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FYI Calendar of Grant and Funding Deadlines: Oct. 28, 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. Next month, North America’s world music summit, Mundial (pictured) heads to Montreal.

FYI Calendar of Grant and Funding Deadlines: Oct. 28, 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

 


 

1-Nov-19

Applications for Music BC Travel Grants

 


 

14-Nov-19

Applications for Radio Starmaker Fund

 


 

9-Nov-19

Applications for Canadian Blast showcase at SXSW 2020, Austin, TX

 


 

15-Dec-19

Applications to showcase at CMW 2020, Toronto, ON

 


 

Other Conferences and Business Opportunities

 

7-10-Nov-19

Nova Scotia Music Week, Truro, NS

 


 

13-17-Nov-19

indie Week, Toronto

 


 

20-23-Nov-19

M For Montreal/Mundial

 


 

9-Dec-19

Unison Fund Holiday Schmoozefest, Toronto, ON

 


 

22-26-Jan-20

Folk Alliance, New Orleans, LA

 


 

9-15-Mar-20

Juno Week, Saskatoon, SK

 


 

29-April-5-May-20

ECMA Awards fest and conference, St. John's, NL

 


 

23-26-Apr-20

JazzAhead conference, Bremen, Germany

 


 

6-12-May-20

CMW fest and conference, Toronto, ON

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William Prince

William Prince

FYI

Music News Digest: William Prince Announces National Tour, Abigail Lapell & Julian Taylor Amongst Folk Music Ontario Award Winners

Also this week: 11 music industry associations from across the country converge for Come Together in Toronto , The Trews launch a new album with an intimate event and more.

Juno-winning Indigenous roots singer/songwriter William Prince has just released a new album, Further From the Country, and announced a cross-Canada tour for early 2026. That trek begins in Saskatoon on Feb. 28, closing out at Toronto's Massey Hall (his third headlining appearance there) on March 21, then followed by an April 25 homecoming show at Winnipeg's Centennial Concert Hall. Support act on the tour is Boy Golden, who produced Prince's new record. Tickets go on sale Friday (Oct. 24) here. On Nov. 18, Prince, Boy Golden and Whitehorse play Canadian label Six Shooter’s Cosmic Country Night at Brooklyn's Union Pool.

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