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2016 in Canadian music

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The following is a list of notable events and releases that are expected to happen in 2016 in music in Canada.

Contents

Events

  • April 3 – Juno Awards of 2016
  • April 17 - Final concert by the influential folk-rock band Spirit of the West.
  • April - East Coast Music Awards
  • May 15 - Prism Prize presented.
  • May 24 - The Tragically Hip announce that lead singer Gord Downie has been diagnosed with inoperable brain cancer, and that their summer tour to support their new album Man Machine Poem may be their last.
  • June 15 - Preliminary longlist for the 2016 Polaris Music Prize is announced.
  • July - SOCAN Songwriting Prize is presented.
  • July 14 - Shortlist for the Polaris Music Prize is announced.
  • August 20 - The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation broadcasts The Tragically Hip's concert at the K-Rock Centre in their hometown of Kingston, which may be the band's last-ever live concert due to Gord Downie's cancer diagnosis, as a live cross-platform broadcast on CBC Television, CBC Radio One, CBC Radio 2, CBC Music and YouTube.
  • September 19 - Kaytranada's album 99.9% is named the winner of the Polaris Music Prize.
  • December 3 - 12th Canadian Folk Music Awards

    • Bands disbanded

  • Nomeansno
  • Spirit of the West

    • A

  • Matt Andersen, Honest Man - February 26
  • Ancient Shapes, Ancient Shapes
  • Anvil, Anvil Is Anvil - February 26

    • B

  • Badbadnotgood, IV - July 8
  • Jason Bajada, Volcano - February 12
  • Matthew Barber and Jill Barber, The Family Album - April 1
  • Bobby Bazini, Summer Is Gone
  • Bear Mountain, BADU - September 9
  • Daniel Bélanger, Paloma
  • Art Bergmann, The Apostate - May 13
  • The Besnard Lakes, A Coliseum Complex Museum - January 22
  • Black Mountain, TBA
  • Blue Rodeo, 1000 Arms - October 28
  • Brasstronaut, Brasstronaut - November 11
  • Alysha Brilla, Human
  • Jim Bryson, Somewhere We Will Find Our Place - February 12
  • Basia Bulat, Good Advice - February 12
  • The Burning Hell, Public Library - April 1

    • C

  • Brendan Canning, Home Wrecking Years - August 12
  • Charlotte Cardin, Big Boy
  • Jazz Cartier, Hotel Paranoia
  • Tanika Charles, Soul Run - May 10
  • Classified, Greatful - January 15
  • Leonard Cohen, You Want It Darker
  • Jason Collett, Song and Dance Man - February 5
  • Lori Cullen, Sexsmith Swinghammer Songs

    • D

  • Dead Obies, Gestamtkunstwerk - March 4
  • Céline Dion, Encore un soir - August 26
  • Gord Downie, Secret Path - October 18
  • Drake, Views - April 29

    • F

  • The Flatliners, TBA
  • Fond of Tigers, Uninhabit - October 7

    • G

  • Karina Gauvin, Divine Karina - February 12
  • Hannah Georgas, For Evelyn
  • Matthew Good, I Miss New Wave: Beautiful Midnight Revisited - December 2
  • Great Lake Swimmers, Swimming Away

    • H

  • Ron Hawkins, Spit Sputter and Sparkle - March 25
  • Tim Hecker, TBA
  • Angela Hewitt, Domenico Scarlatti Sonatas - February 12
  • The Hidden Cameras, Home on Native Land
  • Holy Fuck, TBA

    • J

  • Junior Boys, Big Black Coat - February 5

    • K

  • Kaytranada, 99.9% - May 6
  • Aidan Knight, Each Other - January 22
  • Chantal Kreviazuk, Hard Sail - July 17
  • Patrick Krief, Automanic - September 30

    • L

  • Land of Talk, TBA
  • k.d. lang with Neko Case and Laura Veirs, case/lang/veirs
  • Little Scream, TBA

    • M

  • Ria Mae, Ria Mae - June 3
  • Magic!, Primary Colours - July 1
  • Majid Jordan, Majid Jordan - February 5
  • Kate Maki, Head in the Sand - May 20
  • Dan Mangan, Unmake - June 17
  • Carolyn Mark, Come! Back! Special!

    • N

  • Nap Eyes, Thought Rock Fish Scale
  • Sarah Neufeld, The Ridge - February 26

    • O

  • Karim Ouellet, Trente - March 11

    • P

  • PartyNextDoor, PartyNextDoor 3 - August 12
  • Plants and Animals, Waltzed in from the Rumbling - April 29
  • Protest The Hero, Pacific Myth - November 18

    • R

  • Radio Radio, Light the Sky - February 19
  • Royal Canoe, Something Got Lost Between Here and the Orbit
  • Justin Rutledge, East - September 30
  • Serena Ryder, Utopia

    • S

  • Sam Roberts Band, Terraform - October 28
  • John K. Samson, Winter Wheat - October 21
  • Andy Shauf, The Party - May 20
  • Shotgun Jimmie, Field of Trampolines
  • Simple Plan, Taking One for the Team - February 19
  • Rae Spoon, Armour - February 19
  • Frederick Squire, Spooky Action at a Distance - May 27
  • The Strumbellas, Hope - February 5

    • T

  • Tanya Tagaq, Retribution - October 21
  • Tory Lanez, I Told You - August 19
  • The Tragically Hip, Man Machine Poem - June 17
  • A Tribe Called Red, We Are the Halluci Nation
  • Tuns, Tuns - August 26

    • V

  • Venetian Snares, Traditional Synthesizer Music - February 20
  • Lindy Vopnfjörð, Frozen in Time - October 28

    • W

  • Martha Wainwright, Goodnight City
  • The Weeknd, Starboy - November 25
  • Wintersleep, The Great Detachment - March 4
  • Woodpigeon, TROUBLE
  • Royal Wood, Ghost Light
  • Donovan Woods, Hard Settle, Ain't Troubled - February 26
  • Roy Woods, Nocturnal - December 23
  • Roy Woods, Waking at Dawn - July 1

    • Y

  • You Say Party, You Say Party - February 12
  • Your Boy Tony Braxton, Adult Contempt - July 15

    • Z

  • The Zolas, Swooner - March 4

    • References

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