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With an investment of more than €79 million, the Ministry of Culture has presented the Cultural Rights Plan, a participatory roadmap with 146 measures to guarantee equal access to culture and consolidate it as a fundamental right. The plan seeks to democratize cultural life and address contemporary challenges such as equality, sustainability, and health from a transformative perspective.

MIDiA Research’s latest report, titled MIDiA Research 2025–2032 Global Music Forecasts | Recalibration, reveals how the music industry is heading into a new era of global, economic, and technological restructuring.

The next edition will be held from March 19th to 21st in Marseille. You can access the call for applications until July 19th.

The Ministry of Culture, through the INAEM (National Institute of Statistics and Geography), will open the application period on July 3 for direct aid of up to €25,000 per beneficiary, intended to compensate for operating expenses resulting from the damage caused by the DANA (Dana), which occurred on October 29. The total budget is one million euros.

Since Saturday, June 28, 2025, the European Accessibility Act requires that products and services—including live music—be adapted for people with disabilities, opening up new opportunities for the industry and posing structural adaptation challenges.

The next edition will take place in Naples from November 27th to 29th. You can access the call for entries until July 15th.

The 2025 summer campaign is driving up job demand in the festival sector: companies like Randstad will manage more than 2,000 vacancies in Spain, especially in catering, customer service, and logistics.

The British government has unveiled a music growth package worth up to £30 million as part of its new Creative Industries Sector Plan. This initiative seeks to optimize support for artists, venues, and streaming professionals, with the aim of strengthening both domestic talent and the United Kingdom’s international cultural leadership.

The next date is Thursday, July 10th at 12 noon.

According to data from the Ministry of Culture and Sport, this increase represents 3.6% of total employment in the country, consolidating the sector’s recovery after the health crisis. In 2019, cultural employment stood at 710,000 workers, while in 2024 the figure has reached 771,000, thus surpassing pre-pandemic levels.