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Apply for funding to give deaf and hard-of-hearing people the opportunity to experience concerts and performing arts performances,

The pool for performance interpretation of concerts, performing arts performances etc. has just been reopened. Actors who produce and/or organise professional concerts and performing arts performances can now apply for fees for professional sign language interpreters specialising in performance interpretation for one-off performances. This will give deaf and hard-of-hearing people a better opportunity to experience these cultural events.

What can you apply for?

You can apply for funding for fees including preparation, organisation and any travel and accommodation expenses for professional sign language interpreters specialising in performance interpreting for one-off performances.

A professional sign language interpreter is defined as an interpreter who has either graduated from one of the current Danish sign language interpreting programmes or has been certified by the relevant authorities in Denmark.

Who can apply?

You can apply if you are an actor who produces and/or organises professional concerts and performing arts performances, including theatres, venues, groups, ensembles, associations, institutions and more.

Background to the scheme

The scheme aims to give deaf and hard-of-hearing children, young people and adults throughout the country the opportunity to experience concerts and performances on equal terms with everyone else.

A maximum of DKK 100,000 can be applied for per applicant.

It is the Danish Agency for Culture and Palaces that processes the applications received and decides. 

Application deadline: Applications are accepted on an ongoing basis and the pool closes when the funds are exhausted.

Are you an artist – or are you part of a company, an independent group, an orchestra, or another producer working at the intersection of music and performing arts?

Then you have the opportunity to use Radar's production facilities for your next project.

Radar has been selected by the Danish Arts Foundation as part of the network for music-dramatic and cross-aesthetic projects for music and performing arts. This means that in 2026, we will make production facilities available for nine weeks, during which artists can immerse themselves in the development of new works, experiments, and collaborations.

IS KULTURVÆRFTET THE PERFECT SETTING FOR YOUR INTERDISCIPLINARY ART PROJECT?

Now you have the opportunity to use our production facilities for your next project.

Kulturværftet has been selected by the Danish Arts Foundation to serve as a networking hub for the development of cross-aesthetic art. Therefore, we are making our concert hall available for up to three weeks at a time in both 2024 and 2025 for projects that take place at the intersection of performance art and experimental music/sound.

Kulturværftet is a cultural center and venue, and for more than a decade, under the CLICK program track, it has provided a framework for festivals, concerts, workshops, and exhibitions at the crossroads of art, science, and technology. We have several different stages at our disposal, each suited to different types and sizes of projects. We can offer facilities ranging from gallery-like spaces to concert stages and black boxes.

Inclusion of works in the new Touring Network Denmark for adult touring theaters for the 2026/27 and 2027/28 seasons.

2-day workshop for Danish and international guests

In an unstable world, how do we sustain risk and openness in our artistic practice?
This two-day workshop is a hands-on exploration for artists working in performing arts for young audiences. It works through action and interaction rather than language or predefined ideas. Simple objects become tools for generating material, disrupting patterns and moving beyond established ways of making.
At its core is a shared investigation:
What do we avoid, and why? Which themes feel difficult or risky to approach — and what happens when we choose to move towards them?
The workshop brings together participants across cultural and linguistic differences in a shared process that prioritises doing over explaining, and experience over theory.
Open to international guests and Danish professionals who are willing to engage actively in the work.

Friday, June 26:

1:00–1:45 p.m.: Worksharing in The Pit with Giraff Graff – Diaries: After the Fire

1:45–2:30 p.m.: Worksharing in White Lab by Marie Kaae – What She Said

2:30–3:00 p.m.: Coffee and tea in the foyer

Sign up here.

Do you need advice as a self-producing performing artist, company, or producer? Then come by at UP's Open Advisory on the first Wednesday of every month.

Stop by and get a glimpse into the artists’ work

Friday, August 14

1:30–2:30 p.m.: Workshop in The Pit with Inga Gerner Nielsen / In the Mirror of Care Work and the project “Syner Vakt i Støv”

2:30–3:00 p.m.: Coffee and tea in the foyer

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Igen i år har Limfjordsteatret, SceNet, Dansk Scenekunst, CPH STAGE, Applaus og ISCENE - arrangeret at scenekunsten får et hus på Kulturmødet Mors. Scenen på Musikværket faciliterer scenekunsten landsdækkende og indenfor et bredest muligt felt af genrer og publikumsgrupper. 

Kulturmødet arbejder i år med seks temaspor: Demokrati & Opbrud, Forandringskraft, Kunstnerliv og Fremtid & Forretning. De debatter og scenekunstværker, der bydes ind med, skal derfor kunne indgå i et af disse spor.

Program følger.

Praktisk

Hvornår: 20-22. august
Hvor: Musikværket, den lille scene eller sal 2.

Musikhuset, Bora Bora og Dansk Danseteater gentager succesen og byder hinanden og alle jer op til dans i Musikhusparken. Kridt danseskoene og vær med 15.-16. august, når festivalen for anden gang løber af stablen.

Aarhus Summer Dance er byens nye to dages dansefestival med masser af arrangementer på programmet, og du er inviteret med. Her kan du glæde dig til dans i alle afskygninger - fra professionelle danseforestillinger, workshops med byens danseskoler og danseforeninger til talentvisninger og meget mere.

Det hele er oven i købet helt gratis.

Stop by and get a glimpse into the artists’ work

Friday, August 21

1:00–1:45 p.m.: Workshop in The Pit with Gipali Productions and the project “Tracing Echoes”

1:45–2:30 p.m.: Workshop in White Lab with Megaland Teater and the project “Crowd Control”

2:30–3:00 PM: Coffee and tea in the foyer

Sign up here. 

yes – dance biennale is a new, large-scale dance festival in Copenhagen, which in late summer 2026 will bring audiences together to experience some of the most powerful and striking contemporary dance in Denmark and the rest of the world.

For a month, dance can be experienced across the city: on stages, in studios, and in public spaces. Large performances and intimate formats. Talks, workshops, and events that welcome everyone.

yes – dance biennale takes place every two years. In 2026, it is created by Dansehallerne, København Danser, Sydhavn Teater, and Dansk Danseteater. From 2028, we invite everyone who works with dance at the highest level to contribute to the program.

The ambition is clear: to make Copenhagen a destination for world-class dance and choreography and to invite audiences up close to an art form that is booming nationally and internationally.

The Central Denmark Region’s Health and Culture Fund aims to support our policy in this area by providing funding for projects that operate at the intersection of health and culture.

We are looking for projects with broad regional partnerships in the fields of health and culture that seek to develop, refine, and establish methods and programs.

These can be new, borrowed, or already well-proven ideas and methods—ranging from early-stage projects to more mature or scale-ready initiatives. Regardless of the stage, it is important that projects, from the start of the application process and throughout the project period, explore how the project can become sustainable—including in the long term.

We are particularly seeking

Projects that work to prevent illness and improve well-being among citizens, patients, and their families—especially among children and young people.

Projects that can alleviate symptoms and discomfort during treatment or illness.

Projects that strengthen and support coping, rehabilitation, and recovery (the process of living a good and meaningful life after or with mental illness), e.g., in connection with chronic illness or mental illness.

Projects involving both hospitals and/or the social services sector in the Central Denmark Region and municipalities in Central Denmark.

Only applications for a minimum of 200,000 DKK will be accepted.
A total of 7.8 million DKK will be awarded in 2026.

Applications may be submitted for projects with a maximum duration of three years.
This is a temporary fund that is not expected to be re-announced.

On May 21, 2026, from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM, we will hold an information session about the fund at Godsbanen in Aarhus.

Register by May 18 here.

There is also an opportunity to participate in an online dialogue meeting on June 2, 2026, from 1:00 PM to 2:30 PM.

Please register by June 1 via this link.

The International Touring & Environmental Responsibility programme (ITER) returns for 2026 with with an open call for arts organisations and individuals to take part in developing sustainable, inclusive and just models for international touring.

Now in its fifth year and joined by Scotland, ITER invites artists and organisations to develop explore ways of reducing their impact on the environment by rethinking their approach to touring through free online seminars, networking opportunities and project funding of up to £30,000.

ITER also fosters relationships between artists and companies based in England, Denmark, Scotland and Norway, supporting them to develop new, environmentally responsible, inclusive and equitable approaches together to international touring and collaboration.

It is free to apply, and runs from 1 October to 10 December 2026.

Do you need advice as a self-producing performing artist, company, or producer? Then come by at UP's Open Advisory on the first Wednesday of every month.

Network funding is part of the Nordic-Baltic Mobility Programme for Culture, which strengthens artistic and cultural cooperation in the Nordic region and the Baltic countries. The programme focuses on increasing the exchange of knowledge, contacts and interest in Nordic and Baltic art and culture. The Nordic-Baltic Mobility Programme comprises three forms of funding: Mobility funding, Network funding and Funding for artist residencies.

What is eligible for funding?

Network funding facilitates meetings, the exchange of ideas and knowledge between professional artists and cultural practitioners in the Nordic and/or Baltic region, that is to say: Denmark, Estonia, Finland, the Faroe Islands, Greenland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Sweden and Åland. Funding is available both for short-term and long-term networks.

Who is eligible to apply?

Funding is available for professional artists and cultural practitioners (such as curators, producers, literary translators, cultural editors or researchers) in all forms of art and culture. Both individuals and organisations can apply.

Show UP is your regular after-work event at UP – meet fellow performing artists and other interesting people in Baldersgade's cozy courtyard or foyer.

The Culture and Art Programme funds Nordic co-operation in the field of arts and culture. Funding is available for projects with an artistic and/or cultural quality that promotes a diverse and sustainable Nordic Region.

Travel funding for individual professional practitioners of art and culture in the Nordic and Baltic region.

Once again this year, we’ll be gathering for the association’s biggest event of the year—the Danish Performing Arts Association’s annual meeting and general assembly.

This year, we’ll once again be meeting in the lovely setting of Nyborg Strand.

For now, mark your calendars and save the date

Do you need advice as a self-producing performing artist, company, or producer? Then come by at UP's Open Advisory on the first Wednesday of every month.

On Thursday, October 8, the four arts centers in Aarhus are hosting a conference focusing on artists’ working conditions. Among the speakers are Peter Power and Dobz O’Brien from the National Campaign for the Arts in Ireland, who will present and share experiences from the Irish artist income program “Basic Income for Artists.” The conference will be opened by Jesper Kjeldsen, the Culture Councilor for the City of Aarhus.

The conference will take place at Bora Bora and is organized by Promus, Performing Arts Platform, Aarhus Visual Arts Center, and Aarhus Literature Center.

The program and registration details will follow—but mark your calendars now.

Grants for projects, touring activities, and project development at the intersection of music and performing arts.

Do you need advice as a self-producing performing artist, company, or producer? Then come by at UP's Open Advisory on the first Wednesday of every month.

Do you need advice as a self-producing performing artist, company, or producer? Then come by at UP's Open Advisory on the first Wednesday of every month.