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FYI Calendar of Grant and Funding Deadlines: Feb. 8, 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. Submissions for the next round of the MVP Project for music video production (pictured) open on March 1.

FYI Calendar of Grant and Funding Deadlines: Feb. 8, 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

 


 

11-Feb-21

Applications for Radio Starmaker Fund

 


 

01-Mar-21

Submissions open for MVP Project

 


 

Other Conferences and Business Opportunities

 

16-20-Feb-21

ScreenxScreen virtual conference

 


 

20-22-Feb-21

Shift Change festival and conference, Halifax, NS

 


 

16-20-Mar-21

South by Southwest festival and conference. 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

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16-19-Nov-21

Mundial Montreal

 


 

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Sum 41
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Sum 41

Awards

Sum 41 To Enter Canadian Music Hall of Fame in 2025

The band's final performance will be at the 2025 Junos in Vancouver, hosted by Michael Bublé. Live Nation Canada chairman Riley O’Connor will also receive the Walt Grealis Special Achievement Award.

Sum 41 will wrap up their career with a special achievement: an induction into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame.

The pop-punk stars will earn the honour at the 2025 Juno Awards in Vancouver. They're playing their final show in Toronto on January 30, but will get together for one last encore performance at the Junos gala on March 30.

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