BreakOut West 2026 takes place in Victoria, BC! This year’s event will feature four days of informative and engaging music industry conference content including international market deep dives, one-on-one meetings with music industry professionals, artist mentorship and feature conversations, networking events, and more. We wanted to give you a sneak peek at three sessions you may want to prepare for at BreakOut West 2026
Sync or Swim
They are called SUPERvisors for a reason. These crossmedia industry moguls find opportunities for music to be used in movies, television, advertising, even video games. At BreakOut Wet 2026 we welcome a panel of some stupendous supervisors to help demystify the process of finding opportunities for synchronization. Submit your tracks that you think match the supplied brief!
BreakOut West Book Club
Enjou and Misfit Management are graciously letting BreakOut West play host to the upcoming round of their Music Book Club, and you are invited to participate!
The book is Leading in Stereo by Catherine Harrison. Catherine Harrison is a music industry leadership consultant, mental health strategist and musician. She is the lead researcher and author of Soundcheck, the pioneering national study focused on exploring the multifactorial aspects of mental health within the Canadian music industry. Leading in Stereo offers a transformative approach to leadership in the music industry—one that reflects the reality of how music work actually happens. This essential guide reframes leadership as layered, relational, and deeply human-centred, designed to operate intentionally across multiple channels at once.
The book will be available at a discounted rate on Catherine’s website in advance of BreakOut West. Even if you don’t finish the book, you are still welcome to attend and participate.
Feedforward
Send us your songs! Producers of all skill levels are welcomed and encouraged to put forward the fruits of their creative labour to be absolutely loved and supported by their peers. This is a positive-feedback only zone, no need to be constructive; kick that imposter syndrome, if your track is selected, it’s good! Producers who submit will have an opportunity to share a bit about themselves, their song, and then have an opportunity to be encouraged, adored, and supported by a panel of their peers, who just so happen to be the purveyors of the Good + Plenty Producer’s Club. The event is open to non-submitters as well, just sit back, relax, and listen deeply to the songs. Listeners will have an opportunity to chime in as well, but just a reminder, good vibes only! This is an awesome opportunity to grow your community of encouraging producers, show your work in a non-judgmental space, and be creatively inspired—maybe you’ll even find someone new you want to collaborate with!
This is just a quick snippet of the programming at BreakOut West 2026. A conference badge gets you access to these sessions and many more as well as 1×1 meetings with industry professions, intimate industry meet-ups, countless networking opportunities, and a festival wristband to see 50+ artists from western Canada and around the world. Come join us in Victoria.