At brand.LIVE, we love a good rock and roll party, more importantly we do it for the economic impact events have on communities. That's one of the main reasons we started LIVE at Squamish. As such, we found this latest article interesting:

Taken from The Ottawa Citizen:

"Canadian festival programmers are disappointed the Canada Council for the Arts is not accepting applications for a well-used grant program that provided funding for programming intiatives and artistic collaborations.

In a letter dated Jan. 19, the council informed festivals it had cancelled the Feb. 15 deadline for its music festival programming project grants, which have been offered for more than 10 years. Russell Kelley, head of the Canada Council's music section, says the program has not been cut, but it is under review.

"We're trying to make sure, as we always do, that what we offer with the dollars that we have available is absolutely the most effective thing that we can do," Kelley said Tuesday. "What's happening now in this quarter of the fiscal year is we're starting the programs that go forward into the next fiscal year, and we looked at everything, going 'OK, if we spend all of our money, we won't necessarily be able to make the program changes we're looking to do.' "

Con’t…

While Kelley said he is not yet able to comment on how the funding will change, he promised there will be an announcement on a "larger picture" program in the next two or three months."

Read more: http://ow.ly/3QtfT

We understand not every dog show in town should get funding, and we hope this move is a step in the right direction.