Come on down. The entrance to the Bunker Ulmenwall in Bielefeld Photo credit: Heiko Tobien/ Creative Commons

The German Federal Government provides direct funding to small music venues under a scheme called APPLAUS, now in its fifth year. Other governments take note. APPLAUS will distribute EUR1.8m of awards to 86 venues. The scheme received almost 320 applications.

Prof. Dieter Gorny, chairman of the supervisory board of Initiative Musik, was chair of the APPLAUS jury this year. He has said:

“One of the goals of the Initiative Musik is to preserve and nurture artistic creativity throughout Germany for musicians from pop to jazz in a wide variety of musical genres. The APPLAUS awards are an important part of our promotional instruments, because especially the small and medium-sized clubs are cultural venues that have a radiance in all musical scenes. We would like to thank the Minister of State for Culture and Parliament, who have made it possible for us this year to be able to award more than 80 awards for outstanding programme work at APPLAUS 2017.” 

The jury had significant figures from the German Jazz Scene such as Reiner Michalke, programme emanager at the Stadtgarten in Cologne and pianist Julia Huelsmann.

AWARDS BY CATEGORY

CATEGORY I

‘Venues that have offered an outstanding cultural programme with at least 104 concerts per year in 2016 will receive a certificate and EUR 40,000 in funding.’

B FLAT – ACOUSTIC MUSIC & JAZZCLUB, Berlin
DOMICIL, Dortmund
DONAU115, Berlin
FREUNDLICH+KOMPETENT, Hamburg
JAZZCLUB TONNE, Dresden
JAZZKELLER FRANKFURT, Frankfurt am Main
JAZZKELLER KREFELD, Krefeld
KNUST, Hamburg
KULTURZENTRUM E-WERK, Erlangen
KULTURZENTRUM E-WERK, Hamburg
MOTORSCHIFF STUBNITZ,, Rostock / Hamburg
MUSEUMSKELLER, Erfurt
MUSIK & FRIEDEN, Berlin
MUSIKBUNKER AACHEN, Aachen
NOCH BESSER LEBEN, Leipzig
OBJEKT 5, Halle-Saale
SCHLACHTHOF WIESBADEN,Wiesbaden
SCHOKOLADEN, Berlin
SO 36, Berlin
SONIC BALLROOM, Cologne
THEATRE STITCHES, Kassel
UNTERFAHRT, Munich
ZIG ZAG JAZZ CLUB, Berlin

CATEGORY II

‘Venues that have offered an outstanding cultural programme with at least 52 concerts per year in 2016 will receive a certificate and EUR 20,000 in funding.’

ALTE MÄLZEREI, Regensburg
BIRDLAND JAZZ CLUB, Neuburg
BROTFABRIK, Frankfurt am Main
BUNKER ULMENWALL, Bielefeld
CASSIOPEIA, Berlin
CLUB BAHNHOF EHRENFELD, Cologne
CLUB BASTION, Kirchheim unter Teck
CLUB STEREO, Nuremberg
FRANZ MEHLHOSE, Erfurt
FZW, Dortmund
GOLDGRUBE, Kassel
GRETCHEN, Berlin
HAFEN 2, Offenbach
HÄKKEN, Hamburg
HELGAS STADTPALAST, Rostock
HORNS ERBEN, Leipzig
IMPORT EXPORT, Munich
JAZZ CLUB HANNOVER, Hanover
JAZZ-SCHMIEDE, Düsseldorf
KULTURPALAST LINDEN, Hanover
KULTURZENTRUM LAGERHAUS, Bremen
MENSCHENZOO, Hamburg
MUSIKZENTRALE, Nuremberg
PAPP, Bremen
PETER WEISS HAUS, Rostock
SALON DE JAZZ, Cologne
SENDESAAL, Bremen
SUBSTANZ, Osnabrück
UT CONNEWITZ, Leipzig
WAGNER e. V., Jena
WESTGERMANY AKA NORTHEUROPE, Berlin
ZWISCHENBAU, Rostock

A bouquet of flowers adorning the stage at JazzForum Bayreuth

CATEGORY III

‘Venues and organisers of live music programmes, which in 2016 held at least 10 live music events within fixed programme series, will receive a certificate and EUR 7,500 in funding.’

AMSTART, Berlin
BIEGUNGEN IM AUSLAND, Berlin
CLUB MANUFAKTUR, Schorndorf
CLUB W71, Weikersheim
DUMONT, Aachen
EMIL ZITTAU, Zittau
FEINKOST LAMPE, Hanover
FRAU KORTE, Erfurt
ILMENAU JAZZT, Ilmenau
IN SITU ART SOCIETY, Bonn
JAZZ AM BAHNHOF, Kalchreuth
JAZZ FEDERATION HAMBURG e. V., Hamburg
JAZZ IM PARADIES, Jena
JAZZ LIVE IM SPEICHER, Leet
JAZZ+ IN DER SEIDLVILLA, Munich
JAZZZCLUB VILLINGEN e. V., Villingen-Schwenningen
JAZZFORUM, Bayreuth
JAZZGAP, Garmisch-Partenkirchen,
JAZZKELLER 69, Berlin
JAZZRAUM, Hamburg
JUNGES LOFT, Cologne
LAGERFEUER DELUXE, Cologne
LOCH, Wuppertal
LOKAL HARMONIE, Duisburg
OFFENE OHREN e.V., Munich
PEPPI GUGGENHEIM, Berlin
PLATTFORM NICHT DOKUMENTIERBARER EREIGNISSE, Cologne
SEPP MAIERS 2RAUMWOHNUNG, Berlin
URBAN URTYP, Bochum
WENDLANDJAZZZ, Damnatz
ZOGLAU3 RAUM FÜR MUSIK, Taubenbach / Reut