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Creative Industries Week 2023: Music + Sound Recording

Tuesday April 18, 2023

Day two of Creative Industries Week at the Legislature celebrates music, bringing industry associations, businesses, artists, key stakeholders, and creators together with government for a showcase event.

Calling all British Columbians to celebrate music day! Celebrate B.C. artists, festivals, and music businesses across the province online–share a shout-out or your favourite B.C. songs to show your support, using the hashtags #BCMusic #ListenBC and #BCCreates across all social media platforms.

Looking to discover your new favourite song or listen to one you already love? Celebrate and enjoy B.C.’s diverse and outstanding music industry in a frequently updated Spotify playlist, #ListenBC. A variety of genres can be found, including folk, pop, rap, hip hop, electronic, Latin and everything in between. Listen to the playlist here!

Vancouver Mural Festival by Gabriel Martins

B.C.’s music and sound recording industry plays an integral role within B.C.’s creative sector, threading the sector together through its soundtracks, stages and synergies with film, TV, digital media. B.C. is the third-largest centre for music production in Canada with a large and diverse talent pool of award-winning artists and labels. Recognized for a broad cross-section of music genres from pop, rock, classical and blues to folk, jazz and beyond, B.C.’s music and sound recording industry boasts over 280 recording studios and record labels.

Did you know?
In 2021, B.C. music + sound recording contributed $286M Total GDP to the provincial economy. More than 11,000 people work in the industry and there are over 5,500 full-time and equivalent jobs across the province.

Music BC Presents LET’S HEAR IT VICTORIA Concert
If you’re in Victoria on April 18, 2023, join us at The Duke and see XL The Band, Nicki MacKenzie and Désirée Dawson, recent SXSW award winner. Doors at 7pm, show starts at 8pm.


Join Music BC, organizer of Creative Industries Week celebrations for the music and sound recording industries!
Music BC is the industry’s membership association, serving the for-profit and non-profit music industry, with a broad membership including artists, industry professionals, service providers, studios, promoters, venues, festivals, producers, agents, managers and educational institutions. An essential part of the province’s creative economy and industry, Music BC provides opportunities to further the careers of B.C.’s music creatives and professionals. The association is the voice of the B.C. music industry locally, domestically and internationally, through active advocacy.

Learn more about B.C.’s music + sound recording industry
Music BC
First Peoples’ Cultural Council
Sector and Industry Overviews
Creative BC Amplify BC Impact Report
Map of Music + Sound Recording Companies in B.C.
Amplify BC-funded-creator stories

Read about B.C.’s Music + Sound Recording Creators

April 14, 2023 by

Finalists announced for 2023 BC and Yukon Book Prizes #2

The West Coast Book Society has announced the finalists for the 2023 B.C. and Yukon Book Prizes. This year, all titles are from British Columbia. The winners of each of the eight categories will be announced at a gala in Vancouver on September 24.   Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize Marion Ehrenberg, The Language of Dreams (Friesen Press) Billy-Ray […]

April 14, 2023 by

Books, the Third Place, and Career Shifts: the Story of Julie Wilkins and Squamish’s Little Bookshop

  Julie Wilkins didn’t plan to go into the independent bookstore business. She especially didn’t plan to write the picture book We’re Happy You’re Here, to be published in 2024 by Orca Book Publishers. Inspired by her best friend’s surrogacy, We’re Happy You’re Here is a love letter to small humans, encouraging families to talk about their […]

March 31, 2023 by

Four Magazine Launches and a Booksale

The cherry blossoms are out in Vancouver and so are new issues and volumes from your favourite B.C. magazines. Enjoy the sunshine on your way to meet other magazine aficionados at the following 2023 Spring magazine events: What: To celebrate the release of Issue 3.49, “Bad Feelings,” you are invited to join a panel discussion with Guest […]

March 22, 2023 by
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Amanda Sum and team win 2023 SXSW Music Video Jury Award for ‘Different Than Before’

Amanda Sum’s ‘Different Than Before’ takes home the 2023 Music Video Jury Award at SXSW. The award-winning music video follows a family of five celebrating the eldest daughter’s engagement at a Chinese restaurant. Each family member takes a turn joyfully singing karaoke on stage until a group of racist hecklers try to ruin their celebration. The […]

March 20, 2023 by
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Whipped Cream “The Dark” VR Experience World Premiere at SXSW

“The Dark” featuring Monstercat artists Whipped Cream, Jasiah & Crimson Child, presents a new VR experience that blends electronic and opera music in an emotion-oriented story about a toxic relationship. Captured volumetrically at The Departure Lounge‘s Metastage, this VR experience showcase next-generational immersive storytelling, featuring amazing photorealistic holographic performances. Be taken into the future of […]

March 6, 2023 by

Trickfilm Real-Time Animation Festival

Trickfilm Entertainment Inc. is thrilled to announce the launch of the World’s first real-time animation festival, a celebration of animated films created and broadcast using EPIC Games’ Unreal Engine. Submissions for the festival open on February 24th, 2023, and the festival itself will run from October 13th to October 22nd, 2023. The Trickfilm Real-Time Animation […]

February 24, 2023 by
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2023 Canadian Screen Awards nominees announced

The Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television is the largest non-profit professional media arts organization in Canada. With a membership of more than 4,000 emerging and established industry professionals, they are dedicated to developing, recognizing, celebrating, and advocating for Canadian talent in the film, television, and digital media sectors. Until Branches Bend The Canadian Academy […]

February 22, 2023 by