Music Connections https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PPL Momentum Music Fund: last call for grants of up to £15,000 New confidential reporting service for bullying and harassment in music opens Help Musicians opens new round of Fast Track and Fast Track Live grants: up to £1,000 for NI artists Sound of Belfast 2026 announced: punk at 50, Duke Special and the NI Music Prize lead an 11-day celebration Home Directory Venues Recording Studios Equipment Hire Charities and Organisations Rehearsal Spaces Gig Promoters About PR & Management Record Shops Events Industry bodies Health Educational guides Funding UNESCO City of Music Resources Live Funding For NI Artists BPI publishes 10×10: Ten trends for the next ten years MMF publishes updated Mental Health Guide 2021 Watch the ISM’s “Building for the Future” conference Arts & Business NI Board Matching Programmes Music for Dementia – take the survey AIM opens access to free Associate Member tier Perfect Fifth: celebrating 5 years of Music Support Fans flocking to UK independent labels’ music across streaming and physical formats BBC launches new training scheme for musicians Northern Ireland Opera Studio announce their new creative and technical members for 2021 to 2022 Small Capital Grants Programme opens for applications EasyJet cabin policy changes in favour of musicians FAC recognises founding members Annie Lennox and Robbie Williams whilst announcing 19 new ambassadors Dua Lipa named UK’s most played artist of 2020 Hothouse returns to Nerve Centre online for the summer Northern Ireland Opera commissions an ambitious new teen/young adult opera written by Fionnuala Kennedy and composed by Neil Martin Minister Martin launches the Music and Entertainment Business Assistance Scheme Artist applications now open for Ireland Music Week Shielding musicians encouraged to complete brief survey LIVE urges Government to deploy urgent plans for the recovery of live music Moving On Music: join the team! Internship Programme: AVA + Up Productions Help Musicians and Pathways Into Music launch Fanbase Builder Programme in Northern Ireland Cavehill Community Choir publishes video diary Ulster Orchestra’s Crescendo project brings music into the heart of schools Applications now open for 2021 Young Composers Awards with mentoring, bursary funds and an album release on offer News