Akum Agency is an independent artist management and booking agency, promoter and creative production and music consultancy company founded by Jess White.
Our aim is…
To ensure artists grow and develop, achieving their aspirations by being provided a high quality service.
To ensure artists are given freedom and flexibility to develop the best possible work.
To nurture artists and events within contemporary cross-cultural borders.
To push boundaries and develop new ideas.
To create and produce shows with exciting and diverse line-ups, which break boundaries and cross-cultural borders.
We work with artists that we love. We aim to nurture their respective talents and build their profile to national and international audiences. Working with small and big agencies, we promote shows in the best venues for the artist and its audience. In Australia, Southern Africa and around the globe we have strong relationships with some of the world’s finest music and art festivals.
We love to create and produce shows with exciting and diverse line-ups, which break boundaries and cross-cultural borders.
Akum Agency has extensive consulting and production experience in event and festival management, music export, event and festival programming, financial management, music video production, marketing, logistics, workshop facilitation, reporting writing to and music journalism.
Past clients have included: ACCES Music Conference, Alliance Française, Apple Music, Australasian Worldwide Music Expo (AWME), Azgo Festival, Beneath The Baobabs Festival, The British Council, Blankets & Wine Festival, Bushfire Festival, Concerts SA, Gallo Records, Igoda, Indian Ocean Music Market (IOMMa), JazzFest Berlin, Jojo Abot, Littlegig Festival, Modzi Arts Gallery, Music In Africa, Nafasi Art Space, The Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa – OSISA, Platoon, Pro Helvetia, Sakifo Festival, Sampa the Great, Spotify, Sauti za Busara Festival, Urban Trout Records, Visa For Music, WOMEX, Zakifo Festival and many more.