Germany increasingly promotes pop, rock and jazz
From 2017, the German Bundestag will provide an additional 8.2 million euros in funding for rock, pop and jazz music in Germany. The aim of the package of measures is to expand, consolidate and supplement the content of existing relevant structural projects.
During the grand coalition's deliberations on the 2017 federal budget two weeks ago, it was decided to make an additional 660 million euros available for cultural funding. In addition to the Initiative Musik and the jazzahead! trade fair, the new package of measures for music will also strengthen the Reeperbahn Festival in Hamburg, c/o pop in Cologne, Musicboard Berlin and the German Rock Music Foundation.
According to its Secretary General Christian Höppner, the German Music Council welcomes the decision, which promises a sustainable strengthening of funding structures. The additional funding strengthens the diversity of rock, pop and jazz music in Germany and provides a good basis for advocating better conditions for freelance musicians in the future, Höppner continued.
