NEW WAVE: Music Opportunities 2026

NEW WAVE: OUR PLATFORM FOR EMERGING ARTISTS

Our New Wave programme seeks to nurture emerging artists and creatives at the start of their professional careers, by offering performance opportunities, cash prizes, and grant support.  We are delighted to announce opportunities for 2026 in Music.

(Photo above: New Wave performance by Versa Winds, 2025; photo by Stuart Keegan)

NEW WAVE 2026 CONCERT SERIES – PROPOSAL CALL OUT

As part of our commitment to showcasing emerging artists, we produce a daytime concert series featuring outstanding young musicians. If you fit the criteria below, we invite you to send us a proposal to be part of the series this year.

We will then select 5 proposals that will feature in Bloomsbury Festival 2026, which will run throughout the month of October.

• We are open to proposals from all genres including classical, jazz and folk 

• You should be studying music at tertiary level, or be a recent graduate at the start of your career

• You can apply as a soloist, or as a group (up to 4 musicians max)

• We encourage your proposal to take some inspiration from our theme this year of Create and Celebrate

• The concert length should be between 45-50 min

The deadline for this call-out has now passed.