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Western Canada's largest music conference & festival makes Saskatoon debut

BreakOut West is a four-day conference and a three-night music festival combined with the Western Canadian Music Awards.

CBC is proud to be a sponsor of BreakOut West 2024

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Breakout West is coming to Saskatoon for the first time. (breakoutwest.ca)

Breakout West — a four-day music industry conference, three-night music festival and home of the Western Canadian Music Awards — has been helping develop and celebrate Western Canadian music for more than two decades.

It's hosted by a different Western Canadian city each year and this year's, taking place Sept. 25 to 29, will be the first in Saskatoon.

CBC is proud to be a sponsor and co-presenter of the CBC Saskatoon Showcase.

Where we'll be

On Friday, Sept. 27 from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. CST, CBC's Shauna Powers, host of Saskatchewan Weekend, will be part of a conference panel at the Sheraton Cavalier called Navigating Radio

Shauna Powers sits in a restaurant with low lighting, dark wooden tables and white stone walls. She has white hair and is wearing a black cardigan.
Shauna Powers, host of Saskatchewan Weekend, will be part of a conference panel at the Sheraton Cavalier called Navigating Radio on Friday, Sept. 27 from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. CST. (CBC)

That evening, 8 to 11:30 p.m. CST, we'll be at the Broadway Theatre for the CBC Saskatoon Showcase. Join us to find out who'll be receiving industry and artistic awards, plus hear performances by Sask artists Merissa Burwell and Rooky Kamiz, along with Edmonton's Arlo Maverick and a special performance by this year's local Hall of Fame inductees — to be announced soon!

Rooky Kamiz is holding his award from the Saskatchewan Music Awards.
Rooky Kamiz, inaugural winner of the 2023 SaskMusic Award for Afrobeats Artist of the Year, will be performing at the CBC Saskatoon Showcase during Breakout West. (Rooky Kamiz/X)

For more information, please visit www.breakoutwest.ca

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