Employment Opportunity: Venue Technician (Audio), Yukon Arts Centre
The Yukon Arts Centre is seeking a Venue Technician (Audio) to join their team. Closing date: December 14, 2018 View job posting
Call for Performers: Community School Touring Program
Community School Touring Program 2018-19 The Community School Touring Program is pleased to announce it is accepting tour proposals from performers for the 2018/19 school year. All performance arts are welcome, including music, theatre and dance. The touring program aims to bring performances to students in Yukon communities they may not otherwise encounter, and preference is given to applications with an educational component. Performers can apply for five different tour routes within the territory. (Tour dates are established by the performers and schools after routes have been awarded.) Applications should include a description of the performance, a list of performers, [...]
Air North: Call for Performing Artists
In partnership with multiple Northern Tour Operators and Maritime Travel, one of Canada’s Largest Travel Agencies, Air North, Yukon’s Airline will be touring Southern BC this month, promoting a “Great Northern Experience” for travel to Yukon and Northwest Territories. We are seeking performing artists to accompany our sales team at a series of presentations this fall throughout Southern BC to showcase northern arts and culture. Performance dates and cities are as follows: • Tuesday, October 16th - West Vancouver • Wednesday, October 17th - Port Moody • Thursday, October 18th - Langley • Friday, October 19th – Victoria • Sunday, [...]
Dawson City Music Festival: Songwriter in Residence Program
Since 2006, the Dawson City Music Festival has proudly operated an annual Songwriter in Residence program with the support of the Klondike Institute of Art & Culture. The program brings a musician to Dawson City for a month-long, mid-winter stay (MONTH OF JANUARY) where the artist receives studio and living space at the historic goldrush-era Macaulay House. Previous songwriters in residence have involved themselves deeply with the local community and have found it to be an enriching, once-in-a-lifetime experience. Whether mentoring local musicians, volunteering for the Yukon Quest International Dogsled Race, performing at the local Seniors Home, or leading workshops at the Robert Service [...]
48-Hour Music Video Challenge
48-Hour Music Video Challenge! Join in on the first-ever 48-Hour Music Video Challenge from August 24 - 26, presented in partnership with Yukon Film Society, Music Yukon and KIAC! Filmmakers and musicians (or both!) are invited to bring their cameras, their instruments, and a bit of creative ingenuity to put together a short video that captivates audiences through narrative or experimental means - in only two days! Prizes, screening dates, and more guidelines will also be announced soon! Click here to apply! And if you have questions, please contact Takashi at tech@yukonfilmsociety.com *Video by Erin Corbett and Selene Vakharia of Jona Barr performing at Incidentals Music
Apply Now for Yukon Girls Rock Camp Whitehorse: Campers & Staff
The 1st annual Yukon Girls Rock Camp WH is August 6-11th, 2018 in Whitehorse, Yukon. After 4 years of magical summers at YGRC in Dawson City, we are working on a new project, with local partners Something Shows, to bring you: YGRC WH! In our 6-day summer camp, participants learn an instrument, form a band, write a song and rock out on stage. In addition to music and band practices campers will talk about growing up in the North, gender issues, media literacy, and positive self-expression. They’ll also learn how to make their world an awesome place to live through community activism. Camper applications [...]
Opportunity for Artists: Bistro on Bennett in Carcross seeks musical acts
The Bistro on Bennett in Carcross is looking for musical artists to perform on weekends during the summer. Thursdays through Sundays are all options. There are several options we could look at. Either performing while we are open from say 6 to 8pm or possibly having the musician start at 8 at normal closing and we stay open with high refreshments and keep our beer and wine service open and have an after 8pm performance. Lunch hours can be quite busy in Carcross on weekend and there is lots of foot traffic in the commons so a 1pm performance would attract a considerable audience. Feel free to contact [...]
Call for Applications: Folk Alliance International
The Folk Alliance International 2019 Conference will take place February 13-17 in Montreal. This year, they will be hosting an Indigenous Music Industry Summit, as well as an Ethnomusicology Summit. Also, during the conference they will celebrate the 50th anniversary of John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s infamous Give Peace A Chance bed-in. ● OFFICIAL SHOWCASE applications are now open (deadline: August 15) ● Industry & Artist Scholarship applications are open ● Discounted Hotel Room reservations are now open ● Press Credentials now open. MORE INFO
Call for Submissions: Reeperbahn Festival
From 19 – 22 September 2018, the Reeperbahn Festival will present more than 900 events spanning a range of genres in locations around Hamburg’s Reeperbahn. Since its debut in 2006, the Reeperbahn Festival has grown to become one of the most important meeting places for the music industry worldwide, and, as Europe's largest club festival, it boasts a broad spectrum of emerging and more established artists. In addition to some 600 concerts by international artists held in a wide variety of venues, the festival programme includes events in the fields of fine art, film, and literature. The Reeperbahn Festival conference programme is designed for [...]
Call for Submissions: Artist Entrepreneur West
ARTIST ENTREPRENEUR WEST CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS BY JUNE 30 Canada’s Music Incubator (CMI) and the National Music Centre (NMC) are inviting artists of all genres from across Canada who are interested in bettering their craft and their business to apply to the AE West Program by June 30, 2018. AE West (Artist Entrepreneur West) is a five-week creative entrepreneurship program designed to help emerging professional artists develop sustainable businesses and careers via hands-on mentorship, networking and collaboration. It all takes place at Studio Bell, home of the National Music Centre, in Calgary from November 5 to December 7, 2018. Last year’s program included [...]