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London, ON, To Host 2019 Junos

For the first time ever, the Ontario city with a rich musical history gets to host Canada's premier music awards show. Juno Week 2019 runs March 11-17.

London, ON, To Host 2019 Junos

By FYI Staff

London, Ontario, will host the 2019 Juno Awards, The Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (CARAS) announced today. The Awards and Juno Week activities will run March 11-17. The 48th Annual Junos will be broadcast live on CBC from Budweiser Gardens, on Sunday March 17. London will host the event for the first time since the award show began touring across Canada in 2002.


In support of the 2019 celebrations, the City of London has also announced that beginning January 29, key music venues in the city will donate one dollar from every ticket sold to music education charity MusiCounts. Venues participating include London Music Hall, Budweiser Gardens and Centennial Hall.

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Billie Eilish, Green Day and Cyndi Lauper, as well as Canadian artists Blue Rodeo, The Sadies and Le Ren, are amongst the signees of a new letter in support of the Fans First Act, which would ban fake tickets and mandate clearer ticket pricing.

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