Join us for a night of creativity and community at the Trailblazers Open Mic Night, showcasing emerging musicians, poets, and performers from across the creative community in Manchester.
Whether you’re an artist looking to share your work or simply want to enjoy a creative evening, come and experience a night filled with amazing performances, inspiring storytelling, and good vibes! Creatives can sign up to perform here
Are you an artist who has either tried, or would like to try, working with improvisation in your music? Soundcheck will help define what jazz means to you.
There are 10 places up for grabs and we want to make sure everyone across the whole of Greater Manchester has a chance to apply.
We invite you to apply by filling out this short form (we’ve timed it, and think it takes about 15 minutes to complete). You will also need to upload a 3 minute video of you performing an original piece of music. Please be aware that you cannot save and return to this form or download a copy of your answers afterwards.
If you’d prefer to apply by video instead, answering the questions by speaking to a camera, that’s fine. Just film yourself answering the same questions in this form, upload the video to WeTransfer and send it to talent@manchesterjazz.com
Applications will close 15th September, 9 am.
See My World is a festival and all year round programme of Pan-African Arts, Culture & Heritage. They are currently hiring for four roles and volunteers. Links below:
As a Meme and Content Creator, you will be responsible for crafting viral content that can be leveraged across social media platforms, particularly focusing on advertising campaigns that capture the essence of the artists we represent.
The pay wont be huge to begin with, but the opportunity for progression will be!
Key Responsibilities
Requirements
Make Me A DJ are looking for an experienced DJ to join on a self-employed basis. 32 hours per week, flexible days, but some weekends required
Experience needed for role:
Click the link above or here for more details and to apply.
Commercials are full of people like you and TV/film producers want REAL PEOPLE, not posh drama school graduates. However, unless you’ve been to stage school or had some kind of formal training, it’s hard to be yourself on camera. That’s where Manchester Television Workshops comes in.
MTW take people from all walks of life and teaches them acting skills and industry secrets that gives them everything they need to get work in the industry. They are all about diversity, so classes are open to everyone.
MTW only take people into workshops who they feel have potential, and offer an introductory class completely FREE OF CHARGE – it gives you the chance to show what you can do and to see if you like what they do!
Lines open 10am-6pm, Monday to Friday
Have you an idea, a project, a band, a practice that wants to try things out? Are you an artist, a musician, a maker, a geek? Nico Ditch has the space, you have the smarts, time to make great things happen!
Click the link above for more details and to get in touch via Instagram.
Are you a young person looking to make an impact while developing professional media skills? We Belong is recruiting 5 new team members to help produce their acclaimed podcast, Migrant Moods.
If you have any questions reach out to info@webelong.org.uk
The Early Career Promoter Fund is open again for applications after a successful first year of the programme. For the latest advice see the ‘How to Make a Strong Application’ webinar with Grants & Programmes Manager Ben Price on the PRS YouTube channel here.
Early Career Promoter Fund recognises the vital role independent promoters play in supporting the talent pipeline across England, and offers grant funding and capacity building support, with the aim of bolstering the local, regional and national ecosystems.
Grants of up to £3,500 will be available to support a range of activity, including:
The fund aims to help emerging promoters to do what they do best – book and promote shows to develop scenes, support artists and DJs and to reach and engage audiences locally, regionally, and nationally, and build sustainable careers in the grassroots music sector. Those receiving support will be able to step up to book and promote talent at a scale beyond their current level, and build their capacity, skills and networks.
Managed by PRS Foundation and supported by Arts Council England and the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), the Early Career Promoter Fund also helps to address under representation, ensuring support reaches a diverse range of promoters, and proactively encourages grantees to support a diverse range of artists and music genres nationwide.
Click the link above or here to find out more.
Change 100 is a flagship programme of paid summer internships, professional development and mentoring.
Alongside your paid internship, Change 100 provides support and guidance in sharing your disability and identifying and requesting workplace adjustments.
It’s also an opportunity to develop a peer network of fellow Change 100 participants, as well as accessing a wide ranging alumni community.
Download the PDF brochure for candidates
To apply to Change 100 you must:
Still Not Sure If You’re Eligible?
If you’re still unsure if you can apply for our Change 100 internship scheme, you can find further information on eligibility criteria to help you check.
More Info on Eligibility Criteria
Applications for Change 100 2025 are now closed. Applications will reopen in September 2025.
Peshkar are seeking artists across disciplines under the age of 30 who have an interest in working in a participatory way and an interest in digital practice, although experience in these areas is not essential, this is an opportunity for you to explore, develop, learn and accelerate.
There are no limits to artform, and they are interested in anyone from theatre, dance, music, visual arts, digital arts and beyond. All you need are some big ideas and are looking to develop your practice in participatory and digital environments.
This is a rolling opportunity and prospective candidates are contacted on a roughly quarterly basis.
This opportunity is for artists who would like to explore socially engaged participatory practice, identifying key target groups in the communities of Oldham, Bolton and Blackburn to explore themes and issues that are important to society in 2025/6.
This is a 10 day paid engagement including access to mentoring to develop concepts and ideas, training, support to develop digital content to profile your work across Peshkar’s social channels, time to develop and deliver a participatory piece of work with a target group and the chance to showcase work created at Peshkar’s annual flagship event, the Young Digitals Festival 2026.
The full value of the contract to the artist is £1665.
Peshkar are actively seeking under-represented artists so would particularly welcome applications who possess protected characteristics. We are also actively seeking artists who currently reside in Greater Manchester, Pennine Lancashire or West Yorkshire (Calderdale and Kirklees).
Applications process:
To express your interest in this opportunity, please complete this form https://forms.gle/q8K2UsXWWR9KKUV68
To ask any questions about the brief, please contact steph@peshkar.co.uk
Calling all Manchester based freelance photographers, videographers, and social media creatives!
We’re currently looking to expand our freelance roster at Further Works…
We’re looking for Manchester / Salford based:
Video Editors
Photographers
Videographers
Social Media Content Creators, and Managers
Manchester is a literary city and so there are a multitude of Manchester writers’ groups. Below is a list of all the writing groups in Manchester that we’re aware of.
The groups we list here are mostly for creative writing rather than non-fiction. They cover all genres and types of creative writing: short stories, novels, novellas, screenplays, theatre and poetry. Most of them are free or have a nominal charge.
Click here to see the list of creative writing groups in Manchester.
“Helpful and supportive regular online and in-person get-togethers for podcasters from everywhere!
We’re a community of global podcasters who help each other make brilliant podcasts.
We all make podcasts as producers, editors or presenters.
Each Podcast Club meetup is a real-life podcaster FAQ asked and answered by the awesome MIC podcaster community who come from across the world.
(yep it says Manchester, that’s where we’re based – it won’t let us put EVERYWHERE!)
Our monthly events are online, and we (aim to!) host quarterly in-person meetups too, what we like to call our ‘socials’.
We also have a special podcaster guest most months to give their expert take on a chosen podcasty subject. To date, we’ve had talks from chart-topping and award-winning podcasters about shortform podcasting, rating and reviews and remote recording.
Our guests have included Arielle Nissenblatt, podcasting legend, Olly Mann, Brown Girls Do It Too podcast, Obsessed with Line of Duty podcast producers, BBC Sounds Commissioner Louise Kattenhorn, Dan Maudsley (BBC: Paradise), The VO Social podcast, Clare Freeman (ASFB Productions: Slimming World Podcast…), Kate Cocker (The Presenter Coach: Everyday Positivity), Alex Bennett (Lower Street Media, Art of Podcast), Guy Kilty (DipDap productions, BBC 5Live: The Price of Football), Sam Walker (BBC, Desert Diaries, Northern Power Women), Emma Goswell (Gaydio, Coming Out Stories), Mark Asquith (Captivate, Rebel Base Media), Amy Woods (Content x10), Ant McGinley (XS Manchester, On The Left Side).”
BTS Brunch Club is for:
✨ Anyone who is either a creative looking to connect and collab with other creatives.
✨ Event planners/Brands who are looking for BTS creators to film at their next event.
✨ Creatives who just want to meet like minded, supportive friends.
All Hear is a free monthly newsletter featuring audio opportunities with upcoming deadlines from across the industry and around the world — grants, residencies, awards, calls for pitches and events spanning journalism, podcasting, radio, audio drama, oral history, sound art and more. It’s written by Talia Augustidis in collaboration with Transom.org.
From major UK festivals to events in the US and Bali, find out how to apply to perform at a whole variety of 2025 festivals here.
HOME MCR’s programmes offer artists across all art forms a chance to develop skills, meet peers, chat about their projects or career path and everything in between.
The Grey Area is a monthly event for trans and queer writers and book lovers. Events will take place in person, in the Office Arté Util space at the Whitworth.
This is a new trans and queer writing group and book club in Manchester. The Grey Area is based in the Whitworth and we run from 6pm to 8.30pm.The idea is for writers and book lovers to get the chance to meet, share work and find like-minded people.
The Grey Area events are held on the first Thursday of the Month. These events are very collaborative and Grey will ask you what your expectations are of the session, encourage feedback and keep the group welcoming to newcomers who may join in later months.
Back2Work offer a wide range of training courses in Greater Manchester to help you get back to work within key industry sectors including Construction, Warehousing, Customer Service, Contact Centres and Hospitality.
On completion of your training, you’ll receive industry recognised qualifications and support to ensure that you progress into full-time employment opportunities within Greater Manchester, or further training to support your career goals.