The Finnish Music Foundation has distributed Jazz & Etno Finland LIVE subsidy funds worth of 130 000 € to 12 concert organizers.
The recipients in 2020:
Espoo Big Band ry 3000 €
Helsinki Jazz ry 8700 €
Jazz City Turku ry 17 400 €
Jazz Jkl ry 2000 €
Jazzkerho -76, Joensuu ry 14 000 €
Koko Jazz Iisalmi Kannatusyhdistys ry 18 800 €
Koko Jazzin Kannatusyhdistys ry 35 400 €
Olavin Jazz ry 4000 €
Oulun musiikkijuhlasäätiö rs 10 800 €
Porvoo Jazz Festival ry 5100 €
Runolaulu-Akatemian kannatusyhdistys ry 5000 €
SaloJazz ry 5800 €
In total 15 applications was received before the deadline.
Jazz & Etno Finland LIVE is a joint endeavour by Jazz Finland, the Finnish Musicians’ Union and MES (The Finnish Music Foundation). Launched in 2016, the scheme aims to establish an industry-wide and unified subsidy system which supports the regional availability of professionally produced cultural services, employment across the independent and freelance arts sector, and the continuing improvement of the prerequisites for the industry. In this subsidy model, municipalities work together with local operators by subsidising their regular concert activities, and concert organisers are subsequently eligible to apply for a Jazz Finland LIVE subsidy from MES, the maximum amount being double the municipal subsidy.