An industry group is calling on Canada to 'close the gap' in racial representation in live music.
The Canadian PressA crowd attends a music festival on July 29, 2017.
The report by the CLMA and its partners presents findings from an 18-month study consisting of interviews with 40 live music workers and an online survey of 681 respondents conducted from September to October of 2021. The authors say the survey of artists, business owners and other workers cannot be assigned a margin of error in part because of the lack of pre-existing data on the demographics of Canada's live music industry.
Today, the CLMA released our national study Closing the Gap: Impact and Representation of Indigenous, Black, and People of Colour Live Music Workers in Canada. Read the report here: https://t.co/LhsSOo69ZI #ClosingTheGap pic.twitter.com/BqzrLLOLKRThey say the respondents identified several sources of inequality within the live music sector, including a lack of representation in "gatekeeping" positions such as venue owners, promoters, producers and festival programmers.
Black participants cited a lack of supportive leadership as a major hurdle, while many Indigenous respondents voiced concerns about losing control or ownership of their creative endeavours.
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