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FYI Calendar of Grant and Funding Deadlines: Sept. 14, 2020

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. Keep in mind that pandemic fears are likely to affect some of the events listed. POP Montreal (pictured) is proceeding with both live and virtual events this month.

FYI Calendar of Grant and Funding Deadlines: Sept. 14, 2020

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 Songwriting Development Program

 


 

Now open

Passport: Music Export Summit

 


 

15-Sep-20

Applications for Music Nova Scotia Marketing and Investment Programs

 


 

17-Sep-20

Applications for MB Music Recording Production Fund Out of Province Artists

 


 

30-Oct-20

Submissions for Cobalt Prize for blues compositions

 


 

29-Oct-20

Applications for OMIF Music Industry Initiatives

 


 

29-Oct-20

Applications for FACTOR Juried Sound Recording program

 


 

Other Conferences and Business Opportunities

 

23-27-Sept-20

Pop Montreal, Montreal, PQ

 


 

25-Sep-Oct-9

BreakOut West, online version

 


 

04-Oct-20

CMAOntario Awards and festival, London, ON

 


 

21-24-Oct-20

Halifax Pop Explosion, Halifax, NS - online version

 


 

22-25-Oct-20

Festival 506, Fredericton, NB - online version

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18-21-Nov-20

M for Montreal, Montreal, PQ

 


 

11-20-Jun-2021

NXNE Music and Gaming Festival, Toronto, ON

 


 

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L-R: Josh Ross, Norma Jean Martine, Frank Walker
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L-R: Josh Ross, Norma Jean Martine, Frank Walker

Chart Beat

Frank Walker, Josh Ross and Norma Jean Martine's Cross-Genre Collab Cracks the Top 10 on Billboard Canada Airplay Charts

After five months, the electronic/country/pop trio's "Lay It On Me" rises to No. 9 on the CHR/Top 40 chart. Ross also scores his own debut on All-Format with “Scared Of Being Sober.”

Frank Walker, Josh Ross and Norma Jean Martine are laying it on the Airplay charts.

The trio’s song, “Lay It On Me,” hits the top 10, rising from No. 13 to No. 9 on the Billboard Canada CHR/Top 40 Airplay chart, dated March 28 — 20 weeks after its debut.

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