Call for applications: Boiler Room Broadcast Lab grant

Boiler Room is looking for innovative programming concepts that widen the music broadcasting circle by prioritising underrepresented artists, marginalised communities and forward-thinking collaborations.

The winning application will be awarded £9 000 ($10 900) to bring the project to life. Boiler Room will provide additional in-kind support and a full release on its channels. Applications will be judged by a panel consisting of Boiler Room staff and three independent judges: dameeeela, Lagoon Femshayma and Scratchclart.

Interested applicants should apply here. The submission deadline is 17 March.

Eligibility

• Broadcast Lab is open to individual musicians, music collectives and curators only.
• Applicants must be wanting to use the grant to produce a music-focused livestream event.
• Proposals should orient around dance and club culture, prioritising local scenes as well as hybridity and concepts that push the broadcast format.
• Proposals must be budgeted in full, including artist fees, event and technical production, film and broadcast costs, design and any all other expenses that might be incurred.
• The broadcast must take place in 2023.
• All performing artists and hosts must be more than 18 years.

Note: Read the full terms and conditions here before applying.

“As a fund for accelerating new work and emergent scenes, and platforming overlooked spaces, we’re looking for innovative programming concepts that widen the music broadcasting circle by prioritising underrepresented artists, marginalised communities and forward-thinking collaborations,” Boiler Room said. “The best proposals will consider presentation as well as programming – a full 360° activation that considers the project’s life on and offline, including the broadcast format itself.”

View the original call here.