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FYI Calendar of Grant and Funding Deadlines: April 8, 2019

Chasing some dollars to fund your next recording or cross-country tour? Hoping to enter your songs into a lucrative competition? Seeking showcase opportunities at festivals and conferences? Check our calendar and get into the groove. The deadline to participate in CIMA's business mission to The Great Escape (pictured) is April 12.

FYI Calendar of Grant and Funding Deadlines: April 8, 2019

By Kerry Doole

Festivals and Conference Submission Deadlines

 

Now Open

CIMA Road Gold certification. Awarded to artists selling at least 25K tickets during their Canadian tour(s) over a 12-month period.

 


 

Grants and Funding Deadlines

Now open

SOCAN Foundation Travel Assistance Program

 


 

12-Apr-19

Applications for Canada House, The Great Escape, Brighton, May 9-11

 


 

17-Apr-19

Applications for Ontario Music Fund Company Development

 


 

29-Apr-19

Applications to showcase at CAPACOA, Ottawa, Nov. 13-17

 


 

18-Apr-19

Applications for Ontario Music Fund Music Futures

 


 

16-May-19

Applications for FACTOR Artist Development, Juried Sound Recording programs

 


 

3-May-19

Applications to showcase at Canada House, Reeperbahn 2019, Hamburg, Sept. 18-21

 


 

Other Conferences and Business Opportunities

 

6-12-May-19

Canadian Music Week, Toronto, ON

 


 

1-5-May-19

East Coast Music Awards, Charlottetown, PEI

 


 

4-7-June-19

MIDEM, Cannes

 


 

7-16-June

North by Northeast festival and conference, Toronto, ON

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6-9-Nov-19

Iceland Airwaves, Reykjavik,

 


 

13-17-Nov-19

indie Week, Toronto, ON

 


 

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Bryan Adams at the 2025 iHeartRadio Music Festival held at T-Mobile Arena on September 19, 2025 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Bryan Adams at the 2025 iHeartRadio Music Festival held at T-Mobile Arena on September 19, 2025 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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Bryan Adams has a very clear message for anyone down South who thinks his home country of Canada is on the market: “We’ll never be the 51st state.” The Ontario-bred rocker released a pointed protest song aimed at an audience of one on Wednesday (July 1), just in time for Canada Day, which this year celebrates the 159th anniversary of Confederation for our neighbors to the North.

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