The Ministry of Culture has announced a new €1 million grant program for live music venues , aimed at improving their equipment, infrastructure, digitalization, and sustainability . The call for proposals, presented on January 14, 2026 , by Minister Ernest Urtasun in Madrid, will be managed by the Center for the Coordination of Cultural Industries and will award grants of between €8,000 and €50,000 per venue on a competitive basis.
The aim is to reinforce the role of venues as key cultural spaces , improve the audience experience, promote new business models, encourage accessibility and support emerging artists , contributing to a more diverse and decentralized music scene throughout the territory.
These grants are in addition to other initiatives already underway: the Network of Venues , endowed with 600,000 euros in 2026 to support the stable programming of at least 40 venues, and the Girando Por Salas program , focused on emerging artists, whose budget was increased to one million euros and which maintains concerts scheduled until May 2026.