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FYI Calendar of Grant and Funding Deadlines: July 16, 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? Check our calendar and get into the groove. Added this week is the deadline for a new Amplify BC program.

FYI Calendar of Grant and Funding Deadlines: July 16, 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

 


 

25-Jul-18

Applications for Career Development Program, Amplify BC

 


 

22-Jul-18

Applications by Ontario country artists for Magna Hoedown Showdown

 


 

31-Jul-18

Submissions for Canadian Blast showcase at Australian Music Week

 


 

16-Aug-18

Applications for new round at Radio Starmaker Fund

 


 

27-Aug-18

Applications for OMDC Interactive Digital Media Fund

 


 

25-Oct-18

Showcase applications for SXSW 2019, Austin, TX, March 11-17

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Other Conferences and Business Opportunities

 

24-26-Sept-18

Showcase PEI, Charlottetown, PEI

 


 

10-14-Oct-18

BreakOut West, Kelowna, BC

 


 

3-7-Oct-18

AC# Hip-Hop Fest & Conference, Atlanta, GA

 


 

6-11-Nov-18

Indie Week, Toronto, ON

 


 

30-Nov-1 -Dec -18

Canadian Folk Music Awards, Calgary, AB

 


 

6-12 -May-19

Canadian Music Week, Toronto, ON

 


 

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Alex Kapranos of Franz Ferdinand performs at the Brooklyn Paramount on April 10, 2025 in New York, New York.
Rolling Stone

Alex Kapranos of Franz Ferdinand performs at the Brooklyn Paramount on April 10, 2025 in New York, New York.

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Franz Ferdinand Blast Israeli Defense Forces For Using ‘Take Me Out’ in War Propaganda Video: ‘This Makes Us Both Nauseous and Furious’

The video, which appears to have been taken down, reportedly used the 2003 song without the band's consent.

Like a number of their American and U.K. contemporaries, Scottish rockers Franz Ferdinand are not happy about their music being used to promote the current Israeli/U.S. war against Iran. Specifically, the group lashed out over the weekend when their 2004 Billboard Hot 100 No. 66 hit, “Take Me Out,” was featured in a video posted by the Israeli Defense Forces, saying it was used without their consent.

According to Rolling Stone, in a since-expired Instagram Story, lead singer Alex Kapranos shared the IDF video, which features footage of fighter jets and explosions amid images of an Israeli soldier celebrating the country’s recent attacks on Iran amid footage of fighter jets taking off and dropping bombs, with the caption: “Operation Roaring Lion — this is how it’s done.”

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