On Sunday December 5th at the Emera Innovation Exchange MusicNL elected their new board of directors. Great Governance is a priority in the new 2022-2025 Strategic Plan. The newly elected board will preserve and strengthen stakeholder confidence, provide the foundation for a high-performing organization and ensure the organization is well positioned to respond to a changing external environment. New directors include: Derrick Sturge Heather Stamp-Nunes […]
MusicNL is pleased to announce a one-time COVID-19 funding program to support artists touring within Newfoundland & Labrador. Between June 9, 2021 and March 31, 2022 (or until funding is exhausted), we will be accepting applications for intra-provincial touring for Newfoundland & Labrador musicians. Applicants may apply for up to 100% of eligible expenses to […]
St. John’s, NL, Canada – June 7, 2021: MusicNL has teamed up with the Landfall Trust of Brigus and Genoa Design International to present their first ever musician-in-residence program. After a competitive selection process, St. John’s based folk duo Rube & Rake were selected as the inaugural recipients of the program. The duo will spend […]
MusicNL is a proud signatory of BDRB, a declaration to end anti-black racism in the Canadian music industry. Individuals and organizations can sign on here Press release click here
MusicNL and It’s Mental are excited today to announce the release of a mental health survey which will be one of the building blocks for the creation of a new peer support network for the music sector in Newfoundland and Labrador. Other building blocks include equipping upwards of 30 individuals in the sector with Mental Health First […]
MusicNL pleased with the Federal Government’s investment in the music sector in Budget 2021. Supporting Musicians and Music Venues. To help Canadian musicians, concert venues, producers, and distributors, Budget 2021 proposes to provide $70 million over three years, starting in 2021-22, to Canadian Heritage for the Canada Music Fund. This includes up to $50 million in 2021-22 to help the […]
The Jibfest Weekender 2021 – Feb. 19 & 20For Immediate Release There is a lot of confusion and misinformation on social media so we are releasing this statement to clear things up. The Jibfest Weekender (JFW) was set to take place on Feb. 19th & 20th at 7 venues throughout downtown Corner Brook. There were […]
On Sunday, February 7th, The Nain Moravian Church Choir and the Nain Brass Band will be celebrated with MusicNL’s prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award. Two hundred and fifty years ago, in August 1771, a remarkable relationship began on the north coast of Labrador between the people of Nain and the arriving Moravian missionaries. Based on a shared […]
Each year the MusicNL Board of Directors present a number of Honorary Awards that acknowledge special achievement in the province’s music industry. This year the “Denis Parker Industry Builder Award” goes to two pioneer recording studios in the province: Jack Winsor’s Echo Music and Recording Studio in St. John’s and Clode Sound Productions in Stephenville. […]
St. John’s, NL – The 2020 Honorary MusicNL Legacy Awards celebrate two music venues for their outstanding contribution to live music: The Strand Lounge in St. John’s and Wheeler’s Lounge in Noel’s Pond, Stephenville. For decades these two venues, strategically located on opposite sides of the Island, became the go-to performance spaces for local and touring musical […]