MUSIC INDUSTRY NEWS ROUND-UP

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• Ottawa Music Industry Coaltion | Deadline: Open

• BISE Festival | Date Limite: 30 juin 2025

• Philippine Fest | Location: Mississauga | Deadline: July 31, 2025

• Winterruption | Deadline: June 30, 2025

• Come Together | Deadline: July 1, 2025

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

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

• VENUExVENUE | Deadline: July 11, 2025

• ONTARIO at MaMA Music & Convention | Deadline: July 20, 2025

• SXSW | First Deadline: August 13, 2025 | Final Deadline: October 24, 2025

• Country On The Coast | Deadline: September 30, 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

• FOCUS Wales | Deadline: November 1, 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

• Music Ally Greenly report examines the climate impact of music-streaming

• Winnipeg Free Press Don’t regulate us like radio, music streamer Spotify tells CRTC

• Music Business Worldwide Indie artists can now upload videos to Spotify through DistroKid’s video service

• Digital Music News The Data Dilemma: Why Metadata Demands Collective Accountability

• Variety Why Artists Must Own Their Data: Guest Post by WME’s Co-Head of Music Kirk M. Sommer

• 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

• RBC Emerging Musician Program | Deadline: July 13, 2025

• BBPA National Scholarship Program | Deadline: Open

• MusicAction

  • Production d’un album, Production et promotion de titres, Soutien à l’émergence – Aide à la production, Commercialisation nationale | Deadline: September 3, 2025

• SODEC_LAB - Intégration de dispositifs numériques aux tournées internationales | Date Limite: 19 septembre 2025

• SOCAN

  • Nashville Residency: powered by TuneCore | Deadline: June 30, 2025

  • South Asian Song Camp | Deadline: Nashville Residency: powered by TuneCore

• DARC Indigenous Residency | Deadline: June 30

• Girl Connected 2025 | Deadline: Open

• Pacifique en chanson 2025 | Date Limite: 5 juillet 2025

• Banff Musicians in Residence Winter | Deadline: July 9, 2025

• Canada's Music Incubator (CMI)

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

  • Artist Development for Western Canadian Artists | Deadline: July 14, 2025

• VIFF Amp | Deadline: July 20, 2025

• WIM Canada Entrepreneur Accelerator | Deadline: July 31, 2025

• South Asian Music Accelerator (SAMA) | Deadline: August 15, 2025

• 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.

• BBPA Scholarship Program | Deadline: Opening Soon

• International Songwriting Competition | Deadline: Early bird open

• Canadian Folk Music Awards | Deadline: July 15, 2025

• American Songwriter 2025 Song Contest | Deadline: December 8, 2025

• Gala Alternatif de la Musique Indépendante du Québec (GAMIQ) | Date Limite: 31 juillet 2025

• 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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