Global Toronto

Canada’s meeting place for global music artists and industry professionals.
Conference • Showcases • Artist Development
By @smallworldnotes

[Prologue Performing Arts @PrologueArts]

📢 Call for Artists!! Prologue Performing Arts is seeking professional performing artists to join our 2027-2028 Company of Artists working in schools and communities across Ontario. 🎶🪭🎭🎸🪶
🔗 Learn more and apply: https://t.co/zPjal0yx61
📅 Dealine: August 24, 2026

[Global Toronto @GlobalTOMusic]

Applications to showcase at Global Toronto 2026 are now open!

Musicians from across Canada who engage with global music traditions in innovative ways are invited to apply.

Selected artists will perform and receive complimentary access to all conference programming.

[Global Toronto @GlobalTOMusic]

Global Toronto returns to Tkaronto/Toronto from November 8–11, 2026.

Produced by Small World Music, the conference brings together artists and professionals working across presenting, programming, management, funding, export and artist development.

Link in bio for more info.

[Global Toronto @GlobalTOMusic]

Inspired by the city of Toronto as a gathering place.

GT23 is a true city-wide event: Showcases and gatherings occur at a range of venues that allow participants to experience the breadth of our vibrant music ecosystem, and engage with the people that make Toronto sing.

[Global Toronto @GlobalTOMusic]

Need reasons to join GT23?
A Jury of five music professionals have selected 20 Spotlight Artists from a pool of nearly 300 submissions through a rigorous process guided by artistic quality, equity, and market-readiness.

[Global Toronto @GlobalTOMusic]

Global Toronto is a meeting place a platform to discover great music, build community, and make change. Emphasizing on human relationships, GT23 offers unique opportunities for creating connections with domestic and international guests in order to build a better music sector.

[Global Toronto @GlobalTOMusic]

Join our community to build a sustainable, equitable, and accessible music sector.

[Global Toronto @GlobalTOMusic]

At GT23, we declare: NEXT IS NOW
New approaches, faces, ideas, strategies - ‘next’ is already happening, if you know where to look, and listen. So we continue to turn to our community: the collective experience and expertise of the wider ecosystem.

[Global Toronto @GlobalTOMusic]

Global Toronto 2023 runs Sept 19-22, and due to capacity limits, registration is limited

Register Here: https://t.co/a6gvR9keDc

[Global Toronto @GlobalTOMusic]

Register early to take advantage of savings!

• Early Bird: $200 from June 26 - August 6
• Summer Rate: $250 from August 7 - August 20
• Regular rate: $300 from August 21 - September 8
• Onsite: $350 from September 9 - September 22
Limited spots available for registration

[Global Toronto @GlobalTOMusic]

Global Toronto serves the music ecosystem of artists, arts professionals, and leaders who want to learn, discover, grow, and connect in the global music industry.

Register Here: https://t.co/a6gvR9keDc

[Global Toronto @GlobalTOMusic]

Global Toronto 2023 is a four day conference running from September 19-22, 2023. Filled with musical discovery, meaningful connections, and conversations geared toward making a sustainable, equitable, and accessible music sector.

Register Here: https://t.co/a6gvR9keDc

[Global Toronto @GlobalTOMusic]

Register here!
https://t.co/a6gvR9keDc

[Global Toronto @GlobalTOMusic]

Global Toronto is a platform for musical discovery, and for building a sustainable, equitable, and accessible music sector. More than just a marketplace, GT is a meeting place, in the tradition of our home, which has been a place for coming together for thousands of years.

[Global Toronto @GlobalTOMusic]

Three years ago today, we embarked on an adventure: Global Toronto went online for the first time, one of the first music conference/showcase events to do so in the wake of the pandemic’s onset. Since then, GT has been the heartbeat of our vibrant music community.

[Global Toronto @GlobalTOMusic]

Heads up! GT23 Early Bird registration will be extended until August 6

Join us for our four-day conference filled with musical discovery, meaningful connections, and conversations geared toward making a sustainable, equitable and accessible music sector.

https://t.co/a6gvR9keDc

[Global Toronto @GlobalTOMusic]

GT23 Early Bird Registration starts today and runs until July 23, 2023. Save $150 by registering today!

Limited spots available: https://t.co/a6gvR9keDc
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Global Toronto Music Conference and Showcases
#GT23
September 19 – 22, 2023
https://t.co/3ND1jHhjep

[Global Toronto @GlobalTOMusic]

✨Introducing another #GT23 Juror: Alejandra Gómez

Biche
Bogotá, Colombia

Alejandra Gómez is the founder and director of Biche, an alternative music production house based in Bogotá and Cali, Colombia.

Learn more: https://t.co/khY9pnJODW

#GlobalToronto2023 #GT23Jury

[Global Toronto @GlobalTOMusic]

✨ Say hello to another #GT23 Juror: Sépopo Galley

Festival International Nuits d’Afrique
Montréal, Canada

Sépopo Galley is determined to produce live shows and to promote global music artists through her work.

Learn more: https://t.co/khY9pnJODW

#GlobalToronto2023 #GT23Jury

[Global Toronto @GlobalTOMusic]

✨ A warm welcome to our #GT23 Juror: Jo Frost

Consultant, writer and curator,
London, UK

Jo Frost has over 30 years’ experience in the music industry working as a music journalist, consultant, curator and networker.

https://t.co/khY9pnJODW

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