international new music festival and Creative Impact conference. The 3-day music festival presents brave new multi-genre acts from all over Europe and beyond in Tallinn’s best concert venues. The 2-day conference looks into the impact of arts as an engine for the economy while offering both inspiration and practical activities to music professionals, artists, entrepreneurs and policymakers from different areas. The festival’s side events cover art, design, public talks and various urban space activities.
Tools & Resources
FIM Recommendations for a safe return to work of orchestra musicians
The covid-19 outbreak has led governments to close all live performance venues and prohibit open-air concerts as soon as their countries were hit by the
Research / Surveys
Survey- Internationalisation of music diversity in times of COVID-19
A survey in order to come up with alternatives for the internationalisation of music diversity during the health crisis.
Neverthere
A virtual festival of digital performance and a supportive space for artists & organisations to research how their practice can be delivered online.
Events
PriFest – Prishtina International Film Festival 12th edition
The event will be hold in a modified way to fit the Covid 19 situation, but will still try to support the audience and filmmakers.
Events
From Giffoni to Europe
A webinar where 9 giffoners set to talk to the european commissioner Mariya Gabriel, a unique opportunity to talk about their future and some topics for the youth: culture, innovation, education.
Advocacy Initiatives
Pearle calls upon a joint and proportionate approach of European ministers of Culture when reopening cultural activities with a live audience in context of Covid19 exit strategies
On May 13th, Pearle*-Live Performance Europe, sent an open letter to European ministers of Culture and Commissioner of Culture Gabriel, ahead of the Council meeting on May 19th.
Stories / Good practices
Sensorium Festival Weekly Newsletter
Sensorium is a digital arts & culture festival and platform building a thoughtful and foresightful society.
Events
XXI Cerveira International Art Biennial
The Cerveira International Art Biennial takes place in Vila Nova de Ceveira (North of Portugal), it is one of the most outstanding festivals of visual arts and is an important event for the national and international artistic culture.
Events
Open call for application ATELIER for Solidarity – re-imagine our future together/ COVID-19
The Festival Academy calls for applications for an online Atelier.
Alumni of The Festival Academy are invited to apply by 20 May 2020!
Events
A Confined Place – Open call
“A Confined Place” -carried out within the Creative Europe “A-Place” project- is a programme of activities to strengthen the sense of place in the times of confinement.
Advocacy Approached from Europe – Amplify Music 2020 Conference
A conference looking from a data perspective on the different experiences for music venues and clubs in Europe.
