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FYI Calendar of Grant and Funding Deadlines: Jan. 22, 2018

Need some dollars to fund your next recording or cross-country tour? Want to enter your songs into a lucrative competition? Looking for showcase opportunities at festivals and conferences? Check our calendar and get into the groove. New additions this week include the 2018 Indigenous Music Awards and a Seattle festival welcoming Canadian artists.

FYI Calendar of Grant and Funding Deadlines: Jan. 22, 2018

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

 


 

Grants and Funding Deadlines

 

Now open

SOCAN Foundation Travel Assistance Program

 


 

2-Feb-18

Deadline for Music BC Travel Grants

 


 

25-Jan-18

Deadline for FACTOR Artist Development & Juried Sound Recording

 


 

30-Jan-18

Submissions for Vanda and Young Songwriting Competition

 


 

31-Jan-18

Applications to showcase at Upstream festival, Seattle, WA

 


 

31-Jan-18

Submissions for Canadian Songwriting Competition

 


 

12-Feb-18

Submissions for Great Escape festival, Brighton, UK

 


 

14-Feb-18

Submissions for 2018 Indigenous Music Awards, Winnipeg, MB

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Other Conferences and Business Opportunities

 

25-28-Jan-18

Manitoba Music January Music Meeting, Winnipeg, MB

 


 

6-8-Feb-18

Pollstar Live 2018, Los Angeles, CA

 


 

14-18-Feb-18

Folk Alliance International, Kansas City, MO

 


 

9-18-March-18

SXSW 2018, Austin TX

 


 

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

 


 

5-8-June-18

MIDEM Conference, Cannes, France

 


 

8-17-June-18

North by Northeast Festival, Toronto, ON

 


 

10-14-Oct-18

BreakOutWest, Kelowna, BC

 


 

6-11-Nov-18

Indie Week, Toronto, ON

 


 

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Chuck Negron, founding member and lead vocalist of Three Dog Night.
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Chuck Negron, founding member and lead vocalist of Three Dog Night.

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Obituaries: Three Dog Night Vocalist Chuck Negron, Television & Blondie Bassist Fred Smith

This week we also acknowledge the passing of Manitoban country artist and producer Dale Russell and Three Doors Down singer Brad Arnold.

Dale Russell, a Winnipeg-based country singer/songwriter and producer, died on Feb. 5, at age 77.

Larry Delaney at Cancountry sent Billboard Canada this obituary: "Born in 1948 in St. Boniface, Manitoba, and raised in Portage La Prairie, Dale Russell enjoyed success in many music categories. As a recording artist he released his debut album She Don't Like The Highway in 1980 on Sunshine Records. A single release of the album's title track tune peaked at No. 28 on the RPM Country Charts. An earlier release, 'Feel It,' was a Top 50 chart hit in 1978."

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