The Festival of Early Music in Basel - which will receive CHF 220,000 from the Swisslos fund in 2013 - was held for the first time in 2011 under the theme "Autumn of the Middle Ages", directed by Peter Reidemeister, the former director of the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis, and the entrepreneur Renato D. Pessi, who co-initiated the Les Muséiques festival in Basel.

The cantonal government has allocated a total of CHF 350,000 from the Swisslos fund. The Basel-Stadt Senior Citizens' Conference (special presentation "Growing older - staying active" at MUBA 2013, CHF 60,000), Top Event GmbH Pratteln (24th Top Volley International, CHF 40,000), Theater Arlecchino Basel (theater production Die Schöön und s Biescht, CHF 20,000) and Ultimo, Artists & Eventmanagement, Steffisburg (Night of Faith - Festival for Art and Church, CHF 10,000) will also be considered.