Fair Pop Fund Launched at ESNS 2026

📢 During ESNS, the Fair Pop Fund was launched!

An important milestone in the route to Fair Pay for pop acts. This fund grew out of the FairPACCT chain table Pop Musicians. Read more about the fund and what it aims to do below.

The purpose of the Fair Pop Fund is to raise funds and distribute them to pop acts as a supplement to their gage to Fair Pay. In doing so, it jumps into the gap between musicians and pop venues to make Fair Pay possible.

Thanks in part to Fonds Podiumkunsten, over €2 million is already available for four years. In addition, the fund is busy raising public and private funds. Interested in contributing to this? Contact the board (or send us a message).

The fund is an independent, non-profit foundation with a board consisting of:
Rita Zipora, on behalf of BAM! Pop authors
Jolanda Beyer, on behalf of Vereniging Nederlandse Poppodia en -Festivals
Will Maas, on behalf of Kunstenbond/Ntb
Martijn Munk, on behalf of MMF (Music Managers Forum)
Peter Kwint, chairman (announced during ESNS, was a member of the House of Representatives)

Starting May 1, 2026, the Fair Pop Fund will present itself online; the application window will open retroactively on July 1, 2026. For up-to-date information, keep an eye on the channels of concerned parties.