Our Canadian Blast Showcase At The Official Residence In Los Angeles Was A Huge Success!

On the evening of November 12, Consul General James Villeneuve and his family hosted a beautiful night of Canadian music focused on two great songstresses, Jenn Grant (Outside/Blue Grace Music), represented onsite by her manager Sheena Keane, and Lindsay Broughton (Curve Music) represented onsite by her manager Brian Hetherman. With the help of our partners at The Consulate General of Canada, we were able to put together this fantastic opportunity to showcase Canadian export-ready artists to the Los Angeles entertainment industry, as well as create opportunities for their representatives to build relationships and connections in areas like touring, press, publishing and song placement – just to name a few.

This Canadian Blast showcase was an exclusive, invite-only event – the guest list was specifically targeted to the VIPs of the Los Angeles entertainment industry and managed by the office of the Consul General of Canada.The showcase was very well-attended – with over 70 key LA contacts and standing room only in the living room!

Beyond the showcase, the mission also included a VIP luncheon with our artist representatives and additional targeted LA industry contacts to match the needs of the business representatives in attendance.

On November 13, CIMA hosted The Canadian Music Power Lunch where our artist representatives met and mingled with various with the various Los Angeles representatives from the entertainment industry in attendance.

We’d like to send out a couple of special thanks to the people and organizations that made this event possible!

A special thanks to the Consul General, James Villeneuve, his family and the Consulate General team for helping coordinate the event with CIMA!

Thanks for Joel C. High and his team at Creative Control for producing the consulate event, and thanks to Jennifer Price and Upstart Ink for her work on the Official Residence event and organization of the luncheon at the Hungry Cat for our reps in attendance.

Also thanks to the artists, Jenn Grant and her manager Sheena Keane, and Lindsay Broughton and her manager Brian Hetherman for their participation!

CIMA gratefully acknowledges the generous support of our Canadian partners and sponsors: Canadian Music Week (CMW), the Foundation Assisting Canadian Talent on Recordings (FACTOR), the Government of Canada (through MEC/Canadian Heritage), Harvard Broadcasting, Ontario Media Development Corporation (OMDC), the Radio Starmaker Fund, Music Managers Forum Canada, Corus Entertainment and the Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada (SOCAN)