The highly anticipated Common Cents Fest, held in Centennial Common on the evening of Sept. 17, was a thrilling celebration of diversity and dance, serving as a powerful start to the 2023-24 academic year. Headlined by the ultra-confident rap persona CupcakKe alongside local indie rock bands Vi and Ski Club, the Live Music Association, or.
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The Unison Fund, the Canadian Live Music Association and Music Canada Welcome Direct Funding from the Province of Ontario
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March 12th, 2021, Ottawa: The Canadian Live Music Association (CLMA), and Music Canada welcome support received from Lisa MacLeod, Minister of Heritage, Sport, Tourism and Culture Industries with today’s announcement of funding for the Unison Fund, Canada’s music industry charity and the CLMA, in support of the broader music community.
$2M to the Unison Fund
Funding to Unison will provide much-needed emergency assistance to artists, creators, and industry from local communities across Ontario. Artists and the broader live music ecology have been deeply impacted, and this vital support to Unison comes at a time when it is desperately needed.
Livestreams cancelled as music venues forced to close – even virtually
Live venues found new life with online concerts until Ontario imposed a stay-at-home order. So why can film shoots continue? By Richard Trapunski
PUP played a livestream concert from Sneaky Dee s last year.
Most of Toronto’s music venues have been closed since last March, but many have found a way to come back to life with livestream concerts.
Not anymore.
With Ontario’s latest emergency stay-at-home order, the city’s struggling music venues have been forced to close their doors again – even virtually.
Since the order took effect last on January 14, there’s been a new wave of concert cancellations and postponements – a small reminder of the one that tore through the entire live events calendar when the COVID pandemic first shut everything down last year.