Perform Europe Funds European Touring Projects 2024 - 2025
Perform Europe is a funding scheme for the European performing arts sector to support inclusive, diverse and green touring projects in the theatre, dance, performance, circus, outdoor arts, and puppetry sectors (live music is excluded).
Perform Europe funds performing arts collaborations and partnership projects in Creative Europe countries which reinvent the way projects tour across countries. After a highly successful pilot project (2020-2022), Perform Europe will continue to put emphasis on exploring how cross-border touring can be made fairer, greener, and more inclusive.
This call will fund creative partnerships with impactful ideas that can generate real change. Applications should focus on at least one or both of the Perform Europe priorities: 1) Inclusion and diversity 2) Fight against climate change. In addition to addressing one or both of these priorities, Perform Europe proposals should aim for quality and innovation, and be built on fair principles.
Perform Europe Information Webinars
From December until 31st March 2024, Perform Europe will organise several information events regarding the open call.
- Perform Europe Help Desk Sessions in 2024
- Perform Europe: Toolkit Session, 15th December at 9am Irish time - register here. Perform Europe and its partner IDEA Consult are hosting a dedicated session to introduce a range of tools aimed at facilitating matchmaking and development of proposals. The session will include presentations on the Perform Europe Open Call, the Matchmaking Tool, followed by an in-depth exploration of the Perform Europe Toolkit in a speed-date format. Participants will engage in (small) group discussions, creating opportunities for networking.
Perform Europe Funding Timeline
- 1st December 2023: Launch of open call
- 31st March 2024 23:59 CEST: Deadline for submitting applications
- 3rd June 2024: Announcement of selected partnerships
- 1st July 2024: Start of partnership projects
- 30th November 2025: end of partnership projects
Perform Europe | Useful Links + Resources
- Download Perform Europe Open Call Guidelines
- Applications will be processed by Perform Europe
- Create an account on the Perform Europe platform here to start your application.
- Perform Europe Toolkit for building partnerships and designing your proposal
- PDF of Perform Europe digital application form
- Perform Europe Budget form
- FAQ for all your questions
- Resources for inspiration and research
- The Matchmaking platform for finding partners - create a Perform Europe account to access.
Perform Europe is co-funded by Creative Europe and implemented by IETM International network for contemporary performing arts, European Festivals Association (EFA), EDN European Dance Development Network, Circostrada Network, Pearle Live Performance Europe, and IDEA Consult.