Brighton Early Music Festival Trainee Scheme

The BREMF trainee scheme is aimed at graduates who are interested in finding out more about a career in Arts Administration. Past trainees have gone on to work at Voces 8 Foundation, English National Opera, University of Oxford and The Roundhouse.

Trainee Placements for 2025

Each year we offer Festival traineeships to between two and six graduates who are keen to build a career in Arts Administration. The trainee placement takes place from August to October.

The 2025 scheme is now open for applications, with a closing date of Monday 30 June 2025.

Interviews will be held via Zoom on Friday 18 July 2025.

Key points about the scheme

  • Download full details of the 2025 Graduate Trainee scheme and find out how to apply
  • Trainees commit to around 8hrs per week from home, plus helping out with weekend events
  • Gain experience in a wide variety of tasks, from marketing to production
  • Unpaid, but all travel expenses fully reimbursed and a meal allowance for event days
  • Get in touch if you have any questions

The scheme explained

BREMF Trainees commit to around 8hrs per week of computer based work from home as well as attending at least 5 Festival events in Brighton in September and October. We aim for all trainees to gain experience in marketing, project management, production, and event management

The BREMF Festival Trainee programme offers experience and training, as well as support with job applications including interview advice and references. As the trainees commitment to BREMF is part time, arranged flexibly to suit your schedule, plus weekends and evenings at Festival events, a Festival Traineeship is easily compatible with other paid work, and accessible to those who can’t afford to take on a full-time internship. Travel expenses and a meal allowance are provided for event days.

  • I am so grateful that I had this opportunity. I'm sure this experience helped me in my interview for my current job, and I know that it will be helpful in the future for whatever I do next. I've been exposed to so many parts of working in the arts which I've never encountered before, and I'm really thankful for that. It was a privilege to be involved in such an exciting festival, and to work alongside an amazing and supportive team.

    Past BREMF trainee

  • The BREMF Traineeship scheme has literally changed my life. During the internship, I was able to work alongside some of the most experienced practitioners within this field to develop my skills in arts administration, events management, marketing and publicity…. I was lucky enough to forge a completely new career within the arts as a direct result of working with BREMF.