Neustart Kultur: Germany pledges €150m for live music

The €1bn Restart Culture programme will provide €150m for the German live music sector

News By IQ | 5 June 2020

“We'll see you again” © Sebastian Bolesch

The German federal government has pledged €150 million for the live music industry as part of a €1 billion package to revive Germany’s coronavirus-crippled creative sector.

The 12-month Neustart Kultur (‘Restart Culture’) programme will make available €150m for live music – ie “music venues, festivals, [concert] organisers and agents”, according to a government press release – alongside new funding for theatre and dance (also €150m), cinemas and the film sector (€120m), radio broadcasters (€20m), and galleries, book publishers and other “socio-cultural…

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