SODEC — Assistance for venues

• Declaration of the applicant company
• Programming template
• Budget grid for performance venues
• Description of activities and achievements
• Commercial lease
• Information on shareholding and directors
• Financial statements
• Purchase contracts for shows

Who is eligible?

• Legally constituted for-profit or non-profit performance venues.
• Businesses whose main activity is professional music or variety show dissemination.
• Businesses operating in Quebec.

Who is not eligible

• Venues already receiving operating support from the Quebec Ministry of Culture and Communications or the CALQ for dissemination activities.
• Venues whose programming is based only on room rental and diffusion services.
• Individual businesses.
• Show promoters and external programmers.

Eligible expenses

• Guaranteed fees to artists and producers
• Salaries, charges, and fees linked to programming, promotion, and venue technicians or artisans
• Promotion expenses, including advertising and marketing
• Training expenses up to 20% of eligible expenses
• Any other expense that is relevant and necessary to the diffusion activities

Ineligible Costs and Activities

• Expenses related to hall rental
• Capture of performances
• Purchase or rental of diffusion equipment
• Infrastructure development expenses
• Fixed and other venue-related costs

Eligible geographic areas

• Quebec

• Relevance of the last completed year’s programming to the program objectives
• Proportion of purchased music and variety shows and Québec emerging or developing artists programmed
• Financial precision and coherence, including eligible expenses and diffusion revenues
• Quality of equipment, infrastructure, and human resources dedicated to programming, diffusion, and promotion

• Access the SOD@ccès portal and complete the main program form for program 30-44-00.
• Prepare the required documents before submission.
• Upload the form and required documents in SOD@ccès.
• Submit the application by the planned deposit dates.
• For file closure, complete the reporting stage in SOD@ccès after the end of the current year.

• Applications are evaluated comparatively by SODEC professionals.
• SODEC may call on external opinions if needed.
• Funding is conditional on the signing of a financial assistance agreement.
• SODEC may request any additional information, documents, or supporting evidence needed for processing and follow-up.
• The second portion of the subsidy requires the submission and acceptance of the final detailed programming and final cost report.

• The program number in SOD@ccès is 30-44-00.
• Applications must be submitted through the secure SOD@ccès portal.
• Applicants must submit one application per performance venue.
• The application status for closing the file must be Autorisé – en attente de documents complémentaires, and this step cannot begin before the end of the current year.