5th Annual Canadian Music Café and the 34th Toronto International Film Festival®
Now accepting submissions – Opens June 12, 2009
www.canadianmusiccafe.com
Celebrating its fifth year this September 15th – 17th, the Canadian Music Café is the place where film and music meet, providing a platform for Canadian artists to showcase their talent. The annual event takes place at the Hard Rock Cafe during the Toronto International Film Festival and features 15 artists over three days performing for music supervisors/executives, producers, directors and media from around the world. The Canadian Music Café presents all genres of music to the decision-makers of the international film community.
Previous performers include Martha Wainwright, Thunderheist, City and Colour, Jarvis Church, Molly Johnson, Matt Dusk, The Trews, Keisha Chante, Buck 65, Chantal Kreviazuk, Ron Sexsmith, Jully Black and Steven Page (Barenaked Ladies & The Vanity Project), among others. In the past four years, the Canadian Music Café has created a stage for 60 musical acts.
This year’s submission process, exclusively through Sonicbids, opens Friday, June 12th at 12:00 noon ET and closes Friday, June 26th at 5:00 p.m. ET. Artists and bands interested in performing at this year’s event, please visit www.sonicbids.com/canadianmusiccafe for information.
The Canadian Music Café, an initiative developed by the Canadian music industry, is presented by Radio Starmaker Fund and is collaboratively produced by the Canadian Independent Record Production Association (CIRPA), the Canadian Music Publishers Association (CMPA), the Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA), the Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada (SOCAN), and in partnership with the Toronto International Film Festival.
For media queries, images and interviews please contact:
Planet3 Communications Ltd – Leanne Plummer/ Joanne Smale
T: 647.346.4101, E: info@planet3com.net
For Canadian Music Café, please visit: www.canadianmusiccafe.com
For the Toronto International Film Festival please visit: www.tiff.net
