Ontario Creates – Ontario Music Investment Fund: Live Music

The Live Music stream of Ontario's Music Investment Fund supports Ontario companies that produce or promote live music: festivals and concert series that feature Canadian artists and are meant to grow the number and quality of live shows people in the province get to see. It's for Ontario-based presenters and promoters with established festivals or concert series already running, and the fund expects applicants to already be generating meaningful revenue from that activity — above roughly $125,000 a year. Support covers up to 50% of eligible costs, but it's capped at 40% of your company's average revenue over the past two years, and at CAD $125,000 regardless, so this is match funding rather than a straight grant. You apply through Ontario Creates' online portal; the program page doesn't lay out the specific forms or attachments, so budget time to find those once you're in the system. Rather than naming stream-specific judging criteria, Ontario Creates measures the fund overall against revenue growth, job creation, increased capacity and innovation, and a mix of established, emerging and diverse-led companies across the sector. The deadline for this round is October 22, 2026, at 5:00 p.m. ET, covering activity between December 2026 and November 2027; other OMIF streams have their own, separate deadlines the same autumn.