Festivals and competitions
Reach audiences, performers and participants for your festival or competition
Publish your programme, concerts, masterclasses, entry calls and results on the specialist Music8 platforms where your audiences and applicants already look.
Festivals and Competitions Partnership — £480 / HK$4,880 per year, plus VAT or local taxes where applicable. One named festival or competition and its annual edition or programme over 12 months.
Why festivals and competitions use Music8
- Present the whole programme together under one festival or competition identity
- Give each concert, masterclass or workshop its own discoverable listing
- Announce entry calls, application deadlines, finalists and results
- Keep an enduring organisational LivePage that carries over from one edition to the next
Festivals and Competitions Partnership
Your team publishes; Music8 provides the platforms and support
£480 / HK$4,880 per year
- One named festival or competition and its annual edition or programme for 12 months
- Initial onboarding and an enhanced organisational LivePage
- Music8 Partner designation for that festival or competition
- Self-service publishing through Music8 Console: news, concerts and events, entry calls, deadlines, opportunities and results
- Links to your own ticketing and application pages
- Placement on CHORALLY, MUSIC:ED or ArtsCSR where the content is relevant
Covers one named festival or competition, not an organiser’s wider portfolio. Console user allowance follows the standard Partner arrangement. Prices exclude VAT or local taxes where applicable.
How it might look
Illustrative programme examples
A choral festival
A week-long choral festival lists each evening concert, a conducting masterclass and community workshops individually on CHORALLY, with booking links to its own box office and a news post announcing the line-up.
A competition
A young musicians’ competition publishes its entry call and deadline on MUSIC:ED, linking to its application site, then shares the finalists and results on the same LivePage later in the year.
The screenshot shows a genuine public listing on CHORALLY, included simply to illustrate how a festival can appear on the platform. It is not an endorsement and does not indicate a paid partnership.
Three simple steps
- 1
Set up your profile
We help you create the LivePage for your festival or competition and give your team Console access.
- 2
Publish your programme and news
Add concerts, masterclasses, entry calls and announcements, each linking to your own booking or application pages.
- 3
Keep it current
Update deadlines, share finalists and results, and carry your profile forward to the next edition.
Choose the right option
Single managed listing
£150 + VAT
One specific event or opportunity, published by Music8. Not a full multi-event campaign.
Festivals and Competitions Partnership
£480 / HK$4,880 per year
One named festival or competition publishing its annual programme itself.
Managed campaign
By quotation
Writing, features, featured placement or newsletter and social promotion handled by Music8.
| Option | Price | Best for |
|---|---|---|
| Single managed listing | £150 + VAT | One specific event or opportunity, published by Music8. Not a full multi-event campaign. |
| Festivals and Competitions Partnership | £480 / HK$4,880 per year | One named festival or competition publishing its annual programme itself. |
| Managed campaign | By quotation | Writing, features, featured placement or newsletter and social promotion handled by Music8. |
Running several festivals or a year-round programme? Music8 Partner (£960 per year) covers a broader organisation, and managed partnerships add support from our team.
Prices exclude VAT where applicable.
Questions
Can we list multiple concerts?
Yes. Every concert, masterclass, workshop and event in the named festival’s annual programme can have its own listing.
Does it work for competitions?
Yes. You can publish the entry call, application deadline, rules and repertoire links, then announce finalists and results.
What does the 12 months cover?
Twelve months from the start of your partnership, covering that year’s edition or programme and the announcements around it.
We run several festivals or brands. Is one partnership enough?
The partnership covers one named festival or competition. Organisers with several festivals, or year-round institutions, should look at Music8 Partner or managed support.
Is this self-service or managed?
Self-service: your team publishes through Console. Writing, managed campaigns, commissioned features, featured placements and newsletter or social promotion are available separately by quotation.
Which Music8 platforms will we appear on?
Where your content fits: CHORALLY for choral activity, MUSIC:ED for education and training, ArtsCSR for sponsorship, philanthropy and social impact. Not everything appears everywhere.
Do you sell tickets or manage applications?
No. Listings link to your own ticketing or application site. Music8 is not ticketing or competition administration software.
Is editorial coverage included?
Publishing follows normal moderation and editorial relevance. Interviews, features and endorsement are not included or guaranteed, and we can’t promise particular traffic, reach or ticket sales.
Start with this year’s edition
Tell us about your festival or competition and we’ll help you get the programme online.
Contact
For partnership, press and general enquiries.
hello@music8.group