Canadian Music Week is thrilled to announce the “CMW Startup Launch Pad”, a pitch competition for new businesses that are based in or connected to the Music Industry. The competition will take place during this year’s conference on Thursday, May 5th at the Sheraton Centre Hotel. “The conference is dedicated to further developing the Canadian music industry, and startups play an important role in that” states Danya Dixon, VP of Programming. The competition will offer startups an opportunity for exposure and investment, as well as advice from top industry professionals. The event will be hosted by Darryl Ballantyne, CEO of LyricFind, and will feature merchant banker and Dragons’ Den panelist Michael Wekerle, Managing Director of Walden Venture Capital Larry Marcus, IAEL President Jeff Liebenson, Director of Mediaclarity Ltd Jeremy Silver, and Managing Partner at TAG Strategic Ted Cohen as judges. The prize package will include but not limited to:
All startups selected to participate will receive CMW Conference passes and will be included in pre-show marketing materials. Enter here.
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TROYE SIVAN BLUE NEIGHBOURHOOD TOUR Friday, February 26, 2016 The Danforth Music Hall, 147 Danforth Ave., Toronto ON A GTA Music City Funk, Rock, & Pop Spectacular was a fundraising concert organized by MusiCounts. There were live performances by The Hitmen, God Made Me Funky, Simone Denny, Lee Aaron, The Elwins (& their mustache), The Bucket List, Joey Landreth, and Stompin' John Tory. The event was held at the Phoenix Concert Theatre on January 28th, 2016. All proceeds raised go to supporting inclusive music programming in schools and communities.
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