Canadian Music Week, Billboard Music & Money, Jazz Appreciation
By Actorschecklist, Sat Dec 10th

Cinequest Film Festival opens with a Gala party featuringappetizers, desserts, cocktails and entertainment, and continuesits run through March 13 in San Jose. During Canadian MusicWeek, up to 150 artists will be selected to play in CMW'sOfficial Breakthrough Showcase Series in selected downtownToronto venues through March 5. The 4th Annual Billboard Music &Money Symposium conducts an in-depth examination of thefinancial realities in the music industry for a one-time onlyMarch 3 session in New York City. The Academy of Country MusicAwards Nominees host a press conference for its upcoming awardsshow on March 3 in Nashville. Alameda Writers Group whichpresents lectures by novelists, screenwriters, agents, producersand other industry professionals, besides offering support andfeedback for works-in-progress, has its free monthly meetingMarch 5 at Glendale Central Library in Glendale. A weekendworkshop for actors of all experience and capability withinstructor Kirk Baltz takes place March 5 and 6 in Los Angeles.An Audition Science Seminar at Burt Reynold's Museum located inJupiter, will be held March 6-8. A BMI Round Table examines howthe Nashville music industry operates, as well as other topics,when it meets March 7 in Nashville. UCLA-WINMEC MobileMedia/Entertainment Forum hosts professionals from Hollywood’sentertainment and media industry analyzing Mobile/Wirelessproliferation. The RockstarImage.com Seminar features author,speaker, and image coach John Battaglia for the evening of March8. National Association of Black Owned Broadcasters 21st AnnualCommunications

Awards Dinner honors Michael Schultz, Melvin VanPeebles, Vanessa Williams and others at a March 11 engagement inWashington, DC. The International Live Music Conference atKensington London is "by invitation only", and seeks to bringtogether key figures involved in the presentation of liveentertainment around the globe for meetings on March 11-13. TVLand Awards Will be taped on Sunday, March 13 at the BarkerHangar in Santa Monica, and air on TV Land and Nick at Nite onWednesday, March 16. A Rock and Roll Hall of Fame InductionCeremony is set for March 14 at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in NewYork City. IRMA's 35th Annual Recording Media Forum addressesneed-to-know issues for content owners and theirreplicating/duplicating business partners in its sessions March14-16 in Palm Springs. Following the 25th Annual Tejano MusicAwards will be the "Official After Awards Party" at the KickapooLucky Eagle Casino March 19 in Eagle Pass. NAACP Image Awardswill be taped for broadcast over the FOX Network on March 19 inUniversal Amphitheater, Universal City. Pool parties, artistshowcasing in Miami nightspots, intense networking, underscorethe Miami Winter Music Conference focused on the dance musicindustry, from March 22-26. Writers Guild of America/West hostsa "Writers on Writing" session March 23 in Los Angeles. At anEntertainment Industry Business Council session, March 24 in LosAngeles, a panel of Hollywood experts discuss how soundtracksare becoming a huge revenue source for record labels. JAM: JazzAppreciation Month has a kick-off event at the SmithsonionInstitution Jazz Café, March 28, in Washington, DC.

Many of events above have a submission process for indie and/orperforming artists to take part in. Complete details are on the"Media, Entertainment and Performing Arts Industry andEvents" page at http://www.actorschecklist.com/news.html.

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