This five-day artist development intensive is open to Indigenous artists across Canada. Each year, six participants will converge at Calgary's Studio Bell, home of the National Music Centre, to learn new skills and connect with national music industry experts. This...
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Pacific Contact
The BC Touring Council currently has a call out for applications to showcase at Pacific Contact 2022, and are hosting a Showcase Info Session on Friday, June 18, 2021. The 2022 Pacific Contact is scheduled to return April 7–10, 2022 to full capacity as an in-person conference and will include artists from outside BC that were scheduled to showcase in 2020 plus new artists from the June 2021 application process.
Pacific Contact is the BC Touring Council’s annual showcase and booking conference for the performing arts. It includes artist showcases, a contact room (tradeshow area with tables of artists and agent/managers), workshops, networking and hospitality.
Delegates to the conference come from BC, across Canada and the US. They include performing arts and school presenters, festivals, facility managers, artists and agents/managers and government funding partners and industry representatives. On average, Pacific Contact attracts 250 delegates each year.
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