CBC Music Festival cancelled for 2020

CBC Music and Are living Country have decided to cancel the 2020 CBC Music Competition thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic. The pageant was scheduled to take position May perhaps 30 at Toronto’s RBC Echo Seashore, featuring performances by Metric, Half Moon Operate, Lights, Haviah Mighty and much more.

“We have made the hard conclusion to not shift forward with the 2020 CBC Music Competition out of an abundance of caution for the wellness and basic safety of attendees, artists, and staff,” reads the statement from CBC Music and Are living Country. “We are performing to shift our aim to bringing the pageant back improved than at any time in 2021. Tickets will be automatically refunded at position of invest in.”

In the meantime, you can faucet into previous CBC Music Competition performances through these summer time-inducing films: cbc.ca/tunes/check out/cbcmusicfestival.

And starting up May perhaps 1, you can check out the to start with of 5 new episodes of the Junos 365 Songwriters’ Circle, where Brett Kissel will host with guests Devon Portielje from Half Moon Operate, Dominique Fils-Aimé and Kaia Kater. View it as of 8 p.m. ET by means of Gem.