DKK 5,000 to 12,000 to market or develop a show, and up to 5,000 for a mentor, from a Danish union fund open to non-members
If you work in circus, music or the stage in Denmark, this fund pays for the work around a show: press, booking, a video, a mentor. It's run by Dansk Artist Forbund, the Danish artists' union, and you don't need to be a member to apply.
This round closes on Sunday 1 November 2026 at 12:00.
Grants are typically DKK 5,000 to 12,000. There are three tracks: social media, marketing and booking; developing a show, project or concert, new or already running; and mentorship, capped at DKK 5,000, to try a new collaboration or work with a mentor.
Concretely, the money pays for work, not for buying equipment or hardware.
The fund names circus next to music, stage arts and entertainment, for performers and for the people who create the work. Most of the money is rights money that musicians earn when their recordings play on radio and TV, the union says. A smaller share comes from circus.
Answers come by email about a month after the deadline. Refusals come without reasons.
- ·Individuals, groups, bands and companies working in music and stage arts, circus included. Membership of Dansk Artist Forbund is not required.
- ·You apply as a person with your CPR number, Denmark's personal identification number, or as a company with its CVR number, the Danish company registration number. In practice, that means people and companies registered in Denmark.
- ·One application per round, and one application per project.
- ·The union says it encourages diversity in gender, genre, ethnicity, age and background.