Sound-Tech mentorship @ live events

a progression to mastery with our apprenticeship micro-grants.


The Victoria Arts Promotion and Presentation Society (VAPPS) with support from the City of Victoria’s Music Strategy Fund, is launching a new initiative aimed at training new sound technicians and increasing sound literacy in our arts community. 

The goal is to incorporate mentorship and training opportunities into existing community events. A series of micro-grants will be provided to compensate experienced technicians for their time, while also reducing the overall cost for event presenters who host training opportunities.

Each grant will be up to $400, and 50% of that money will go to paying the technician running the mentorship, and the other 50% will go to support the event presenter hosting the training. 

We are especially trying to support:

  • Young techs.
  • All ages events
  • Events in new or underutilized spaces.
  • Situations where training will increase the sustainability of events long term.

The application process is handled via an application system on our flagship event and resource directory: LiveVictoria.com. The tech providing the training requests funding and a jury of local technicians and event presenters will adjudicate and allocate funds on a rolling basis until funds run out. 

How to Get Involved

The process is different depeing on your role, so we've split this into 3 categories, choose the one that represents your situation best.

Senior Tech

I'm an experienced sound technician looking to receive funds for training an apprentice. 

How to Apply

Junior Tech

I'm looking to receive training and mentorship

Get Training

Event Presenter

I'm an event presenter interested in hosting trainings at my event(s)

Get Involved