CAAMA Presents Virtual Voices Series: Meet the Festival Buyers

Programming a music festival is not as easy as it looks. Buyers spend all year scouting talent, from the headliners to the barely legible names at the bottom, every slot is scrutinized to ensure the best lineup possible, and to stay on budget. In this session you will meet some of Canada’s top festival buyers/programmers who’ll give you a behind the curtain peek at the obstacles of putting these large scale events together and how they sweat the big and small stuff to ensure success.

MODERATOR: MARK MONAHAN – Ottawa Bluesfest; PANELISTS: ADAM OPPENHEIM – Stampede Entertainment; ALEX SIMPSON – Live Nation, Founder – Lavender Wild; BROOKE DUNFORD – Boots and Hearts; PATRICK GUAY – Evenko.

The Virtual Voices series is produced by CAAMA and sponsored by RBC Emerging Artists Project