Jägermeister STN winners 2023

Jägermeister’s #SAVETHENIGHT Fund calls on nightlife fans to suggest innovative ideas to improve the scene

Jägermeister continues to support people and institutions that make nightlife happen. Even beyond the pandemic, nightlife worldwide continues to face historically unprecedented challenges, including gentrification, the (in)security of its participants and a rapidly dying club scene. All these factors continue to threaten artists, venues and clubgoers alike, with free spaces rapidly assuming the status of precious commodity.

The Jägermeister #SAVETHENIGHT Fund 2023 is back and open for entries from 1st of September 2023.

Together with London nightclub fabric, Jägermeister launched the second global call in September of last year to submit innovative ideas to improve the nightlife-scene.

Winners announced

Jesse Mwenda Mugambi from Nairobi, Kenya, will receive 50,000 euros for his idea to build a mobile sound studio from decommissioned shipping containers. The “Studio Can-V” aims to serve musicians for practice and recording while also functioning as an inclusive event space. He envisions creating a cultural hub for socially disadvantaged groups, promoting sustainability through a circular economy, and making the country’s nightlife accessible to people beyond the capital.

Winners announced

Jesse Mwenda Mugambi from Nairobi, Kenya, will receive 50,000 euros for his idea to build a mobile sound studio from decommissioned shipping containers. The “Studio Can-V” aims to serve musicians for practice and recording while also functioning as an inclusive event space. He envisions creating a cultural hub for socially disadvantaged groups, promoting sustainability through a circular economy, and making the country’s nightlife accessible to people beyond the capital.

Jesse Kenya

Additionally, another 50,000 euros will go to Northern Ireland for the project idea by Holly Lester and Boyd Sleator and their organization “Free The Night”. Considering the club dying of Irish Nightclubs, Holly and Boyd want to produce a documentary that will show the high social and cultural value of the club and music scene. They also plan to carry out an anthropological study to produce a report about the challenging situation of the country’s music clubs. Both the film and the study are intended to influence public perception and resonate with political stakeholders.

Additionally, another 50,000 euros will go to Northern Ireland for the project idea by Holly Lester and Boyd Sleator and their organization “Free The Night”. Considering the club dying of Irish Nightclubs, Holly and Boyd want to produce a documentary that will show the high social and cultural value of the club and music scene. They also plan to carry out an anthropological study to produce a report about the challenging situation of the country’s music clubs. Both the film and the study are intended to influence public perception and resonate with political stakeholders.

Naill Murphy

Participation increased significantly

The second year of the #SAVETHENIGHT Fund saw a significant increase in participation. By the end of November 2023, more than 300 applications for funding had been submitted through the platform www.jagermeister.com/en/save-the-night (compared to 225 the previous year), representing 50 countries. The majority of applications came from the UK, accounting for 44% of submissions. However, there were also many project ideas from the United States and Germany. The focus was on safety, inclusion and sustainability in nightlife.

PRESTIGIOUS JUDGING PANEL WILL CHOSE THE WINNING IDEAS

  • Elijah

    Elijah

    Elijah is an artist manager, DJ and lecturer who's been writing short form notes on sustainable artistic production, ecosystem building and on different approaches to social media for a year across Instagram and Twitter. He's been a guest editor of Resident Advisor, is a community fellow at SOAS University, and has released an album with Grime MC Jammz.

  • Jamz Supernova

    Jamz Supernova

    Jamz Supernova uses sonics to tell a story. The multi-faceted creative force is a label head, radio host, DJ, podcaster, and true tastemaker, broadcasting for over a decade. Known for her slots on BBC Radio 1Xtra (Best Specialist Aria Gold Winner 2021), BBC 6Music (Broadcast & Press Guild Best radio show of 2022) & Selector Radio for the British Council, reaching over 4 million global listeners. Outside of radio, Jamz heads up seminal label Future Bounce, and hosts her own podcast. Through her vibrant DJ sets, she is a mainstay at festivals and clubs worldwide, spinning an eclectic mix of broken beat, UK funky, Bass, techno and beyond at the likes of We Out Here Festival, Worldwide Sete, All Points East and more. Having also hosted television shows for BBC Three, FOUR & Newsbeat, and music awards ceremonies - including the prestigious Mercury Prize - for Jamz, the possibilities are endless; it’s clear world domination will continue to be in her orbit.

  • Jaguar

    Jaguar

    Jaguar Bingham is every bit as memorable as her name. Hailing from Alderney in the Channel Islands, but based in East London, the 28-year-old broadcaster, DJ and journalist, known as Jaguar, is among the new guard of multi-hyphenate tastemakers steering UK dance music towards brighter waters. Jaguar is a BBC Radio 1 presenter who operates her own record label, Utopia, which champions emerging electronic acts worldwide with fun club tunes with a twinkle in their eye.

  • Jayda G

    Jayda G

    Jayda G, the Grammy-nominated writer, producer, DJ, environmental toxicologist, campaigner and broadcaster, returned with her new full length album ‘Guy’, in June on Ninja Tune. Drawing on her House, Disco, RnB & Soul roots, the tracks are interlaced with archival recordings of her late father, the eponymous William Richard Guy, that form the bedrock of the album’s narrative, capturing a small snapshot of the American experience told through the eyes of a young African American man. The album arrives on the back of a busy few years that have seen her Grammy-nominated for her mid-pandemic single “Both Of Us”, created with producer Fred again..; release a trove of high-profile remixes for the likes of Taylor Swift & Dua Lipa; tour the world’s biggest festival stages including Glastonbury & Coachella; release a compilation for the renowned DJ Kicks series; appear as a guest judge on BBC’s ‘Glow Up’; and contribute to the immersive climate-focussed installation ‘Undercurrent’ alongside artists like Khruangbin, Nosaj Thing, Mount Kimbie and Bon Iver.

  • Jorge Nieto

    Jorge Nieto, Creative Director bei fabric, London

    Originally from Columbia, Jorge has lived in London and worked in the music industry for the past 15 years after originally moving to complete a masters in Music. He has worked at festivals, agencies and in music management before becoming creative Director at Village Underground and Earth. He joined fabric in 2020.

#SAVETHENIGHT:
commitment to the global
nightlife community

Since the initiation of the #SAVETHENIGHT project in April 2020, Jägermeister has already supported more than 1,500 creatives and 1,200 projects in over 60 countries. The goal of #SAVETHENIGHT is to make nightlife a better place worldwide – today and in the future. To achieve this, Jägermeister brings artists and nightlife fans together via the platform www.jagermeister.com/en/save-the-night.

#SAVETHENIGHT:
commitment to the global
nightlife community

Since the initiation of the #SAVETHENIGHT project in April 2020, Jägermeister has already supported more than 1,500 creatives and 1,200 projects in over 60 countries. The goal of #SAVETHENIGHT is to make nightlife a better place worldwide – today and in the future. To achieve this, Jägermeister brings artists and nightlife fans together via the platform www.jagermeister.com/en/save-the-night.

Jägermeister Mother Of Culture

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