Music Nova Scotia’s Export Missions support developing and export-ready Nova Scotian artists and music companies in reaching international markets and increasing music exports. Music Nova Scotia continues to build meaningful export relationships for its membership across a variety of markets. This includes thoughtful trade missions and a deeper focus on 1:1 networking opportunities for participating artists and industry.
Funding for these missions is provided by the Province of Nova Scotia, ACOA, FACTOR, the Government of Canada, and Canada’s Private Radio Broadcasters. Funding allows Music Nova Scotia to increase domestic and inbound export, grow the number of exporting artists in underrepresented communities and genres, and continue to support artists’ desires to solidify alternative sources of revenue.
For more information and to apply to upcoming export opportunities, please read below.
2025 export missions:
Folk Alliance (Montreal, QC)
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Focus Wales (Wrexham, UK)
FOCUS Wales is an international music showcase festival & BAFTA-Qualifying film festival, taking place in multiple venues across the city of Wrexham, North Wales. The festival places the music industry spotlight firmly on the emerging talent that Wales has to offer the world, alongside a selection of the best new artists
Pitch Scotland (Glasgow, Scotland)
Pitch is Scotland’s conference of hip hop and underground culture which takes place in the east end of Glasgow.
BreakOut West (Victoria, BC)
BreakOut West is an annual music event that includes an immersive, music development conference, and music festival hosted by the Western Canadian Music Alliance.
Folk Music Ontario (Hamilton, ON)
Folk Canada is the nation’s leading organization dedicated to the folk, roots, and traditional music community, with 39 years of supporting our members and the growth of the Canadian folk music industry. Our initiatives include the annual Folk Canada Conference, Developing Artist Program, Developing Presenters’ Program, Festivals’ Retreat, Ontario Folk Music Awards, Refolkus Podcast, International export events, and more.
Come Together (Toronto, ON)
Come Together is an opportunity for export-ready artists from across Canada to meet with, build business relationships, and showcase for key music industry professionals from Toronto and surrounding areas including labels, agents, managers, publishers, music supervisors, publicists, and more. Participants will work directly with their music industry association to identify key music business contacts to invite and meet with. This event has goals beyond showcasing with a push towards industry connections, team building and business strategies for both artists and businesses.
Apply to Play Focus Wales 2027
Applications for Focus Wales 2027 open until November 1st, 2026.
export history by region
BreakOut West
Come Together
East Coast Music Awards
Folk Music Canada
JUNOfest
℅ Pop (Cologne, Germany)
Future Echoes (Norrkoping, Sweden)
New Skool Rules (Rotterdam, Netherlands)
Reeperbahn (Hamburg, Germany)
Tallinn Music Week (Tallinn, Estonia)
Viva Sounds (Gothenburg, Sweden)
Americana UK (Hackney, London)
Focus Wales (Wrexham, Wales, UK)
Pitch Scotland (Edinburgh, Scotland)
The Great Escape (Brighton, UK)
A3C (Atlanta, US)
Folk Alliance (Kansas, USA)
Milwaukee Irish Festival (Milwaukee, USA)
New Colossus Festival (New York, USA)
SXSW (Austin, USA)
questions?
reach out!
Ruby Quase
Admin & Events Coordinator
ruby@musicnovascotia.ca