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July has been a month filled with lots of live music, and it looks like August will be no different! July started with a huge Canada Day music celebration along Dundas Place, SunFest celebrated 30th years with a visit from Prime Minister Trudeau, Rock The Park brought thousands in and out of their gates all weekend and Home County Music & Art Festival held a record setting 46th edition of their festival. There’s loads of music events, including our free weekly Music Mondays and Thursday Tune Ups series! That’s not all, Pride London has many music-related events throughout July 18^th to 28^th including the upcoming Pride In The Park. This just scratches the surface of what London has to offer in the coming months. August features some major events including Ribfest & Rock's Rally. This past month saw massive announcements from Park Jam Music Festival. The new festival will offer 7 nights of programming over 10 nights. Music will feature massive artists in different genres including Rock, Country, Alternative, Throwback Artists, Hip-Hop and two days of EDM.

The weekly #ThursdayTuneUps series present by RBC Place London continues! The free outdoor event brings local food trucks, art, and live music to downtown London. The north lawn outside of RBC Place London will be filled with summer fun starting at 12pm and ending at 1pm. Here’s a list of artists you can expect to be playing every Thursday throughout the upcoming weeks:

July 25 – The Dyadics
August 1 – DoomSquad
August 8 – Broomsticks & Hammers
August 15 – Basement Revolver
August 22 – Chad Price

The past two weeks were a blast with The Pairs and ColinResponse! If the upcoming events are anything like last week’s, you surely won’t want to miss this. Click here for a list of all past and future performers! The program has been running since June 27^th and will conclude on August 29^th. Thursday Tune Ups is presented by RBC Place London, in partnership with London Arts Council and LMO.
Address: RBC Place London 300 York Street (North yard).

#MusicMondays continues throughout the summer at Central Library’s beautiful Rotary Reading Garden! Come on out during your lunch break to enjoy talented London artists play a free hourly concert. These past two weeks, we’ve had The Rizdales’ Tara Dunphy, and Texas King’s Jordan MacDonald! Here’s a list of the last set of upcoming performers.

July 29 – Delta Stone
August 12 – Between the Keys
August 19 – Fraser Teeple
August 26 – Tanya Lovell

The Monday concerts start at 12pm and finish at 1pm. If you don’t know where the Central Library is, it’s just along Dundas Place next to CBC London. Start your afternoon with a dose of music in a beautiful oasis like garden. We hope to see you there!

London's Punk Rock Flea Market summer edition dubbed 'Heatwave', is coming to Call The Office July 28^th. An event focused on community building through music culture brings unique, handmade, local businesses and artisans together for a free pop-up shopping event from 11 - 5pm. The first PRFMLDN event was in September 18, 2016, and it has been growing strong ever since.

In partnership with Forest City Records, there will also be live music!
11:30 – Danny Kidd
1:30 – Lee Resistant
3:30 - Fiends

Bring some buddies, drink some brews, and shop the day away! The first 50 people at the event will be greeted with a hand-stamped PRFMLDN Heatwave bag, filled with swag from participating vendors! Click here to learn more.

CTO Heatwave is hosted by Punk Rock Flea Market London, LiveFreeOrDie Apparel, and Rebel Remedy Health Bar.

Applications are open for MusicOntario’s private showcase room at Folk Music Ontario (FMO)! Any folk artists across Ontario are welcome to apply for this special opportunity. The showcases will take place in the Hilton Toronto Airport Hotel in Mississauga, Ontario. Each artist showcase slot is 15 minutes, with 5 minutes to change over to the next artist. A sound technician and a green room will be provided by MusicOntario for performers.

Artists must be registered with the Folk Music Ontario conference to perform. Click here for rates, the early bird sale ends July 31^st! The administrative fee per artist submission is $15; however, the discounted members-only rate is $5. Submit your applications as soon as possible, the deadline is August 16, 2019! Click here for more info regarding application forms and eligibility.

Music Canada is calling for the Government of Canada to re-balance the music marketplace and restore fairness to the creators of music. The new report titled Closing the Value Gap: How to Fix Safe Harbours and Save the Creative Middle Class addresses problems harming the financial success of artists. The report builds on the previous 2017 report titled The Value Gap: Its Origins, Impacts and a Made-in-Canada Approach, which first highlighted the issue.

For those who don’t know, the Value Gap is the difference between the value of creative content and the revenues returned to the artist. In 2017 alone, the gap was $1.6 billion. A broken copyright framework that is ill-adapted to the digital age is attributed as being the cause.

What can be done to reduce the Value Gap according to Music Canada?
- Clarify safe harbours
- Address the responsibilities of user-upload services
- Eliminating the commercial radio royalty exemption and clarifying the definition of “sound recordings” in film & television
- Create a temporary fund for private copying
Click here to learn more about the issue and how it can be solved.

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