Meet the Festival Buyers

Neill Dixon March 17, 2024

Meet the Festival Buyers

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Programming a music festival is not as easy as it looks. Buyers spend all year scouting talent, from the headliners to the barely legible names at the bottom, every slot is scrutinized to ensure the best lineup possible, and to stay on budget. In this session you will meet some of Canada’s top festival buyers/programmers who’ll give you a behind the curtain peek at the obstacles of putting these large scale events together and how they sweat the big and small stuff to ensure success.

RBC® is proud to support Canadian talent through our Emerging Artists Project in partnership with Canadian Music Week’s Virtual Voices Series.

Supporting the arts is a long-standing priority of RBC®. We recognize the important role they play in building vibrant communities and strong economies. We also recognize the struggle many artists go through to gain the recognition they need to become successful in their practice. The RBC Emerging Artists Project helps artists bridge the gap from emerging to established, and supports organizations that provide the best opportunities to advance artists’ careers.

The RBC Emerging Artist Project support results-driven programming to help artists bridge the gap from emerging to established, in the early stages of their career, by providing Networking, Training & Exposure to new/diverse audiences.

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