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FYI Calendar of Grant and Funding Deadlines: Feb. 22, 2021

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 affect some of the events listed. The 2021 Canadian Folk Music Awards (pictured) are proceeding, in virtual form.

FYI Calendar of Grant and Funding Deadlines: Feb. 22, 2021

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

Passport: Music Export Summit

 


 

Now open

Applications for FACTOR Comprehensive Artist program

 


 

Now open

Applications for Canada's Music Incubator core programs

 


 

26-Feb-21

Applications for RISING-Black Artist Initiative

 


 

Other Conferences and Business Opportunities

 

16-20-Mar-21

South by Southwest festival and conference. Virtual

 


 

10-11-Apr-21

Canadian Folk Music Awards. Virtual

 


 

5-9-May-21

ECMAs, Sydney, NS

 


 

17-21-May-21

Canadian Music Week festival and conference. Virtual

 


 

11-20-Jun-21

North by Northeast, Toronto, ON

 


 

6-12-Sept-21

CCMA Country Music Week, London, ON

 


 

21-26-Sept-21

Americana festival, Nashville, TN

 


 

23-26-Sept-21

Contact East, Moncton, NB

 


 

16-19-Nov-21

Mundial Montreal

 


 

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Post Malone, Jelly Roll at the Jelly Roll & Friends concert held at Billy Bob's Texas on May 06, 2025 in Fort Worth, Texas.
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Post Malone, Jelly Roll at the Jelly Roll & Friends concert held at Billy Bob's Texas on May 06, 2025 in Fort Worth, Texas.

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Post Malone and Jelly Roll to Play Toronto and Edmonton on Summer 2026 Big Ass Stadium Tour Part 2

The pair's sequel stadium tour is slated to kick off at Sun Bowl Stadium in El Paso, Texas on May 13 after a pair of festival stops.

Post Malone and newly minted Grammy winner Jelly Roll are hitting the road together this summer. The pair announced the sequel to their 2025 summer slam on Monday morning (Feb. 2), rolling out the dates for The BIG ASS Stadium Tour part 2.

The follow-up to last year’s run of gigs in football stadiums is slated to kick off on April 10 in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. with the first of two stops at festivals with a headlining slot at the Tortuga Music Festival, followed by an April 26 appearance at the Stagecoach Music Festival in Indio, Calif. Other festival drop-ins will take place along the way, including the May 16 Boots in the Park Festival in Albuquerque, N.M., the Gulf Coast Jam in Panama City Beach, Fla. on May 31, Carolina Country Fest in Myrtle Beach, S.C. on June 7, the Barefoot Country Music Festival in Wildwood, N.J. on June 20 as well as Summerfest in Milwaukee, Wis. on June 27.

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