2024 Jim Beam® National Talent Search

Canadian Music Week (CMW) is pleased to welcome back and produce the 2024 Jim Beam® National Talent Search LIVE this year! Online submissions are open to all Canadian residents until April 7, 2024. The finalist showdown is back LIVE this year!

How this works

Five (5) National Finalists will be pre-selected in April 2024 from their virtual submissions by a panel of handpicked Canadian industry professionals. These five (5) pre-selected National Finalists will each receive a paid trip to Toronto, ON during Canadian Music Week with access to both the Conference and Festival events PLUS the opportunity to perform in the CMW Festival Jim Beam® Showcase on June 2, 2024 at the Drake Underground in Toronto. One (1) winner will be determined live at this showcase to play the 2024 Jim Beam® INDIES on June 6, 2024, at Danforth Music Hall.

CMW and the Jim Beam® National Talent Search will provide 5 of Canada’s best new bands with their chance to win to perform at Canadian Music Week in front of thousands of industry insiders from Canada and around the world. Talent buyers, booking agents, festival programmers, music publishers, A&R reps, managers, music supervisors, and more are all at your fingertips, looking for the next big thing. Wait…there’s more!!! Prize information below.
Entrants must be 19+ in age and perform original music. All genres accepted.

2024 National Finalist Prize Details

CMW will cover the cost of a return travel airfare for each band member; up to five (5) people. NOTE: each person must be a current band member and identify their role in the band in the band/artist submission form/portal.
Hotel accommodations covered for all National Finalists for two (2) nights: June 1 and 2, 2024; anyone who chooses to stay beyond June 2, 2024 is responsible to cover their own expenses
Only the Grand Prize winner determined at the Jim Beam® Showcase on June 2, 2024 will have further hotel nights paid for by CMW
All travel will be arranged with, approved by and managed by CMW

One (1) grand prize winner determined at the live Jim Beam® Showcase on June 6, 2024 at the Drake Underground in Toronto will win:

One Live Performance Masterclass with Tom Jackson(Taylor Swift, Magic!, Shawn Mendes, LeCrae); June 4th or 5th, 2024

One original song writing session with professional composer at Noble Street Studios ; June 3rd, 2024

One recording session of original song written at Noble Street Studios with studio engineer; June 4th or 5th, 2024

One feature article in CMW’s ‘Making Noise’ series, interviewed and written by Karen Bliss (Billboard)
Prize package from Long & McQuade
Prize package from Canadian Music Spotlight
Professional ‘journey’ highlight video to be produced by CMW; capturing all live event content while in Toronto.