Funding Closing Soon
- Capital Theatres: Open to Ideas – 6 August
£2k seed funding + rehearsal space and support for Scotland-based theatre makers to test out new ideas
- PRS Foundation: PPL Momentum Music Fund – 10 August
£5k to £15k grants for UK-based artists and bands to break through to the next level of their careers
- British Council: Connections Through Culture 2026 – 12 August
£5k to £15k grants to enable meaningful partnerships between UK artists, organisations, or festivals and participating countries
- CoSTAR Realtime Lab: Realtime Performance & Scene Intelligence – 19 August
£25k to £50k cash grants + access to facilities (Dundee) and support for registered companies from the creative industries to collaborate on building the next generation of real-time production workflows
- CoSTAR Screen Lab: Spatial Audio in Virtual Production – 19 August
Up to £35k + access to facilities (Belfast) and support for registered companies from the creative industries to explore innovative applications of spatial audio in virtual production
- The Globe Theatre: Climate Playwriting Prize – 1 September
£15k cash prize + dramaturgical support and industry exposure to develop a play that creatively responds to environmental change
- The Place: Stomping Ground Callout – 3 September
£20k commission + development support and touring opportunity for dance artists or movement practitioners to create a short solo or duet for young audiences
- Creative Scotland: Access to Music Making – 9 September
£1k to £40k grants for freelancers and organisations creating and delivering high-quality music making projects to children and young people across Scotland
- The British Academy: SHAPE Involve and Engage – 15 September
Up to £8k for academic researchers delivering innovative public engagement projects in partnership with a gallery, archive, library, museum, or a performing arts organisation - Creative Scotland: Touring Fund for Theatre and Dance – 30 September
A £2M funding pot is available to support professional theatre and dance productions of varying scales to tour across Scotland
Rolling Funds
Opportunities
- Kinfolk Families: Artist Development Programme for Parents & Carers – 2 August
Three-week online development programme for artists who are parents or carers; £330 honorarium
- National Theatre of Scotland: New Sauce Scratch Night – 5 August
Opportunity for artists of South Asian heritage to showcase new work; £450 fee + support
- Shaper/Caper: Production & Stage Managers – 7 August
Recruiting several roles to support the delivery of Within this Dust mini-tour and Paper Moon residency; £720 - £750 per week depending on role
- White & Givan: Dancers Connected – 12 August
Call out for freelance contemporary dancers based in the Aberdeen area to test new place-based training model; £631 fee per week
- Citizens Theatre: Young Co Director – 13 August
Fixed term, freelance role to develop and direct the project’s next production with young adults aged 18-23; £5,400 fee
- North East Arts Touring: Spring 2027 – 16 August
Open call for small-scale productions touring between February and May 2027
- Creative Glasgow: Freelance Researcher Opportunity – 17 August
Design and deliver online surveys and group interviews to help CG better understand their membership community; 6 days at £400/day
- OutPost Arts: Creating Spaces Northwest Dumfries – 17 August
Recruiting 4x Embedded Lead Artists (£22,500 fee) and 1x Trail Mapper (£10,500 fee) on a freelance basis for new, socially-engaged project
- Glasgow Film Festival: New Talent Mentorship Scheme – 19 August
Six-month programme for emerging professionals in film, high-end TV, or animation
- Red Note Ensemble: Noisy Nights Call for Scores – 26 August
Informal concert opportunity for emerging artists and composers to have their music performed in front of an audience
Events
- Neuk Glasgow Creative Drop-in – 9 August, Glasgow
Neuk Collective’s first meetup in Glasgow for all neurodivergent artists of any discipline
- Momentum – 10-29 August, Edinburgh
Opportunity for Scotland-based artists and arts organisations to meet and network with international delegates attending Edinburgh’s festivals
- Summerhall Arts Surgeries – 11 & 18 August, Edinburgh
Across two events during the Fringe, eight artists and collectives will share short excerpts of unfinished, in-progress performance
- New Music Scotland 2026 Gathering and Celebration – 28-29 August, Glasgow
Talks, panel discussions, hosted break-out groups, and practical workshops connecting peers from the new music sector
- The Big Thing – 9-11 September, Llandudno
Annual gathering for the Immersive Arts community to come together, connect, and get inspired
- Sonica 2026 – 24 September until 4 October, Glasgow
Cryptic’s flagship biennale festival of audiovisual art, visionary performances, installations, and immersive experiences
Published on 30 July 2026
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