MUSIC INDUSTRY NEWS ROUND-UP
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Pacific Contact 2025 | Deadline: Feb 28, 2025
SaskTel Saskatchewan Jazz Festival 2025 | Deadline: March 14, 2025
Ness Creek Music Festival | Deadline: April 15, 2025
POP Montreal | Deadline: April 12, 2025
Electric Sky Electronic Music and Arts festival 2025 | Deadline: May 1, 2025
MMF Canada Advocacy Committee | Seeking input on areas where managers and self-managed artists may need support. | Deadline: February 14, 2025
The Unison Fund, SOCAN, and Revelios launched Soundcheck: A Survey on Mental Health in the Canadian Music Industry. The first of its kind in Canada, seeking to collect valuable input and better understand the experiences, attitudes, and opinions of those working in our industry. This survey will be available in both English and French. | Deadline: Open
CDCE + CPCC Calls for Action: Copyright Reform Now | Deadline: Open
Billboard Canada Canadian Live Music Association Releases The First-Ever Economic Impact Assessment of Live Music in Canada
Exclaim Canadian Artists Reflect on How US Border Relations Could Impact the Touring Industry
Rolling Stone Women Remain Underrepresented in Music Industry, USC Annenberg Report Finds
Exclaim Indie Artists Made $3.41 Per 1,000 Streams in 2024, Report Finds
Billboard Canada What Are The Biggest Challenges Facing The Music Industry In Canada In 2025?
FACTOR
Songwriter Development | Rolling deadline. Applications must be submitted at least one calendar day before travel departure.
Video | Rolling deadlines
Live Performance | Rolling deadlines, at least one day before the start of the trip
Sponsorship | Applications must be submitted at the latest three months prior to the start date of the proposed event/project
Juried Sound Recording: Single/EP | February 27, 2025
Juried Sound Recording: Album | July 10, 2025
Support for Eligible Music Companies | June 5 and October 23, 2025
Canada Council for the Arts | Arts Across Canada, Arts Abroad, Explore & Create Programs | Deadlines: Ongoing, anytime before start date of project/activity
Canadian Starmaker Fund | Deadline: February 27, 2025
Musicaction
Production d’un album | Deadline: 2 avril 2025
MVP Project | (Music Video Production Project) RBCxMusic & Prism Prize | Deadline: February 10, 2025
RBCxMusic First Up | Deadlines: March 3, 2025 (Stage 1) + March 4, 2025 (Stage 2)
Music Publishers Canada: Women In The Studio Accelerator | Deadline: Friday, February 21, 2025
anti social camp | International songwriting camp | Deadline: February 28, 2025
Young Music Professionals - Call for mentors, ambassadors, board or committee members. Deadline: Open.
Jumpstart Foundations is an on-demand free video series presented by Music BC and music industry professionals and specialists covering topics on Branding, Tik Tok, Music Marketing, Music Law, Domestic Tour Strategies and much more.
Amazon Music has teamed up with Music Ally to present the Amazon Music for Artists Pro Series, a collection of five free video courses designed to help music industry professionals and artists effectively build their business on Amazon Music. The content is a crash course on five key areas of Amazon Music’s business and opportunity areas for artists, including Amazon Music for Artists, Artist Merch, Voice, Livestreaming/Twitch, and Programming. The Pro Series is free to access globally from the Music Ally learning hub, with subtitles available in Spanish and Japanese.
Womens Freedom Song Contest 2025 | Deadline: March 1, 2025
Stephan G Stephansson Artist Residency Award | Deadline: March 1, 2025
ArtHaus - Label Marketing Manager Contract (Maternity Leave) | Deadline: Open | Contract Dates: March 1, 2025 - April 30, 2026
ECMA | Call for Jurors - Deadline: Open.
JUNO Awards | Call for Judges - Deadline: Open.
Polaris Music Prize | Call for Jurors - Deadline: Open.
BreakOut West | Call for Western Canadian Music Award Jurors - Deadline: Open
Please submit job postings to info@mmfcanada.ca