<div class="payload-richtext"><p>Adam Soloway (aka Solly) (he/him) co-founded Real Love Winnipeg in 2012, a concert promotion <br />company producing more than 100 events annually, including four festivals. He also <br />co-founded First Date Touring, who represent 90+ artists across 6 agents. He also <br />plays in a few bands including Living Hour and Central Heat Exchange.</p></div>

Adam Soloway

<div class="payload-richtext"><p>Alex Lichtenauer (they/them) is a musician (AURAT, Index, ex-Control Top), publicist <br />and record label owner based in Los Angeles. </p></div>

Alex Lichtenauer

<div class="payload-richtext"><p>Chris Horkan (He/Him) has independently promoted live music since 2006, working with a huge variety of artists <br />during this time. He promotes concerts primarily in Manchester, England, but also elsewhere across northern England.</p></div>

Chris Horkan

<div class="payload-richtext"><p>Claire Courtney (she/her) is co-founder, co-owner, and agent at Earth Music Agency, the independent live and </p><p>DJ booking agency established in 2014. </p><p>She has worked across the independent music sector since university, beginning as a student booker before building experience in radio, studios, management, labels, TV and live music agencies</p></div>

Claire Courtney

<div class="payload-richtext"><p>Danica Bansie (she/her) is a Canadian music supervisor, sync strategist, and creative consultant working at the intersection of culture, storytelling, and visual media. </p><p>With 10+ years of experience across music supervision, sync licensing, advertising, artist development, and creative strategy, she specializes in building culturally resonant and commercially impactful music partnerships across film, television, and branded media. </p><p>A lifelong music obsessive with roots in indie music culture, Danica has built a career spanning music journalism, live music photography, digital marketing, artist discovery, and creative music strategy, shaping a globally minded, culturally driven approach to sync and storytelling.</p></div>

Danica Bansie

<div class="payload-richtext"><p>Duncan Jordan (he/him) is the Head of PR at Bella Union Records and also runs his own freelance PR operation doing press for artists such as The War On Drugs, Broken Social Scene, My Morning Jacket, <br />Iron &amp; Wine, Teenage Fanclub, Fleet Foxes, Beirut, Tindersticks, Patrick Wolf and many more.</p></div>

Duncan Jordan

<div class="payload-richtext"><p>Ethan Shaw (he/him) works on the relationship team at The Orchard (Sony Music) in Toronto. He is a well </p><p>rounded music industry professional with experience in songwriting, artist management, publishing, media, marketing, touring, distribution and more. </p><p>He cares deeply about sharing great art with the world, and is working purposefully towards the goal of fostering the next generation of world-class artists.</p></div>

Ethan Shaw

<div class="payload-richtext"><p>Gil Carroll (he/him) is a Winnipeg born musician, booking agent, concert promoter, composer, and <br />community organizer. Carroll is a founding member and guitarist of Winnipeg-based bands <br />Living Hour and Palm Trees and is the co-founder of Real Love Winnipeg and First Date Touring. </p><p><br />He has toured extensively in the US, Canada, UK, and Europe with Living Hour. He was the editor <br />of Manitoba’s only music magazine, Stylus Magazine, and hosts the show Space Cadet on CKUW 95.9 FM. </p><p></p><p>Gil is a past recipient of the Kevin Walters Legacy Award presented by Manitoba Music.</p></div>

Gilad Carroll

<div class="payload-richtext"><p>Jenn Egan (she/her) is a London-based music supervisor working across film, television and live productions. <br />Her credits include <em>Conclave</em>, <em>Fountain of Youth</em>, <em>Harry Styles: One Night in Manchester</em> and is <br />currently working on <em>Angry Birds 3</em>. </p><p>She works closely with artists, managers and rights holders to find creative opportunities that bring music to screen while protecting artistic and commercial interests.</p></div>

Jenn Egan

<div class="payload-richtext"><p>Jess Arcand (she/they) is a Calgary-based music journalist, publicist, editor, artist manager, </p><p>and broadcaster working across Canada&#39;s independent music landscape and internationally.</p></div>

Jess Arcand

<div class="payload-richtext"><p>Senior agent Jess Kinn promoted to partner, six months after she joined the global live booking agency ROAM. Widely recognized as one of the UK’s most forward-thinking and artist-focused agents, Jess represents a dynamic and diverse roster including Olly Alexander (Years &amp; Years), Africa Express, and Pale Waves.</p><p></p><p>Jess joined ROAM in Oct 2025 as a senior agent from One Fiinix Live, where she was the company’s first agent hire, playing a key role in expanding both its roster and reputation. She delivered Years &amp; Years’ triumphant Night Call arena tour and standout festival headline performances. She was nominated for Music Week’s Live Agent of the Year and Best Agent at the Young Music Boss Awards, and was previously recognized as LIVE UK’s Backstage Star and Music Week’s Rising Star</p><p></p><p>During the COVID-19 shutdown, she headed up events for the livestreaming platform LIVENow, and was instrumental in Dua Lipa’s record-breaking Studio 2054 show, as well as shows for the Gorillaz and The Pete Tong Heritage Orchestra. Jess began her career at The Leighton Pope Organization before joining CODA/Paradigm (now Wasserman), where over nine years she rose from reception to agent, overseeing major international tours for artists including Shawn Mendes and Halsey.</p></div>

Jess Kinn

<div class="payload-richtext"><p>Marc Garniss (il) est le co-fondateur de la société de promotion des concerts <em>KPP Concerts</em>, du festival de musique <em>Spring Reverb</em> et de la salle <em>Broom Factory</em>. Il est également le directeur général du Festival du film canadien de Kingston. </p></div>

Marc Garniss

<div class="payload-richtext"><p>Maud Salvi (elle) est la directrice exécutive et artistique du <em>Sled Island Music &amp; Arts Festival</em> à Calgary. </p><p>Se déroulant sur 5 jours dans 20 lieux à travers le centre-ville, <em>Sled Island</em> est un festival de découverte dédié à l’élévation des artistes et des genres musicaux sous-représentés dans les médias grand public. </p><p><em>Sled Island</em> est une organisation caritative, centrée sur la communauté et animée par des valeurs de curiosité et d’inclusivité, sur scène et en dehors, et engagée envers les principes d’équité, d’antiracisme et d’accessibilité.</p></div>

Maud Salvi

<div class="payload-richtext"><p>Michael has placed thousands of songs in film + TV, heard around the world. <br />He founded the Guild of Music Supervisors, Canada. He is an avid Toronto Maple Leafs fan.</p></div>

Michael Perlmutter

<div class="payload-richtext"><p>Touring Musician, multi instrumentalist and co-owner of Sooper Records, Chicagoan Nnamdi Ogbonnaya (He/Him)<br />has performed in dozens of bands as well as released his own solo music. A Chicago tribune Chicagoan of <br />the year in 2020 for his prolific releases with topics ranging from psychedelic pop to social justice.</p></div>

Nnamdi Ogbonnaya

<div class="payload-richtext"><p>Peggy is the marketing and label manager at Next Door Records. Outside of office hours, she is a recording artist, DJ and music researcher with interests in music and the social, club and rave cultures, and platform capitalism&#39;s effects on music.</p></div>

Peggy Hogan 

<div class="payload-richtext"><p>Said Yassin (il) est le fondateur et directeur exécutif d’<em>It’s Ok*</em>, une organisation dédiée à réimaginer la façon dont l’art et la communauté se croisent. </p><p>Avec plus d’une décennie d’expérience dans la production d’événements dans des espaces non conventionnels, il a travaillé avec <em>Manifesto, Small World Music, le Musée Aga Khan et le Conservatoire royal de musique</em>. Son travail explore la manière dont la programmation créative peut transformer des lieux non traditionnels en espaces de connexion, de dialogue et d’expériences partagées.</p></div>

Said Yassin

<div class="payload-richtext"><p>Stu Anderson dirige <em>Birthday Cake Records</em> et gère des artistes tels que Begonia, The Bros. Landreth, shishi et plus encore.</p></div>

Stu Anderson

<div class="payload-richtext"><p>Tim (he/him) is the co-founder of Transgressive Records/Management/Publishing, <br />and also in film with Up The Game Productions. Working with a wide range of <br />artists over 20+ years in one of the most dynamic independent music companies <br />including the likes of Foals, Arlo Parks, SOPHIE, Ed O&#39;Brien, Let&#39;s Eat Grandma, <br />Marika Hackman, Johnny Flynn, Beverly Glenn-Copeland, Alvvays, Julia Jacklin, <br />Flume, Black Country New Road, Hotwax, Two Door Cinema Club, Graham Coxon, <br />Damon Albarn...</p></div>

Tim Dellow

<div class="payload-richtext"><p>Zach Cowie (il), superviseur musical nominé aux <em>Emmy Awards</em>, a passé toute sa vie adulte à travailler avec la musique — cela a commencé avec des labels (<em>Touch &amp; Go, Sub Pop, Drag City, Rhino/Warner Bros, Light In The Attic</em>), la gestion de tournée (<em>Joanna Newsom, Devendra Banhart, Vetiver, Vashti Bunyan, Pantha Du Prince</em>), en tant que DJ de tournée (<em>Animal Collective, Fleet Foxes</em>) et comme contributeur à la radio sur internet <em>(Dublin, NTS, Aquarium Drunkard</em>). </p><p>La dernière décennie a vu Zach se concentrer sur la supervision et la consultation musicale pour des films (<em>Celeste &amp; Jesse Forever, The Little Hours, State Like Sleep, Tigertail, Isn&#39;t It Romantic?, Emma., Judas &amp; The Black Messiah, American Fiction, Good Fortune</em>), la télévision (<em>Master of None, Forever, On Becoming A God In Central Florida, Little America</em>), la publicité et la mode (<em>Rodarte</em>).<br /></p><p></p></div>