Allocation of Funding: Project Funding – 2nd Funding Round 2025

In the second funding round of the programmes Karrieresprungbrett Berlin and Pop im Kiez in 2025, Musicboard Berlin is supporting 14 projects with a total volume of 157,821.30 euros. Tag der Clubkultur, organised by the Clubcommission, is also being funded by Musicboard this year.

In the funding programmes Karrieresprungbrett Berlin and Pop im Kiez, 66 applications with a total volume of 1,079,813.13 euros were submitted to Musicboard in the second funding round for 2025. The jury recommended 14 projects with a total volume of 157,821.30 euros for funding.

Funding is awarded awarded through Musicboard Berlin GmbH upon recommendation of an independent jury of Berlin-based pop experts. In 2025, the jury for the project funding consists of Edna Martinez (DJ, curator for music & sonic practices at Haus der Kulturen der Welt), Melissa Kolukisagil (curator and producer, founder of İç İçe – Festival for New Anatolian Music), Silvia Silko (journalist for Tagesspiegel, radioeins, Deutschlandfunk), Ulrich Hartmann (musician and performer, project manager at the inclusive music project luftsprung live), and Wieland Krämer (musician, co-founder of Powerline Agency and Flirt99 Musikverlag).

In addition, Musicboard is supporting Tag der Clubkultur, a project of the Clubcommission. The Senate Department for Culture and Social Cohesion has approved additional funding totalling 550,000.00 euros to support the event. These funds are used to finance the prize money and programme organisation. The award ceremony on 1 October 2025 will honour outstanding Berlin clubs and collectives. The accompanying festival week from 3 to 12 October is an open platform to showcase the diverse players in Berlin’s club culture and their work. To mark the 35th anniversary of reunification, this year’s Club Culture Day will be held under the theme ›Bridging Realities – 35 Years Of Movement‹.

KARRIERESPRUNGBRETT BERLIN

Karrieresprungbrett Berlin funds projects and platforms – from concert and club series, workshops and talks to interdisciplinary formats – that support up-and-coming artists and other newcomers from the pop music business and help boost their careers on a national or international level. For the programme Karrieresprungbrett Berlin 34 applications were submitted. The total volume of all applications amounted to 563,193.17 euros, with 109,405.00 euros being awarded to 9 projects.

POP IM KIEZ

The programme Pop im Kiez funds projects – whether pilots, campaigns or a series of initiatives – that increase the acceptance of live music in the pop music domain within a particular neighbourhood in Berlin. It’s a response to the current displacement of subcultural spaces in Berlin and intends to support musicians and their networks that are based in a particular neighbourhood scene. For the programme Pop im Kiez 32 applications were submitted. The total volume of all applications amounted to 516,619.96 euros, with 48,416.30 euros being awarded to 5 projects.