Open Calls for Audio

Victoria 🇨🇦
Open call for performances of ambient and electronic music for their festivals Wonderment (outdoors, summer) and NeuzTec (indoors, fall)
gcems.ca

Montreal 🇨🇦
Open Call: seeking research presentations, lightning talks, artistic reports, musical excerpts or performances, panel sessions, tutorials, or workshops in either English or French. Deadline is January 15th, full details and submission form here: timbreconference.org/timbre2026-c...

SUBMISSIONS - Electric Eclectics Festival Submissions for the 2026 Electric Eclectics Festival (July 31-Aug. 2, 2026) are now open.  From now until 11:59 PM EST on January 15th, 2026, submissions are open! We are accepting submissions from mu...

Meaford 🇨🇦
Call for Performances: submissions to Electric Eclectics Festival 2026 are now open! Go to the submissions page on the their website and fill out the form, deadline January 15th
electric-eclectics.com/play-ee/
@electriceclectics.bsky.social

Berlin 🇩🇪
Open Call: Radio Art 106 runs on a voluntary basis and seeks sound art pieces to broadcast throughout 2026. For further details contact: radioart106@gmail.com

Dallas 🇺🇸
Call for Sound Explorations: New Media Contemporary invites artists working in experimental audio to submit compositions, performances, and installations that demonstrate technical excellence and conceptual rigor across diverse approaches. Deadline is January 11th
newmediacontemporary.com

Bristol 🇬🇧
Ginkgo Projects invites a sound-based artist to take part in a residency to design and develop a permanent artwork as part of the redevelopment of 40–46 Albert Road, deadline January 14th
www.ginkgoprojects.co.uk/opportunities
#artistinresidence #soundinstallation #audioart

Call for Artists - Building Together III: SoundStrike - Currently Arts Society Currently Arts Society (CAS) presents the third edition of our self-made instrument workshop series: “Building Together III: SoundStrike.” We are accepting applications from artists across disciplines...

Vancouver 🇨🇦
Call for Participants: design and build a percussion sound sculpture, instrument, or sound object with the support and mentorship of sound artists and instrument builders Roxanne Nesbitt and Anju Singh. Deadline to apply is December 8th.
currentlyarts.org/call-for-art...

Radiophrenia 2026 Open Call – now open for submissions.
We are pleased to announce that Radiophrenia will be returning to the airwaves in September 2026. You can find details of our new open call for radio works and how to submit in the link below.
submissions.radiophrenia.scot

Call for Projects 2026 | MUTEK Montréal The call for projects for the 27th edition of the MUTEK Montréal Festival, taking place from August 25 to 30, 2026, is now open.

Montreal 🇨🇦
Call for Projects: MUTEK invites digital artists, electronic musicians, and audiovisual performers based in Canada to submit projects for presentation at their 27th edition in August 2026. Deadline January 31st
montreal.mutek.org/en/news/call...
@mutek.bsky.social

Edmonton 🇨🇦
New Music Edmonton is inviting emerging experimental music and sound artists residing in the region to submit proposals for performances to take place during their 15th Now Hear This Festival in June 2026, deadline for proposals is November 30th:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Melbourne 🇦🇺
Melbourne Electronic Sound Studio seeks Communications & Membership Lead to develop strategic campaigns, manage social media, and expand engagement with our community. Applications close October 26th.⁠ Full position description and application details here: mess.foundation/jobs

Barcelona 🇪🇸
Workshop & Masterclass with Francisco López on October 18th at Störung Studios, discussing topics like experimental audio, environmental sound matter, and immersive listening. Seats are limited: info@storung.com

We need your voice now to support arts and culture in Canada!

Please send a letter through our campaign. We need all who care about culture - business leaders, students, artists, audiences, everyone - to submit a letter before Sept 15. canadianartscoalition.com/campaign-for-culture-2025/

Calgary 🇨🇦
Call for Submissions: Particle + Wave Festival seeks experimental, interdisciplinary, or otherwise boundary-pushing media art, especially work that explores artificial intelligence and the future of technology and art. Deadline to submit is September 6th
emmedia.ca/get-involved...

Yellowknife 🇨🇦
Job Opportunity: Cabin Radio hiring a Podcast Producer & Field Reporter
One-year contract, lots of travel. Must be a great interviewer, a good audio editor, ready to meet lots of people, and interested in justice in northern communities
cabinradio.ca/jobs

Milan 🇮🇹
Open Call: SISS seeking emerging talents in audiovisual art, artists under 35 years old can submit their original work to be considered for a project dedicated to sonic and performative experimentation. Deadline to submit is August 31st: sissproject.eu/call-for-wor...

Belfast 🇮🇪
Job Opportunity: Music Outreach and Engagement Officer at Queen's University Belfast, working with SARC and Sonorities Festival. This is a part-time post, working 3 days per week. Application closing date is September 1st hrwebapp.qub.ac.uk/tlive_webrec...

Łódź 🇵🇱
Call for Abstracts: conference in 2026 to mark 100 years of radio in Poland, open to anyone interested in radio—past, present, or future. Deadline to submit is January 15th: forms.office.com/e/CsEEgKBCGc

Los Angeles 🇺🇸
Call for Works: Experiments in Electronic Sound Festival is taking place at CalArts from September 25th–27th at the Herb Alpert School of music. Deadline to submit is August 10th
forms.gle/CGjrzYu1jdtz...

Leeds 🇬🇧
Call for Participation: Synthesizer Research Network one-day symposium event at University of Leeds seeks paper presentations and performance demonstrations, deadline for submissions is July 31st
synthresearch.org/symposium/

We’re very proud to be supporting a brand new call, Echoes for Palestine, which is a global sonic compilation album in solidarity with and raising vital funds for Palestine 🇵🇸

We’re inviting artists to contribute to an act of listening, resistance & remembrance: citiesandmemory.com/2025/06/echo...

Östra Hoby 🇸🇪
Open Call: Schhh Artist Residency this autumn for composers and sound artists working with live electronics, fixed media, sound art, or experimental music. Deadline to apply is July 6th
schhh.se/event/open-c...
#opencall #soundartresidency #electroacousticmusic

Zürich 🇨🇭
Open Call: the Institute for Computer Music and Sound Technology invites applications for its 2026 residency programme in: Spatial Synthesis, Algorithmic Composition, Moving Loudspeakers, Dance & Generative AI, and Wave Field Synthesis. Deadline to apply is September 1st:
zhdk.ch/icst-air

Bethlehem 🇵🇸
Call for Applications: annual artist-in-residence program to engage with the landscape and culture through creative practice, fostering grassroots connections that challenge commercial and neo-colonial frameworks. Deadline to apply is July 1st:
forms.gle/YEdfpDTUzGUm...

Paris 🇫🇷
Call for Proposals & Works: the Electroacoustic Music Studies conference seeks to explore how advances in technology, urban studies, ecology, intercultural theory, and creative methodologies are reshaping the field. Deadline has been extended until June 12th
ems25.sciencesconf.org

Porto 🇵🇹
Call for Abstracts: Explorations on Sound & New Media Art Conference on the theme ‘Urgencies’ will delve into the intersections between sonic agency, conflicts, listening, care, and resistance. Deadline to submit is July 31st.
artes.porto.ucp.pt/en/art-cente...
@kode9.bsky.social

Córdoba 🇦🇷
Call for Works: La Hora Acusmática seeks electroacoustic works and experimental videos of 9 minutes or less, deadline is June 30th. Send a download link which does not expire (do not send an attachment) plus program notes, your bio, and a link to your website:
lahoraacusmatica@gmail.com

London 🇬🇧
Call for Works: Happenstance Gallery invites sound artists to submit sound works that explore the state and experience of flourishing and the spaces that enable growth and transformation to happen. Deadline to submit is June 3rd.
happenstance.gallery/submit-artwo...

Derby 🇬🇧
Job Opportunity: Derby Theatre is looking for a 'Head of Sound' to join the Production & Technical department, apply by June 16th
derbytheatre.co.uk/about-us/wor...

Chicago 🇺🇸
Call for Works: Experimental Sound Studio seeks multichannel sound compositions for the 24 loudspeaker array at Jay Pritzker Pavilion that demonstrate a consideration for the location and architecture of the system. Deadline to apply is June 13th:
ess.org