This qualitative research project endeavours to understand the role of intercultural participatory music practices in relation to socio-cultural participation in a pluriversal society. Due to globalization and its related processes of migration, the co-existence of different socio-cultural groups has created a need for new perspectives on living and musicking together. Therefore, intercultural participatory music practices are examined as potential blueprints for co-existence, using the ‘capability approach’ as a theoretical framework to understand the participatory character of the applied artistic strategies. The research question is: is there a correlation between artistic strategies and outputs in participatory music practices and the level of socio-cultural participation? First, an integrative model adapted to the context of participatory music practices is designed to evaluate the degree of participation in 8 selected projects. Simultaneously, artistic strategies and outputs are unraveled through observation and interviews with facilitators and participants. By doing a triangulation of datasets and an effect study a hypothetical correlation between artistic strategies, output and socio-cultural participation is investigated. Findings illustrate in which way intercultural participatory music projects create platforms for socio-cultural participation and are disseminated to target groups (e.g., scholars, teachers, policy makers, practitioners).