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FYI Calendar of Grant and Funding Deadlines: July 29, 2019

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. The Halifax Pop Explosion conference (pictured) is set for late October.

 

FYI Calendar of Grant and Funding Deadlines: July 29, 2019

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

SOCAN Foundation Travel Assistance Program

 


 

7-Aug-19

Applications for Banff Centre indigenous performing arts residency

 


 

2-Aug-19

Submissions for it's Your Shot Contest

 


 

2-Aug-19

Applications for RBC Emerging Musician Program

 


 

22-Aug-19

Applications for Radio Starmaker funding

 


 

17-Oct-19

Applications for FACTOR Artist Dev, Juried Sound Recording Programs

 


 

Other Conferences and Business Opportunities

 

10-15-Sept

Americana Festival and Conference, Nashville, TN

 


 

2-6 -Oct-19

Breakout West, Whitehorse, YK

 


 

24-25-Oct-19

Halifax Pop Explosion Conference, Halifax

 


 

13-17-Nov-19

indie Week, Toronto

 


 

3-4-Apr-20

Canadian Folk Music Awards, Charlottetown

 


 

6-12-May-20

Canadian Music Week conference & festival, Toronto

 


 

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Sabrina Carpenter Celebrates ‘Man’s Best Friend’ Going Platinum: ‘I’m Choosing Gratitude This Season’

Man's Best Friend debuted atop the Billboard 200 with 366,000 album-equivalent units earned.

Diamonds are a girl’s best friend, but for Sabrina Carpenter, platinum is her element of choice. The bubbly pop star celebrated her Man’s Best Friend album becoming platinum certified by the RIAA on Thursday (Nov. 13), which comes less than three months after the LP’s arrival.

“What in the world Man’s Best Friend just went platinum thank you for listening to this album,” she wrote in a post to her Instagram. “I love you guys so much.”

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