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FYI Calendar of Grant and Funding Deadlines: Dec. 22, 2022

Festivals and Conference Submission Deadlines

 

FYI Calendar of Grant and Funding Deadlines: Dec. 22, 2022

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

 


 

Now open

Applications for SOCAN Foundation Relief Fund

 


 

Now open

Applications for FACTOR Comprehensive Artist program

 


 

Now open

Applications for SOCAN Foundation Travel Grants

 


 

02-Feb-23

Applications for FACTOR Artist Development Grants

 


 

Other Conferences and Business Opportunities

 

Jan-30-23

Maple Blues Awards, Koerner Hall, Toronto, ON

 


 

1-5-Feb-23

Folk Alliance International conference, Kansas City, MO

 


 

7-9-Feb-23

ScreenxScreen online conference

 


 

9-13-Mar-23

Juno Week festival and awards, Edmonton, AB

 


 

10-19-Mar-23

South By Southwest fest and conference, Austin, TX

 


 

30-Mar-2-Apr-23

Canadian Folk Music Awards, Vancouver, BC

 


 

3-7-May-23

East Coast Music awards and fest, Halifax, NS

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2-4-June-23

CMAOntario fest and awards, Hamilton, ON

 


 

5-10-Jun-23

Canadian Music Week, Toronto, ON

 


 

13-17-Jun-23

North by Northeast festival, Toronto, ON

 


 

11-15-Oct-23

BreakOutWest fest and conference, Kelowna, BC

 


 

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Chuck Mangione in 1977.
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Chuck Mangione in 1977.
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Obituaries: 'Feels So Good' Jazz Star Chuck Mangione, English Vocalist Dame Cleo Laine

This week we also acknowledge the passing of Golden Earring guitarist George Kooyman, American songwriter/musician Sally Tiven, Family member Poli Palmer and Jamaican singer Owen Gray.

Chuck (Charles Frank) Mangione, a leading figure in contemporary jazz and the Grammy-winning musician behind crossover hit “Feels So Good,” died on July 22, at age 84.

A Billboard obituary reports that "Mangione grew up listening to jazz music and learning from the likes of Dizzy Gillespie, who was a 'family friend,' An alum of Eastman School of Music — where he would later serve as faculty director of the Eastman Jazz Orchestra — Mangione played in a quintet called the Jazz Brothers with his brother, keyboardist Gap, and performed in Woody Herman and Maynard Ferguson’s big bands.

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