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Open your wallet to support the Unison Fund and get some great swag in the process

October 6, 2021October 6, 2021 Amber Healy 0 Comments Auction, Live Nation, Music, Sports, Unison Benevolent Fund, Unison Fund

Restaurants might be reopening and bands might be starting to tour again, but members of the music industry and its

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TODAY is the first-ever Canadian Music T-Shirt Day. What/who are you going to wear?

July 30, 2021July 30, 2021 Alan Cross 4 Comments Canadian Music T-Shirt Day, Merch, T-Shirts, Unison Fund

You can see the appeal of a national day where people across the land don their favourite music-related T-shirts in

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Axis Club to return with All Axis Festival in September

July 18, 2021July 17, 2021 Amber Healy 0 Comments All Axis Festival, Axis Club, Happin, Mod Club, Unison Benevolent Fund, Unison Fund

The venue formerly known as the Mod Club is ready to break out of lockdown with a vengeance and be

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A new Hip way to support The Unison Fund

June 17, 2021June 17, 2021 Amber Healy 0 Comments #BandTogetherInUnison, Covid, COVID-19, Feist, Gord Sinclair, Humanitarian Award, Johnny Fay, Junos, Paul Langlois, Rob Baker, The Hip, The Tragically Hip, The Unison Fund, Unison Fund

Almost two weeks ago, so many of us were enthralled and a little teary eyed to see the surviving members

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Join The Tragically Hip, Nickleback and others to #BandTogetherInUnison to raise $1 million

May 13, 2021May 13, 2021 Amber Healy 0 Comments #BandTogetherInUnison, Covid, COVID-19, Eleanor McCain, Entertainment industry, Music Industry, Nickleback, The Tragically Hip, Tragically Hip, Unison, Unison Benevolent Fund, Unison Fund

The Unison Benevolent Fund, the charity for Canada’s music industry, is launching a new initiative today (May 13), #BandTogetherInUnison, to

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Music News 

My Word: Hip fans raise $40,000 for Unison Fund with Courage masks

January 14, 2021January 14, 2021 Amber Healy 1 Comment Courage, Covid, COVID-19, The Tragically Hip, Unison Benevolent Fund, Unison Fund

Ever the civic-minded group, The Tragically Hip wanted to keep fans safe during these crazy times and started selling a

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What is the world #WithoutMusic? The Unison Fund wants your stories

July 7, 2020July 6, 2020 Amber Healy 0 Comments #SupportCanadianVenues, #WithoutMusic, Canadian musicans, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Spotify, Unison Benevolent Fund, Unison Fund

Banding together in support of the music industry and fans, the Unison Benevolent Fund and the Spotify COVID-19 Music Relief

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The Backstage Project Podcast with Mark Silver focuses on the stories behind the biggest and best entertainment products, events, and companies. We go behind the scenes with amazing people who have done or are doing extraordinary things to entertain you, the audience. From sporting events to concerts, from cable tv to music apps; if it’s made an impact on the entertainment world, we cover it.

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    Our latest guest on The Backstage Project podcast comes to us from the world of Canadian television. TBP was thrilled to have a chance to visit and catch up with marblemedia’s Mark Bishop. Mark is an accomplished entrepreneur, brand-builder and trusted media industry advocate. In 2001 Mark and Co-Founder Matt Hornburg founded marblemedia, one of […]
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    Many of us – at one time or another – dream of being professional athletes. Most of us realize in high school that we won’t be making it to the big leagues – unfortunately. The lucky among us flirt with the minor leagues in hopes of that big break. But what happens when that big […]
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