Creating Indie Week Canada with Darryl Hurs

In 2002 Darryl Hurs created Indie Week Canada, which has since become an annual event held each Fall in Toronto filled with music showcases by and a conference for independent artists. In the years since its inception Darryl has also helped mount similar events internationally. When Indie Week was first established though, Darryl needed to be able to articulate to sponsors what set his event apart from other similar conferences.

My interview with Darryl took place while this year's conference was still in the planning phase. By almost any measure, the event was a huge success.  The final count had over 1000 participants from 40 countries who were able to network and attend seminars featuring a wide range of industry experts and special guests. 

2020 was a year like no other and every industry has had to adapt to new ways of doing business. Given social distancing, artist showcases were probably not going to happen but Darryl felt that it was important to the artistic community to at least find a way to mount the indie week conference.

Read the full transcript at imstevewaxman.com

If you’re interested in finding out more about Indie Week, the festival, the conference or their weekly online sessions go to indieweek.com

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