26 Years of Local Music & Community

For over 26 years, Oshawa Music Week has created space for emerging artists and supported the growing music scene across the Durham Region. Over the decades, OMW has welcomed developing talent, respected guest speakers, and future music industry leaders.

Oshawa Music Week is honoured to have hosted emerging musical talent, many prominent guest speakers and up-and-coming music business managers. Past performers include Haviah Mighty, Rural Alberta Advantage, Cale Crowe, Sarah Mark, The Professors of Funk, Kelsi Mayne, Rooks McCoy, DJ NDN formerly of A Tribe Called Red, Robyn Ottolini, Excuses Excuses, Ill Scarlet, Michou, Amorak, Constellations, Brighter Brightest, Eleven Past One, and many others in a variety of genres.

Notable guest speakers included: David Baksh (Sum 41), David Marsden (broadcaster and creator of CFNY – EDGE 102.1), Alan Cross , Eric Alper (Canadian Music Correspondent), Greig Nori (Treble Charger, Manager of Sum41), James Linderman (Berklee School of Music), Ian Stranger (Black Box Music - Classified, Crash Parallel, Teenage Kicks), Jessica Lemmon (event coordination and production management), Tyler ‘T-Minus’ Williams (producer for Nicki Minaj, Beyoncé, Ciara, Drake, and Justin Bieber), Karen Bliss (Billbord Magazine) and a long list of notable individuals.

Past sponsors, funders and partners include: Durham College, 94.9 The Rock, City of Oshawa, DC Students Inc., FACTOR, Henry’s, Indie Week, Killthe8, Plato’s Closet, Riot Radio, Smoke's Poutinerie, The SOCAN Foundation, The OMAs, TD Canada Trust, Long & McQuade, and Unison Benevolent Fund. These companies share our enthusiasm for independent music. OMW continues to prosper because of local and regional business support.

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