Arts in the Park is now accepting applications for its 22nd season! Arts in the Park puts on daily performances and visual art demonstrations that take place every weekday at LePage Park for 11 weeks starting May 22nd, 2018. The deadline for applications is April 6, 2018. Musicians and bands of all genres, storytellers, dancers, children’s performers, theatre and circus artists and any other type of performance artists are encouraged to apply to take part in the 2018 edition of Arts in the Park! We welcome applications from both emerging and established artists. Visual artists of all mediums are welcome to [...]

The BreakOut West Showcase Festival features a multi-genre line-up of over 50 of western Canada’s best emerging and established artists showcasing at multiple venues throughout the host city. This year, BreakOut West will be in Kelowna, BC from October 10 - 14, 2018. Applicants must be residents of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, British Columbia, the Yukon and/or the Northwest Territories, for at least six months between January 1, 2017 and March 21, 2018. It is recommended nominees, and those submitting, be a member of a Western Canadian Music Industry Association but is not required. Upon acceptance, the MIA’s will be contacted to [...]

The Jenni House Artist Residency is now accepting applications for residencies between April-September 2018. Deadline for applications is February 12, 2018 at 11:59pm. Late applications cannot be accepted. Professional and emerging artists from the Yukon, northern neighbours (Alaska, northern BC, Northwest Territories and Nunavut) and circumpolar countries are encouraged to apply. Jenni House is an ideal space for artistic collaboration and joint residency applications are accepted. Selected artists practicing in the fields of visual art, film and media, music, literary arts, spoken word and multi-disciplinary/multi-media will be awarded a one month residency and an honouria of $500. An allowance towards travel, [...]

Music Yukon is excited to invite you to participate in the RPM challenge this year. What is RPM? RPM is simply put, Record Production Month. It’s a challenge to yourself to create an album of new material during the month of February. This is a project for members of ALL skill levels and disciplines! Anyone can come up with an excuse to say “no,” so don’t. Many of you are thinking “But, I can’t do that! I don’t have any songs/recording gear/money/blah blah blah...” But this doesn’t have to be THE album, it’s just AN album. To recap: This will [...]

The National Creation Fund is now open for business. It will invest up to $3 million a year in the development of 15 to 20 compelling and ambitious new Canadian works in theatre, dance and music – works that have strong artistic teams and strong producing partners, and that are likely to have national and international impact. These works will come from artists and arts organizations across the country. The National Creation Fund will invest in the development of new work – the research, residencies and workshopping that ideally take place long before a show opens. The Fund will also invest in promising [...]

Music Yukon members and other Canadian songwriters are invited to enter the second annual Canadian Songwriting Competition. The competition will launch on October 1, 2017, with discounted early bird pricing (early bird pricing ends October 31). This year’s competition will be bigger and better, with a new cash prize of $10,000, and over $40,000 in prizes to be won! Judges include Joel Plaskett, Sam Roberts, Alan Doyle, Cadence Weapon, and industry tastemakers in A&R, radio, festival programming, publishing and more. CSC is also thrilled to partner with SickKids Foundation to help raise funds for in-hospital music programming. To access a special entry fee discount [...]

APPLICATION DEADLINE: OCTOBER 31 Now that our annual summer festival is over, we’re getting ready for our exciting annual winter programming! First up is the DCMF Songwriter in Residence program! Who would you like to see in Dawson for the month of January 2018? Share this with your favourite artists! It’s a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity full of northern lights, dog sledding, community, and music of course! Find out more here: http://www.dcmf.com/songwriter-in-residence/