The Canadian Live Music Association (CLMA) has expressed its appreciation to the Government of Canada and Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault for extending Phase 2 support from the COVID-19 Emergency Support Fund for Cultural, Heritage and Sport Organizations to Canada’s for-profit live music stakeholders.   Minister Guilbeault announced on July 7th

BreakOut West is moving online for 2020. This year, the annual festival and conference was set to take place in Winnipeg, MB from Sept. 30 to Oct. 4. In response to the ongoing circumstances surrounding COVID-19, BOW 2020 will be making the shift to a virtual event, bringing attendees a

The Unison Benevolent Fund – an assistance program that provides discreet relief to Canadian music industry professionals in times of crisis – has launched #WithoutMusic, a new collaborative social media campaign designed with both the music industry and fans in mind. As part of Unison’s ongoing efforts to combat the devastating

Women’s Audio Mission (WAM), a nonprofit dedicated to the advancement of women and gender non-confirming (GNC) individuals in music production and the recording arts, will present WAMCon Virtual, the organization’s first online immersive recording arts conference from July 24-25, 2020. This year, in response to the current health