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FYI Calendar of Grant and Funding Deadlines: Feb. 18, 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 ever-expanding Indie Week in Toronto (pictured) has announced its dates.

FYI Calendar of Grant and Funding Deadlines: Feb. 18, 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 a12-month period.

 


 

Grants and Funding Deadlines

 

Now open

SOCAN Foundation Travel Assistance Program

 


 

1-Feb-19

Applications reopen for SOCAN Foundation Travel Assistance Grants

 


 

Other Conferences and Business Opportunities

 

5-8-March-19

International Live Music Conference, London, UK

 


 

8-17-March-19

South By Southwest festival and conference, Austin, TX

 


 

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

 


 

16-18-Aug-19

DIY Musician Conference, Austin, TX

 


 

6-9-Nov-19

iceland Airwaves, Reykjavik, Iceland

 


 

13-17-Nov-19

indie Week, Toronto, ON

 


 

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StubHub Fined $20,000 By Ontario Government Over Ticket Resale Laws
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StubHub Fined $20,000 By Ontario Government Over Ticket Resale Laws

The ticket resale platform has been hit with two $10,000 fines for allegedly selling tickets above face value and facilitating a transaction without having proof of the original price, failing to comply with the province's recent legislation which prohibits reselling tickets above their original value.

Ontario is continuing its crackdown on ticket resales.

The Ontario government has fined the ticket resale platform StubHub $20,000 for acting in non-compliance of the province's Ticket Sales Act. The Ontario Consumer Beware List shows that StubHub has been hit with two fines, each worth $10,000, for allegedly "making a ticket available for sale above face value" and "facilitating a transaction without having proof of the original price."

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