News

The staff and Board of Directors of the Dawson City Music Festival Association (DCMF) regret to announce the 43rd annual DCMF, scheduled for July 16 – 18, 2021, has been postponed.

The Dawson City Music Festival Association is hiring! We have three contract positions of varying lengths to fill immediately: Production Assistant Safety and Volunteer Coordinator Communications Assistant Positions are made possible with support from the Canada Summer Jobs (CSJ) Program and must meet specific eligibility criteria. Please note: CSJ funded positions are no longer student-only. These jobs are OPEN TO ANY QUALIFIED PERSON AGE 19-30.

From July 16th-18th, 2021, the Dawson City Music Festival Association will host a small, physically distanced weekend of music in the beautiful Klondike Valley. While this iteration of the festival will look dramatically different from the DCMF many of you know, it will hold the same core spirit of joy, creativity, and friendship – just this time safely apart with Covid-specific regulations firmly in place that respect the health and well being of our community. We invite all musical acts from the Yukon, of any level of experience interested in performing to fill out our brief submissions form by June 2nd, 11:59 pm Yukon time!

The Dawson City Music Festival Association will be hosting our Annual General Meeting, Board Elections, and a Special Bylaw Meeting to vote on changes to our bylaws on Sunday, April 25th at 2:00 pm online!

The weather is warming up, and we want to keep the music flowing with a Spring Concert Series! The Klondike Institute of Art & Culture and the Dawson City Music Festival Association are thrilled to present live music throughout April at the KIAC Ballroom – Dënäkär Zho!

We are pleased to present two more Winter Concert Series Shows, happening this Thursday and Friday

The RPM Challenge is now complete and it’s time to party! In addition to an online global listening party, we are pleased to announce a very special local event on CFYT 106.9fm

Great news, Dawson! LIP SYNC will return this Thaw di Gras! Due to COVID-19, performances will look different, but the event will still have that same spirit of fun and friendly competition, all for a great cause.

DCMF and RPM Challenge present Electronic Music + Maschine Mikro, a workshop with Tanner Coyne, a.k.a. Naytcha Noize, covering the basics of using Maschine Mikro and creating electronic music.

DCMF and RPM Challenge present Making Tracks with Endlesss, an online workshop with instructors Firephly and Vonbongen of Track Club.

After our hiatus from hosting the Winter Concert Series in December and January, we are happy to announce that February shows will go ahead as scheduled. We look forward to presenting Cud Eastbound, Erica Mah, Joey O’Neil, and Gordie Tentrees live in Dawson City!

Our friends at Lawnya Vawnya and RPM Challenge are hosting two workshops to help you prepare for the 2021 RPM challenge: Songwriting 101 hosted by Joanna Barker and Recording 101 hosted by Micah Brown

After much discussion with our colleagues and partners at Klondike Institute of Art & Culture (KIAC), we decided to reschedule all public activities slated for January, including the Winter Concert Series and Songwriter in Residence program, to April 2021.

Registration is open for the 2021 RPM Challenge! ☀️ What IS RPM? It is an annual non-competitive challenge to record an album during February. It is meant to inspire creative courage and encourage everyone, regardless of skill, to explore their own creativity. It’s fun, it’s hard, it’s rewarding, and it’s free!

The DCMF office has temporarily moved locations for the winter. We are located on the second floor of the CIBC building above Joe’s Pizza in unit 6. Due to space limitations, please call or email before visiting.

We are incredibly excited to announce Whitehorse-based Brigitte Jardin as our 2021 Songwriter in Residence.