Musicboard-Berlin

MUSICBOARD BERLIN

Musicboard is a nationwide singular institution, funding pop music in new, creative ways and maintaining a dynamic discourse on pop music in Berlin. It stands for a respectful approach to diversity and content-based music funding, emphasising the positions of musicians. It’s based on the collaboration and innovation of music-makers, their communities and collectives.

Call for Concepts

Call for Concepts: Scholarship PLUS and Residencies 2026

Exchanging ideas and networking at the VILA SUL residency in Salvador de Bahia, Brazil, getting to know the underground music scene in Kampala, Uganda, two months of collaborative work in a feminist community in Accra, Ghana, or working on your own project in Berlin with professional support? Berlin-based musicians and bands can now apply for the Musicboard’s Scholarship PLUS and residencies. The application deadline is 2 March 2026 at 9:30 a.m.

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Deadlines & Dates

3.2.2026 Label Funding
Online info session
10.2.2026 Scholarship PLUS and Residencies
Online info session
16.2.2026 Label Funding
Application deadline first funding round
2.3.2026 Scholarship PLUS and Residencies
Application deadline
15.5.2026 Label Funding
Application deadline second funding round
21.6.2026 Fête de la Musique
17.8.2026 Label Funding
Application deadline third funding round
24.–29.8.2026Pop-Kultur Festival

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Call for Concepts

With its Label Funding Programme, Musicboard Berlin awards funding to Berlin-based independent labels. Applications for the first of three funding...

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Support Tour Funding

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otay:onii

otay:onii (Lane Shi) is a multifaceted artist originally from Haining, China. Her artistic practice spans music, performance, installation, and film…

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Emrah Gökmen

Emrah Gökmen, born in 1988 in Dersim, is a Zaza and queer music and visual artist shaped by experiences of…

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Anti-Corpos

Since its formation in 2003, Anti-Corpos has performed over 300 concerts around the world. Over the past decade, after establishing…

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T. Lucero’s Best Café

Thom Lucero is an American multidisciplinary artist, musician, composer, and writer who is currently based in Berlin. Growing up in…

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RAYNE

RAYNE began experimenting with poetry early on, writing verses to leave behind for strangers on the walls of Berlin’s underground…

Roman Klobe playing the guitar
Roman Klobe

Roman Klobe, also known as @cowboyklobe, is a dynamic musician, producer, and multi-instrumentalist based in the vibrant musical landscape of…

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Pretty Average

Pretty Average was born from the lifelong musical collaboration of Candy Bassas (vocals and guitar) and Sergi Cabanes (lead guitar)….

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Neromun

Neromun’s multifaceted approach reflects the complexity of mythical hybrid beings and challenges conventional ideas of identity. Raised as a biracial…