Arctic Music Circles

Programme 2021 - 2027 Interreg VI-A Sweden-Finland-Norway (AURORA)

Date of latest update: 2025-10-17

Description

Description (EN):

The Arctic Music Circles project aims to engender new forms of music collaboration, visibility and branding as well as and lasting structures for the needs of Arctic music sector. The core of the project is in rotative working methods to establish genuine, in-depth collaboration between the project partners and stakeholders in the field of music in Interreg Aurora program area to develop the regions creative industries together in an enduring network of music producers and organizers. Arctic Music Circles consists of three work packages: WP1 Arctic Music Network for enhancing the collaboration in Arctic music sector across the borders, WP2 World Music of Arctic Europe for highlighting Sámi and linguistic minority groups music with talent and repertoire development in the field of world music, and WP3 Branding the Arctic Pulse for building a common cultural brand for the need of Arctic music marketing and promotion. Besides forming a basis of networking with conference meetings and working groups, the project concentrates largely in co-creating together. One of the goals is to construct a three-level tour and concert support model, which adds more support in the first year of collaboration and reduces thus the risk in testing new ideas. We lead the artists, producers and organizers to a dialogue and facilitate new forms of artistic processes and productional collaboration with training opportunities, curated music programs and selected tour and concert experiences. To weave the story of Arctic music in one fabric, we cultivate the brand of Arctic Pulse further and establish a shared marketing concept for Northern music, under which all project activities are communicated. As a project outcome, Arctic Music Circles presents a permanent framework for music collaboration in the Arctic European area.

Expected Achievements (EN):

Arctic Music Circles aims to create circulating operations and organizational collaboration models for Arctic European music field in three partnering countries Sweden, Finland and Norway, including Sápmi area. Quoting from the idea of circular economy, the project is planned on circulating our existing resources, to create sustainable culture collaboration and generate new artistic and productional value in music through the program area of Interreg Aurora. The project establishes conditions for long-term exchange in the music sector, targeting the grassroot level of music organizers and producers. The work packages and activities are itinerant and rotative among the whole project area: they are based on good, benchmarked practices and put to test in cross-border collaboration. As the result, the project develops permanent collaboration in the Arctic music field, sustaining a more attractive region and a full circle of Arctic music.

Website: https://www.interregaurora.eu

Thematic information

Regional planning and development Education and training Agriculture and fisheries and forestry

Priority: (VI-A_S-FI-N_3) Education, culture and sustainable tourism

Priority specific objective: RSO4.6. Enhancing the role of culture and sustainable tourism in economic development, social inclusion and social innovation

Priority policy objective (Interreg specific objective): PO4 A more social and inclusive Europe implementing the European Pillar of Social Rights

Type of intervention: 166 Protection, development and promotion of cultural heritage and cultural services

Partners (7)

Lead Partner: TROMS FYLKESKOMMUNE

Partner’s ID if not PIC: 930068128

Address: Postboks 6600, 9296 TROMSØ, Norway

Legal status: n/a

Organisation type: N.a.

Total budget: EUR 236 000.00

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 118 000.00

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 50.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 118 000.00

Lead Partner: REGION NORRBOTTEN

Partner’s ID if not PIC: 2321000230

Address: SKEPPSBROGATAN 17 KULTURENS HUS, 972 31 LULEÅ, Sweden

Legal status: public

Organisation type: N.a.

Total budget: EUR 482 000.00

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 313 300.00

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 65.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 168 700.00

STIFTELSEN NORDNORSK JAZZSENTER

Name: STIFTELSEN NORDNORSK JAZZSENTER

Partner’s ID if not PIC: 980445895

Address: Tolder Holmers vei 4, 8003 BODØ, Norway

Legal status: n/a

Organisation type: N.a.

Total budget: EUR 61 000.00

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 30 500.00

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 50.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 30 500.00

Oulun kaupunki

Name: Oulun kaupunki

Partner’s ID if not PIC: 0187690-1

Address: PL 22, 90015 Oulun kaupunki, Finland

Legal status: n/a

Organisation type: N.a.

Total budget: EUR 321 999.00

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 209 299.00

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 65.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 112 700.00

NorrlandsOperan Aktiebolag

Name: NorrlandsOperan Aktiebolag

Partner’s ID if not PIC: 5565296190

Address: Operaplan 5, 903 29 UMEÅ, Sweden

Legal status: public

Organisation type: N.a.

Total budget: EUR 309 000.00

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 200 850.00

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 65.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 108 150.00

NORDLAND FYLKESKOMMUNE

Name: NORDLAND FYLKESKOMMUNE

Partner’s ID if not PIC: 964982953

Address: Fylkeshuset, 8048 Bodø, Norway

Legal status: n/a

Organisation type: N.a.

Total budget: EUR 253 000.00

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 126 500.00

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 50.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 126 500.00

Ab Yrkeshögskolan vid Åbo Akademi

Name: Ab Yrkeshögskolan vid Åbo Akademi

Partner’s ID if not PIC: 2059910-2

Address: Köpmansgatan 10, FI-68600 Jakobstad, Finland

Legal status: n/a

Organisation type: N.a.

Total budget: EUR 297 001.00

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 193 051.00

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 65.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 103 950.00

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STIFTELSEN NORDNORSK JAZZSENTER

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REGION NORRBOTTEN

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City of Oulu

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NorrlandsOperan Aktiebolag

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NORDLAND FYLKESKOMMUNE

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Ab Yrkeshögskolan vid Åbo Akademi

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Summary

Project name (EN): Arctic Music Circles

Project acronym: 20361795.0

Project ID: 20361795.0

Project start date: 2023-09-01

Project end date: 2026-08-31

Project status: ongoing

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 1 410 000.00

Total EU funding (amount): EUR 916 500.00

Total EU funding (co-financing rate): 65.00%

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Deliverables:

Sverige, LULEÅ, SKEPPSBROGATAN 17 KULTURENS HUS, 972 31

Programme Output Indicator:

ISO003 - Number of common actions promoting exchanges between professional actors, Measurement unit: actions

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2021 - 2027 Interreg VI-A Sweden-Finland-Norway (AURORA)

Last month that data in keep.eu was retrieved from the Programme's website or received from the Programme

2025-10-17

No. of projects in keep.eu / Total no. of projects (% of projects in keep.eu)

146 / 146 (100%)

No. of project partnerships in keep.eu / Total no. of project partnerships (% of project partnerships in keep.eu)

582 / 582 (100%)

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