On Saturday, Minister Ng announced that the Government of Canada will provide $15 million in additional funding to support women entrepreneurs through the Women Entrepreneurship Strategy (WES). This money will go directly to select organizations that are currently WES [...]

Our 15 teams have been working hard all week with our mentors on their songs for this year's theme of #AloneTogether. We are excited to offer fans and music lovers alike a chance to hear this year's 15 final [...]

Our weekly virtual industry forum continues this week with a panel of professionals from across the entertainment industry. Our experts will share easy to implement tips, tricks and strategies to create professional-looking video from your home. Whether you're live streaming, recording to [...]

This week the Province of British Columbia announced their phased reopening plan for various sectors of the BC economy. As expected, large gatherings both indoor and outdoor - including festivals, concerts and conferences - are not slated to resume in the [...]

After careful consideration, Music BC will be suspending the Let's Hear It! Live Micro Grant program for 2020, and will not be awarding any further grants at this time. We will be sharing more details on how the funding for this program will be re-allocated to [...]

We'd like to congratulate the teams selected by our jury of music industry mentors for the Canadian Songwriter Challenge! The amount of submissions we received this year was staggering! It was amazing to hear so many incredible, thoughtful and creative new [...]

We're keeping the conversation going with another How-To From Home virtual industry forum! This week we are focusing on strategies for artists, singer-songwriters and presenters and how they can leverage streaming platforms (including Side Door Access, Facebook Live, Instagram and [...]

Due to the uncertain nature of global travel restrictions in the near future, Music BC will no longer be processing new artist or business travel grant applications. This will remain in effect until we receive clarity from various levels of government and national health authorities [...]

Music BC presents How-To From Home. We are excited to launch a new virtual industry forum as part of our How-To Series. This week we are focusing on strategies from the electronic music sector, and how to leverage streaming platforms [...]

Working on your #AloneTogether song?! Our mentors can't wait to hear what you've created. This year we are excited to welcome our team of experienced and talented songwriting experts to help guide the challenge: Danielle McTaggart (Dear Rouge), Tyler Bancroft (Said the Whale), Dave [...]