Eligible Showcase Events and Application Deadlines

Eligible Showcases

Eligible events are those that have a mostly music industry audience or delegation. The fund cannot support artists to play at festivals for the general public.

Examples of showcase festivals:

• SXSW in Austin, USA*
• Tallinn Music Week, Tallinn, Estonia
• JazzAhead, Bremen, Germany
• Mondo, New York, USA
• Folk Alliance International, Kansas City, USA
• Eurosonic, Groningen, The Netherlands*
• Americana Music Association Festival, Nashville, USA
• Canadian Music Week, Toronto, Canada
• A3C Hip Hop Festival, Atlanta, USA
• WOMEX
• Iceland Airwaves, Reykjavik, Iceland
• Classical Next, Vienna, Austria
• Rochester Jazz Festival, New York, USA

There are over 50 eligible events each year. Below is a list of eligible events also noting those which we know have pivoted to digital or hybrid events.

If you have been invited to play an event and are unsure of its suitability, please email info@prsfoundation.com

*Please Note: For high demand events such as SXSW and Eurosonic we run specific application deadlines which are noted below.