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FYI Calendar of Grant and Funding Deadlines: Oct. 19, 2023

Festivals and Conference Submission Deadlines

 

FYI Calendar of Grant and Funding Deadlines: Oct. 19, 2023

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 Songwriter Development Program

 


 

Now open

Applications for SOCAN Foundation Relief Fund

 


 

Now open

Applications for SOCAN Foundation Travel Grants

 


 

31-Oct-23

Applications for Music PEI Investment Programs

 


 

03-Nov-23

Submissions for Canada House at Great Escape 2024

 


 

16-Nov-23

Deadline for applications for Radio Starmaker funding

 


 

14-Jan-24

Deadline to apply to showcase at NXNE, Toronto

 


 

Other Conferences and Business Opportunities

 

6-9-Nov-23

Indie Week online conference

 


 

9-11-Nov-23

VenuexVenue conference and festival, London, ON

 


 

15-18-Nov-23

M For Montreal conference and festival

 


 

22-25-Jan-24

UK Americana Music Week, London

 


 

21-25-Feb-24

Folk Alliance, Kansas City

 


 

8-16-Mar-24

SXSW festival and conference, Austin, TX

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21-24-Mar-24

2024 Juno Week and Awards, Halifax, NS

 


 

4-7-Apr-24

Canadian Folk Music Awards, St. John's, NL

 


 

1-5-May-24

East Coast Music Week & Awards, Charlottetown, PEI

 


 

3-5-Jun-24

Canadian Music Week, Toronto, ON

 


 

12-16-Jun-24

North By Northeast festival, Toronto, ON

 


 

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Bryan Adams at the 2025 iHeartRadio Music Festival held at T-Mobile Arena on September 19, 2025 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Christopher Polk/Billboard

Bryan Adams at the 2025 iHeartRadio Music Festival held at T-Mobile Arena on September 19, 2025 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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Bryan Adams Takes Swipe at Donald Trump’s Expansionist Dreams With ’51st State’ Protest Song: ‘You Better Show Some Respect’

The pointed rock tune was released on Wednesday (July 1) to coincide with Canada Day.

Bryan Adams has a very clear message for anyone down South who thinks his home country of Canada is on the market: “We’ll never be the 51st state.” The Ontario-bred rocker released a pointed protest song aimed at an audience of one on Wednesday (July 1), just in time for Canada Day, which this year celebrates the 159th anniversary of Confederation for our neighbors to the North.

“51st State,” was released on YouTube and other social media platforms as a spicy rejoinder to U.S. President Donald Trump’s repeated musings about absorbing the sovereign nation into the fold and making it, well, just refer back to the song’s title.

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