Manitoba Music
Deadlines & Opportunities
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Manitoba Music Opportunities
New Music Night l Deadline: Ongoing
BPM | Black Professionals in Music | Deadline: Ongoing
BPM Guest Curators | Deadline: Ongoing
Madwewetoon Guest Curators | Deadline: Ongoing
Manitoba Music Song of the Week | Deadline: Ongoing (Updated Thursdays)
Manitoba Music Spotify Playlist | Deadline: Ongoing (Updated Fridays)
Volunteers | Deadline: Ongoing
Performance Opportunities
Prairie Debut
Details: Opportunity for classical and global musicians to tour across the Canadian Prairies.
Deadline: March 28
Showcase Opportunities
Mundial Montreal
Deadline: March 16
Nordic Connect Conference Toronto
Deadline: March 24
Folk Music Ontario
Deadline: March 31
Do It For the Culture
Deadline: April 1
POP Montreal
Deadline: April 12
Canada House at Reeperbahn
Deadline: May 16
Calls for Submissions & Other Opportunities
Banff Centre Music Programs l Multiple Deadlines
MayWorks 2025: Celebrating Labour and the Arts l Deadline: March 15
Western Canadian Music Awards Jurors l Deadline: March 26
Winnipeg Folk Festival Young Performers Program l Deadline: April 15
Advancing Women in Sound Scholarship l Deadline: Unknown
Manitoba Government Export Support Programming l Deadline: Unknown
Women in Music Canada Directory | Deadline: Ongoing
FACTOR 2025 Program Deadlines
Artist-Entrepreneur
Window opens February 24, with a deadline of Thursday, March 27.
Promotor Program
Window opens March 10, with a deadline of Thursday, April 10.
Support For Eligible Music Companies: Business Development Component
Window opens April 14, with a deadline of Thursday, June 5.
Window opens September 8, with a deadline of Thursday, October 23.
Collective Initiatives
Window opens April 14, with a deadline of Thursday, May 15, for events taking place August 1 – November 30, 2025.
Sponorship
Window opens April 21, with a deadline of Thursday, May 22, for events taking place August 1 – November 30, 2025.
Juried Sound Recording: Album
Window opens June 5, with deadline of Thursday, July 10, at 3:00pm ET.
Awards
Western Canadian Music Awards l Early Bird Deadline: March 19
TD Indigenous Songwriter Awards l Deadline: April 30
Grants & Funding
Government of Canada
Tourism Growth Program (TGP) in the Prairie Provinces
Canada Council for the Arts
Creating, Knowing and Sharing: The Arts and Cultures of First Nations, Inuit and Métis Peoples
Travel | Deadline: Any time before your departure date until April 23
Small-Scale Activities | Deadline: Any time before the start date of your project/activity until April 23
Long-Term Projects | Deadline: April 9
Indigenous Organizations | Deadline: Fall 2027
Arts Across Canada
Travel | Deadline: Any time before your departure date until May 14
Representation and Promotion | Deadline: Any time before your departure date until May 14
Circulation and Touring | Deadline: April 9
Foreign Artist Tours | Deadline: Any time before the start date of your project or activity until March 26
Public Outreach - Project Grants | Deadline: April 9
Arts Abroad
Travel | Deadline: Any time before your departure date until May 14
Representation and Promotion | Deadline: Any time before your departure date until May 14
Translation | Deadline: April 2
Residencies | Deadline: March 26
Explore and Create
Professional Development for Artists | Deadline: Any time before the start date of your project or activity until April 9
Research and Creation | Deadline: Any time before the start of your project or the part of your project for which you are seeking funding until April 23
Concept to Realization - Project Grants | Deadline: Any time before the start of your project or the part of your project for which you are seeking funding until April 23
Concept to Realization - Composite Grants | April 12
Supporting Artistic Practice
Support Organizations | Deadline: Jan 21, 2026
National Arts Service Organizations | Deadline: Jan 21, 2026
>>> More CCA cut-off and deadline details
FACTOR
Artist-Entrepreneur | Deadline: March 27
Promoter Program | Deadline: April 10
Songwriter Development | Rolling deadline. Applications must be submitted at least one calendar day before travel departure.
Video | Rolling deadlines
Live Performance | Rolling deadlines, at least one day before the start of the trip
Sponsorship | Applications must be submitted at the latest three months prior to the start date of the proposed event/project
Collective Initiatives (Period Four) | Deadline: May 1 (for events between Sep 1 - Dec 31)
Manitoba Arts Council
Create | Deadline: March 20
Share - Tour | Deadline: April 1
Indigenous 360 | Deadline: April 25
Manitoba Film & Music
Promote | Deadline: Ongoing
Perform | Deadline: Ongoing
Build l Deadline: June 19, 2025
Produce l Deadlines: May 15, Sep 18, Jan 22
Produce – Out-of-Province Artists l Deadlines: May 15, Sep 18, Jan 22
Manitoba Music
Market Access Fund | Application Deadlines:
February 24, 2025 (Final deadline of the year for late confirmations to March events)
Or 30 days before travel for events not on the approved events list
Musicaction
Commercialisation Internationale | Un mois avant le début des activités
Démarchage | 10 jours ouvrables avant le départ
Développement des marchés internationaux | 6 semaines avant l’événement
SOCAN
Get Set. Get Paid. (Online Concert Royalties) | Deadline: ongoing
SOCAN Foundation
Relief Fund | Deadline: Ongoing
Professional Development Assistance Program | Deadline: ongoing
Travel Assistance Program | Deadline: Ongoing
Winnipeg Arts Council
Professional Research & Development Grant | Deadline: At least 4 weeks prior to the start of the proposed activity
WAC Individual Artist Grant l Deadline: March 4
Job & Volunteer Opportunities
Centre culturel franco-manitobain (CCFM)
Position: Chief Executive Officer / Poste de Direction générale
Deadline: March 19
Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra
Position: Grant Writer Coordinator
Deadline: Position will remain open until filled