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Music Industry Event for Sync Focused Songwriters, Composers and Artists: The Sync or Swim Music Event | January 26 – 29, 2023
Organized and hosted by Robbie Hancock, offered by Sync or Swim Music, and supported by Amplify BC's Industry Initiatives program, the Sync or Swim Music Event Weekend offers a unique opportunity for members of the music industry - composers, songwriters, artists, and...
Updated B.C. Film Location Policy and FAQs
Thank you to government and industry partners who helped ensure that the B.C. Film Location policy is updated, relevant and current for 2023, complete with a new FAQ. This important high-level framework positively supports the relationship between the Province of B.C....
Reel Green ™ Vendor Spotlight: Keep It Green Recycling
The Reel Green™ Vendor Spotlight is a new initiative, where each month we interview one Reel Green™ Vendor. We will dive into the sustainability practices, highlights, accomplishments and community work, as well as touching base on the challenges our vendors face....
PSTC/FIBC Applicants: Production Company Business Number (BN)
The business number (BN) is a unique number assigned to a company by the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA). Business owners use this number to identify their company when in contact with any federal, provincial, or local government program. The business number consists of...
14 B.C. recipients to initiate interactive digital media projects through Creative BC and BC Arts Council Interactive Fund
Image: GIOTTO, IO Labs Vancouver, B.C. (January 23, 2023) - Today, the BC Arts Council and Creative BC are pleased to announce the recipients of their Interactive Fund partnership. This year, the annual program will support 14 B.C. recipients with $615,000 to...
PuSh Festival and Talking Stick Festival re-launch the PuSh Industry Series through an Indigenous lens from January 29 – February 5, 2023. Register today!
A cornerstone of the PuSh Festival for years, the Industry Series is back, and in-person! After two years of digital convening, organizers are excited to welcome local, national, and international performing arts communities back to the 2023 Festival. This week-long...
Future Music Leaders: Keychange 2023 Artists and Innovators Announced
Earlier this month, Keychange, the pioneering international initiative for gender equity in the music industry, welcomed 74 new participants to its 2023 Talent Development Programme. Of this total, 8 - 4 artists, and 4 innovators - were Canadians. Bringing together a...
Female and gender minority music producers: apply for SOCAN’s Equity x Production Mentorship Program by February 15, 2023!
Made possible thanks to support from the Royal Bank of Canada and Abelton, and delivered by the SOCAN Foundation, the annual Equity x Production Mentorship Program specifically empowers female and gender minority professionals to forge careers as music producers by...
Are you a B.C.-based Indigenous arts presenter? The BC Touring Council is looking for your input!
The BC Touring Council is currently surveying B.C.-based presenters, producers, and festivals engaged in presenting Indigenous art and artists. Any organization that has incorporated Indigenous programming into its output is invited to share details on their...
BreakOut West Festival Submissions Now Open: apply by March 20, 2023!
Begin the New Year with a new opportunity: consider applying to showcase at at BreakOut West 2023, in Kelowna, B.C! Submissions to play the BreakOut West Showcase Festival in October 2023 opened on January 18th, 2023, and early-bird pricing is in effect until February...
Khatsalano Street Party Submissions for Bands Now Open: apply by February 28, 2023!
Do you represent a B.C-based band interested in exposure at one of Vancouver's largest free street festivals? If your band has enough material for a 30-minute set, an existing video recording of a public live performance, and the drive to connect with music lovers...
Female-Founded Live Music Businesses: apply for support to the Live Nation Women Fund today!
The Live Nation Women Fund is a global, early-stage fund that Live Nation established to improve gender equality across the industry by investing in female-founded live music businesses. It aims to provide capital and resources for underrepresented female...
Call for Artists: For Montreal and Mundial Montréal 2023
M for Montreal and Mundial Montréal are presenting the very first edition of the RADAR series. This series of showcases presented between March and May 2023 will be open to the general public as well as being punctuated by professional industry meetings. These monthly...
Submissions now open to showcase at BreakOut West 2023
BreakOut West features a multi-genre, multi-venue showcase festival that presents more than 50 established and emerging artists from across Western Canada. This year's event takes place October 11-15, 2023 in beautiful Kelowna, British Columbia. Please note that...
2023 B.C. Magazine Industry Survey
The Magazine Association of BC invites you to complete their annual B.C. magazine industry survey. It will be their primary planning and advocacy tool for the next year. Complete the survey by January 23 at midnight here.
Interactive companies invited to apply to the Vancouver Takeover Delegation at SXSW 2023
Roll call! Innovation startups in Vancouver/B.C. considering heading to SXSW 2023 in Austin TX in March. The future of frontier technologies is being created right now in Vancouver, Canada. Local pioneers are leading global innovation in frontier technology including...
Entries are now being accepted for the 2023 Next Generation Indie Book Awards
The 2023 Next Generation Indie Book Awards is open to all indie book authors and publishers including independent publishers (small, medium or otherwise), university presses, self-published authors, e-book authors, seasoned authors and even first time authors in the...
2023 CBC Nonfiction Prize is now open to Canadian writers
Writers from across Canada are invited to submit to one of Canada's most prestigious prizes for unpublished work! You can submit memoir, biography, humour writing, essay, personal essay travel writing and feature articles up to 2,000 words, as long as it has not been...
2023 Amazon Canada First Novel Award is now open for submissions
Established in 1976, the First Novel Award program has launched the careers of some of Canada’s most beloved novelists. Previous winners include Michael Ondaatje, Joan Barfoot, Joy Kogawa, W.?P. Kinsella, Nino Ricci, Rohinton Mistry, Michael Redhill, Mona Awad,...
Reel Green™ Welcomes Earth Angel as New Partner
Reel Green™ is pleased to start the new year by welcoming Earth Angel as a new partner of the Reel Green™ initiative. Earth Angel will be voting members on the Reel Green ™ Advisory Committee, as well as sit on the National Reel Green™ Committee, working towards our...
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