Music Export Canada presents Canadian Blast at Folk Alliance 2016
In just a few short weeks, CIMA will be heading back to Kansas City, Missouri for the 2016 edition of Folk Alliance International.
This year marks the 28th year of the world's largest gathering of the folk music industry and community, attracting over 2,000 artists and industry professionals (agents, managers, publishers, labels, festivals, promoters and media) dedicated to folk music. Attendees who attended the 2015 edition represented over 20 countries, including the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, England, Scotland, Wales and many more.
For more information about Folk Alliance, please click here.
If you'd like to see a recap of the outcomes of CIMA's mission to Folk Alliance in 2015, please click here.
This year's Canadian Blast showcase will take place at Benton's (Westin Crown Center) on Saturday, February 20, 2016.
The showcase kicks off at 6:15pm and features the following artists:
Ben Caplan & the Casual Smokers (Nova Scotia)
Scott Nolan (Manitoba)
Lee Harvey Osmond (Ontario)
The Dead South (Saskatchewan)
Sultans of String (Ontario)
The East Pointers (Prince Edward Island)
