FYI Calendar of Grant and Funding Deadlines: Jan. 29, 2018
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 to give your career a boost? Check our calendar and get into the groove. A new addition this week is the Showcase PEI event set for Charlottetown in September.
By Kerry Doole
Festivals and Conference Submission Deadlines
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
SOCAN Foundation Travel Assistance Program
Deadline for Music BC Travel Grants
Submissions for Vanda and Young Songwriting Competition
Applications to showcase at Upstream festival, Seattle, WA
Submissions for Canadian Songwriting Competition
Submissions for Great Escape festival, Brighton, UK
Submissions for 2018 Indigenous Music Awards, Winnipeg, MB
Other Conferences and Business Opportunities
Pollstar Live 2018, Los Angeles, CA
Folk Alliance International, Kansas City, MO
SXSW 2018, Austin TX
Juno Week, Vancouver, BC
East Coast Music Awards, Halifax, NS
Canadian Music Week, Toronto
Great Escape Festival, Brighton, UK
MIDEM Conference, Cannes, France
North by Northeast Festival, Toronto, ON
Showcase PEI, Charlottetown, PEI
BreakOut West, Kelowna, BC
Indie Week, Toronto, ON
Tom Howie and Jimmy Vallance of Bob Moses at the W Toronto in September, 2025.Lane Dosey
Tom Howie and Jimmy Vallance of Bob Moses at the W Toronto in September, 2025.Lane Dorsey