NXNE Returns to Port Lands Site for 2017
Guitar Workshop Plus Reveals 2017
Dates & Guest Artists
Guitar Workshop Plus has announced its 2017
program and artist lineup. The program provides
an intensive experience in music education and
has scholarships available. Four sessions have
been announced for 2017 as follows: San Diego,
CA from June 18-23; Oakville, ON from July 23-
28; Nashville, TN from July 30-Aug. 4; and Seattle,
WA from Aug. 13-18.
This year’s guest artists include: Rik Emmett
(Triumph, solo); Andy Timmons (solo); Tony Ma-
cAlpine (solo, Steve Vai, Planet X); Mike Keneally
(Frank Zappa, Steve Vai, Joe Satriani); and more.
A number of new special seminars have also
been added to the regular course options.
For more information, go to
www.guitarworkshopplus.com.
Organizers of the 23 rd annual North by Northeast
(NXNE) festival have announced that this year’s Club
Land shows will be held in venues around down-
town Toronto from June 16-26, while the central
festival site in the Port Lands will host shows from
June 23-25.
NXNE changed formats last year with the
introduction of the Port Lands festival site, which
shifted much of the club programming to a central
location. This year, it will include two main stages, art installations, sponsor activations, and
places to relax between acts, as well as a comedy tent and carnival rides. The Port Lands
headliners will include Post Malone, Tyler the Creator, Passion Pit, Sleigh Bells, Cold Specks,
Bleachers, Tinie Tempah, and more.
For more information, go to www.nxne.com.
Honey Jam Auditions Set for June 3 rd
Auditions for the 2017 Honey Jam Showcase
will be held on June 3 rd at Revival in Toronto. As
always, Honey Jam auditions are open to all fe-
male artists ages 14 to 25 in any genre. The final
Honey Jam showcase will be held Aug. 24, 2017
in Toronto. Artists outside of Ontario may submit
their audition online.
All of the artists chosen to perform this
year will attend a music industry workshop at
Harris Institute, receive one-on-one vocal and
performance coaching from Elaine Overholt of
Big Voice Studios, be played on radio, and receive
A&R consultation from Universal Music.
One artist chosen for the August showcase
will win demo sessions at Slaight Studios and at-
tend Canada’s Walk of Fame ceremony. As well, a
Toronto-based Honey Jam artist will take part in
the Artist Entrepreneur program at Coalition Music’s
Canada’s Music Incubator (CMI). One winner will
also have the opportunity to perform in Barbados
in November, including flight and hotel costs.
For more information, visit
www.honeyjam.com.
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