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FYI Calendar of Grant and Funding Deadlines: Dec. 11, 2017

Seeking some dollars to fund your next recording or cross-country tour? Chasing showcase opportunities or conferences at which you can drum up business? Let our updated weekly calendar help in your quest. New entries this week include the Sound City fest in Liverpool and the just-announced dates for BreakOut West 2018.

FYI Calendar of Grant and Funding Deadlines: Dec. 11, 2017

By Kerry Doole

Festivals and Conference Submission Deadlines

 

Now Open

CIMA Road Gold Certification: Applications now open. This program acknowledges the dedication and drive of Canada's touring artists and bands. It is awarded to those artists who have sold at least 25,000 tickets during their Canadian tour(s) over the course of any 12-month period

 


 

2-Oct-17

Submissions for Juno Awards open

 


 

Grants and Funding Deadlines

 

Now open

SOCAN Foundation Travel Assistance Program

 


 

19-Jan-18

Submissions for Sound City fest, Liverpool, UK May 4-6

 


 

23-Jan-18

Super Early Bird applications to perform at 2018 Indie Week in Toronto

 


 

31-Jan-18

Submissions for Canadian Songwriting Competition

 


 

12-Feb-18

Submissions for Great Escape festival, Brighton, UK

 


 

Other Conferences and Business Opportunities

 

14-18-Feb-18

Folk Alliance International, Kansas City, MO

 


 

9-18-March-18

SXSW 2018, Austin TX

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19-25-March-18

Juno Week, Vancouver, BC

 


 

2-6-May-18

East Coast Music Awards, Halifax, NS

 


 

7-13-May-18

Canadian Music Week, Toronto

 


 

17-19-May-18

Great Escape Festival, Brighton, UK

 


 

8-17-June-18

North by Northeast Festival, Toronto, ON

 


 

6-11-Nov-18

Indie Week, Toronto,ON

 


 

10-14-Oct-18

BreakOutWest, Kelowna, BC

 


 

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From left: Jane McGarrigle, Garth Hudson, Steven Leckie

From left: Jane McGarrigle, Garth Hudson, Steven Leckie

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