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Up-to-date news on the BreakOut West Music Festival, Awards, Conference, International Events, and Feature Artists

Mar. 4, 2024

Featured Artist - Ellen Froese

Ellen Froese is what you'd call a “prolific artist”; committed, too. For someone who only just passed the threshold of their mid-20s, she's amassed a…

Mar. 4, 2024

Featured Artist - Fin McDowell

Fin McDowell is a Canadian singer-songwriter who made her start in her home city of Calgary, Alberta. With musical influences running the gamut from…

Mar. 4, 2024

Featured Artist - Skinny Dyck

Resist the urge to laugh at Skinny Dyck - the playful alias of western Canadian artist Ryan Dyck (or don’t, that’s kind of the idea). If you elect to…

Mar. 4, 2024

Featured Artist - Wolf Willow

Wolf Willow capped off 2023 with a Saskatchewan Music Awards nomination for Roots/Folk Artist of the Year after a year of playing major festivals…

Mar. 4, 2024

Featured Artist - Fold Paper

Fold Paper is the post-punk brainchild of Chell Osuntade. Over the past 5 years Chell has built up a name for himself while touring with bands like…

Mar. 4, 2024

Featured Artist - Tea Fannie

The artist formerly known as S.H.E. is Tea Fannie, a hallowed Calgarian hip hop humanitarian. You may have seen her recently opening for Super Duty…

Jan. 25, 2024

Featured Artist - Good Information

Filling in the industry thigh-gap, 5 piece femme powered Hip Hop/R&B group, NADUH, write, engineer, and produce all of their music - meaning they have…

Oct. 3, 2023

2023 Heritage Award, Kevin Walters Industry Builder Award, and Hall of Fame Inductee Announced

The Western Canadian Music Awards is thrilled to announce the 2023 specialty award recipients. The Heritage Award will be presented to acclaimed…