How to Take Your Music Abroad? A New Practical Guide for Czech Musicians
4. 11. 2026 work in culture music industry
Planning an international tour with your band? Wondering how to approach foreign clubs and festivals, find the right contacts, or finance concerts abroad? The new practical guide Kudy vede cesta z Česka (Finding Your Way Beyond Czechia) offers practical advice, useful contacts, and firsthand experiences from musicians, managers, booking agents, and promoters.
The guide explains how to plan an international tour, choose suitable markets, connect with music industry professionals, prepare for showcase festivals, and manage touring budgets. It also covers contracts, funding opportunities, and music licensing for films, television series, and advertising. Drawing on experiences from the Czech independent music scene, it includes interviews, practical examples, and recommendations.
The guide was written by Aneta Jetmar Martínková and Marie Čtveráčková as part of the broader activities associated with CIRG’s research project Opportunities and Barriers to the Cross-Border Distribution of Czech Music. It is primarily intended for emerging musicians, bands, managers, and other music industry professionals.
Download the guide Finding Your Way Beyond Czechia for free and discover how to take your music beyond Czechia!
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CIRG – the Cultural Industries Research Group focuses on research into cultural and media industries, particularly on current issues, challenges, and conflicts arising from tensions between intellectual property law, the business models of cultural industries, the digitalization and platformization of cultural sectors, and changing consumer habits. The group’s name is an acronym of its English title, Cultural Industries Research Group. CIRG is an informal association of experts from media studies, intellectual property law, media law, media ethics, cultural economics and cultural management, sociology of culture, and data analysis. The group operates on the basis of project-based funding through applied research projects (TAČR, NAKI, EEA and Norway Grants, OP JAK Intersectoral Cooperation), basic research projects (GAČR, ZIF Bielefeld, OP VVV Excellent Research, DFG), as well as contract research (State Cinematography Fund, Association of Audiovisual Producers).
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Department of Film Studies
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