Investing in Promoters 2010-11

During 2010 - 11 Jazz Yorkshire will be investing £26,500 in a network of volunteer jazz promoters across the Yorkshire and Humber region. Jazz Yorkshire believes this network of clubs and venues offer the greatest opportunity for musicians and audiences to access high quality jazz performance. In 2008-09 the scheme enabled 1391 musicians from 328 bands to perform in the region to an audience of over 15,000 people. The scheme is possible thanks to the funding support of Arts Council England, Yorkshire.

The following promoters are being supported with awards in 2010-11

Grimsby Jazz £2,000
Huddersfield Jazz £2,000
JATP, Bradford £2,000
The Lescar, Sheffield £2,000
Scarborough Jazz £2,000
Seven Jazz, Leeds £5,000
Sheffield Jazz £5,000
The Spin Off, Leeds £1,500
Wakefield Jazz £5,000

See details for 147 promoters in the Yorkshire and Humber region [ next page ]

About the scheme

Application forms to apply to the scheme are available to download in the year. Promoters wanting to know more about the scheme are welcome to contact the Development Officer on 0870 242 7760.

The application form comes in two parts and is to be completed electronically. Examples of the application form documents 2009-10:

• Part One (.doc format 98kb)
• Part One (.rtf format 17kb)
• Part Two (.xls 90kb)
• Guidelines ( .doc format 80kb)

What do we mean by 'Voluntary Promoter'?

A voluntary promoter is a club, organisation or individual who is promoting jazz on a not-for-profit activity. Any financial surplus is put back into the club and not taken as profit.

Award Levels

Three levels of award are available. We expect our average investment to be around 20% of a club's estimated turnover for the year.

• Level 1 Up to £500 for start-up activity
• Level 2 Up to £2000
  For the maximum amount of £2,000 we would expect promoters to have an annual turnover in the region of £10,000.
• Level 3 Up to £5000
  For the maximum amount of £5,000 we would expect to see an annual turnover of £25,000 and above.