Current events

On September 15 and 16, 2025, Barcelona will host the 2nd Ibero-American Forum INSPIRA: Music, Origins, Diversity, and Feminism, organized by the MIM (Women of the Music Industry) association with the support of PROMUSICAE. This forum seeks to become a space for dialogue, training, and collaboration focused on raising the profile of women and gender diversity in the Ibero-American music industry.

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According to the report “Festivals: New Cultural Engine” prepared by LIN3S, music and cultural festivals in Spain are transforming the sector as a vector of economic growth and international visibility, and opening up new avenues for leadership in tourism, culture, and branding.

The Andalusian Ministry of Culture and Sport, through the Andalusian Agency for Cultural Institutions, has approved €2 million in grants for 2025, which will benefit 74 theater, music, dance, circus, and other performing arts initiatives.

This Monday, July 28, 2025, the Vice President of the Government and Minister of Labor, Yolanda Díaz, together with the Minister of Culture, unveiled a proposed Royal Decree that introduces key measures to protect minors, control the use of generative artificial intelligence, and guarantee the position of a privacy coordinator in cultural productions.

More than 30 musicians—including Álex Ubago, Rozalén, Sole Giménez, and Marta Santos—have joined the Stay True to the Act campaign, calling for the EU’s Artificial Intelligence Act, passed in 2024, to remain steadfast in protecting copyright.

The Spanish capital hosts the first WMN Sessions, an innovative creative program that will bring together female composers, producers and sound engineers from September 22 to 24 at The Music Station, headquarters of Warner Music Spain, with the aim of promoting gender equality in the music industry.

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.