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FYI Calendar of Grant and Funding Deadlines: August 10, 2020

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. Keep in mind that pandemic fears are likely to threaten some of the events listed. The deadline for applications for the covid-19 CMF Emergency Support Fund has been extended to Aug. 12, while the next deadline for the FACTOR Juried Sound Recording program (pictured)  is Oct. 29.

FYI Calendar of Grant and Funding Deadlines: August 10, 2020

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

Canada Council Grants

 


 

Now open

FACTOR Songwriting Development Program

 


 

12-Aug-20

Applications for covid-19 CMF Emergency Support Fund

 


 

14-Aug-20

Applications for AMP Talent Accelerator Program VIFF

 


 

15-Aug-20

Applications for SOCAN Foundation Relief Fund

 


 

20-Aug-20

Applications for Radio Starmaker

 


 

23-Aug-20

Applications for Walk of Fame Emerging Musician Program

 


 

01-Sep-20

Applications for FACTOR Showcase Production

 


 

17-Sep-20

Applications for MB Film & Music Recording Production Fund

 


 

29-Oct-20

Applications for OMIF Music Industry Initiatives

 


 

29-Oct-20

Applications for FACTOR Juried Sound Recording program

 


 

Other Conferences and Business Opportunities

 

25-26-Sep-20

Contact(less) East digital conference

 


 

25-Sep-Oct-9

BreakOut West, online version

 


 

1-4-Oct-20

CMAOntario Awards and festival, London, ON

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21-24-Oct-20

Halifax Pop Explosion, Halifax, NS - online version

 


 

18-21-Nov-20

M for Montreal, Montreal, PQ

 


 

9-10_Apr-2021

Canadian Folk Music Awards, Charlottetown, PE

 


 

11-20-Jun-2021

NXNE Music and Gaming Festival, Toronto, ON

 


 

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Lily Allen Coming to 3 Canadian Cities on 2026 North American Headlining Tour

The outing in support of the singer's provocative "West End Girl" album will be the singer's biggest U.S./Canada headlining outing to date.

Lily Allen is gearing up for her biggest North American headlining tour to date. The “Tennis” singer announced the dates for the nine-stop outing in support of her West End Girl album on Friday morning (Dec. 5), revealing that it is slated to kick off on April 3 in Chicago at The Auditorium, and feature stops in Toronto, Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., Atlanta and Los Angeles before winding down on April 28 at The Masonic in San Francisco.

Allen will perform the album in full on the tour, in the order the tracks appear on the LP, with tickets for Lily Allen Performs West End Girl slated to kick-off with an artist pre-sale sign-up open now through Monday (Dec. 8) at 11 p.m. ET. The artist pre-sale will then open at 10 a.m. local time on Dec. 10 and runt through 10 p.m. local time on Dec. 11. A general on-sale will then open at 10 a.m. local time on Dec. 12; click here for more ticketing information.

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