MUSIC INDUSTRY NEWS ROUND-UP

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• Pine Needle Mountain Bike & Music Festival | Deadline: May 23, 2025

• M POUR MONTRÉAL | Deadline: May 23, 2025

• ACCES | Music In Africa Conference | Deadline: May 31, 2025

• Ottawa Music Industry Coaltion | Deadline: Open

• Folk Alliance International 2026 | Deadline: June 6, 2025

• Northern Turtle Island Collective at WOMEX 2025 | Deadline: June 8, 2025

• FOLK+ | Deadline: June 16, 2025

• Winterruption 2026 | Deadline: June 25, 2025

• BISE Festival | Date Limite: 30 juin 2025

• Your Roots Are Showing | Deadline: July 6, 2025

• Indie Week: Venue x Venue | Deadline: July 10, 2025

• VENUExVENUE | Deadline: July 11, 2025

• Sauti za Busara | Location: East Africa | Deadline: July 31, 2025 |

• ETHNO USA | Deadline: August 1, 2025

• MENT | Location: Ljubljana, Slovenia | Deadline: August 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

• ACTRA RACS - Burst Their Bubble is calling for legislation to interrupt the current music streaming model that underpays music creators.

• Baseline, a new research project funded by the Canada Council for the Arts is seeking 12 participants for our upcoming Focus Groups throughout April and May to hear from those working in live events, particularly in rural live music.

• CDCE + CPCC Calls for Action: Copyright Reform Now | Deadline: Open

• Billboard Canada 'COVID Ripped Up the Playbook': These Canadian Music Festivals Have Called For Support or Closed Since 2023

• Hypebot Climate Change Impact on Festivals: Fan Hesitation

• Exclaim Donald Trump Signs Executive Order to Defund NPR and PBS

• NPR A Music Executive Says Women Forced To Pick 'Survival' Over Consent In Music Industry

• The Guardian Who Is Behind The Great Rock’N’Roll Ripoff? How Ticketmaster Swallowed The Live Entertainment Scene

• Les SMAQ Protéger la culture québécoise commence par les lieux de diffusion indépendants!

• 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: 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

• Ontario Creates

  • Global Market Development for Music Managers | Deadline: June 18, 2025

• Indigenous Music Office Leadership Program | Location: Toronto | Dates: October 6-10 | Deadline: Open

• OHSOTO'KINO Indigenous Music Incubator | Deadline: May 31, 2025

• Canada's Music Incubator (CMI)

  • Artist Entrepreneur Program | Deadline: June 8, 2025

  • AE West Program in partnership with the National Music Centre | Deadline: July 14, 2025

• Banff Musicians in Residence | Deadline: July 9

• Toga da wôhnagabi: Music Creation Residency | Deadline: August 20, 2025

• Young Music Professionals | Call for board members, committee members, mentors, and other opportunities. | Deadline: Open

• Rise Up Pitch Competition | Deadline: Unknown

• 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.

• SOCAN: Indigenous Song Camp | Deadline: May 19, 2025

• The 30th Annual USA Songwriting Competition | Deadline: May 30, 2025

• BBPA Scholarship Program | Deadline: Opening Soon

• SOCAN: Young Canadian Songwriters Awards | Deadline: June 1, 2025

• International Songwriting Competition | Deadline: Early bird open

• 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

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