Essential Music Funding Guide for Emerging Bands & Artists
Blog by Louise Dodgson under Artist Managers, Creative & Branding, Finance, Law & Music Business, Live, Media, Music Publishing, Music Training & Careers, Record Labels, Recording & Production, Selling & Distributing Your Music
10th July 2026 (first published 30th January 2020)
Need a cash injection to help further your music career? Whether it's investment in developing your sound, heading out on tour, or playing overseas music festivals such as SXSW or Canadian Music Week, securing financial support can often be the biggest hurdle for independent artists.
With the landscape of music grants and bursaries constantly changing, our guide demystifies the application process, providing you with practical advice on how to craft a successful proposal and avoid common pitfalls. Whether you are seeking backing for a debut EP, funding for a tour, or support for professional creative development, this resource is designed to help you navigate the options available and turn your ambitions into reality.
Browse our FREE 36 page Essential Guide to Music Funding and find out what funding opportunities, schemes and grants are available to support emerging bands and artists. Bursting with information from many organisations, our music funding guide gathers together everything together in one place for easy reference.
You'll find contributions from:
- PRS Foundation
- Help Musicians UK
- BPI
- Arts Council England
- Creative Scotland
- Arts Council of Northern Ireland
- Musicians' Union
- Youth Music
- Take It Away
To get your hands on a copy of our Essential Guide to Music Funding, just drop us a line here & we'll send you a copy.