Call for Artists - Trail Mix 2025

The Opportunity

The City of Brantford is now accepting Calls for Artists for Trail Mix 2025. The call is open to local musicians from Brantford, the County of Brant, Six Nations of the Grand River and Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation. Musicians can submit up to three original songs for consideration, no covers will be accepted. All submissions must be in WAV. format, submitted through the link below. Artists will be paid $50 per successful song selection, with the 2025 song selection being released on National Trails Day on June 1, 2025.

About Trail Mix
Trail Mix is a program that merges local music with Brantford’s trail system. Trail users can look for the signs posted on the kilometre markers along a 10km stretch of trail between Hardy Road and River Road/Dike Trail intersection, located behind notable tourism destinations in Brantford including: Glenhyrst Art Gallery of Brant, Waterworks Park, Earl Haig Family Fun Park and Brant’s Crossing. There are a total of ten playlists and ten unique QR codes along the trail. Each playlist has three songs and is approximately 10-12 minutes long, which allows the trail user to continue discovering local music during the duration of their hike.

Brantford’s beautiful trail system and abundance of local talent was a natural fit for Trail Mix, a program that was originally piloted by the City of Waterloo and has since been adopted by numerous communities throughout Ontario. A special thanks once again goes out to City of Waterloo staff who graciously helped us recreate this fun experience in Brantford in 2022. Starting support for Trail Mix was made possible with funding from Hamilton Halton Brant Regional Tourism Association.

Please watch the demonstration video on YouTube, produced by Pynx Productions, to learn how to scan the signs using your phone. To learn more, please visit discoverbrantford.ca/trailmix

Submissions
Please submit your application to be included in Trail Mix 2025 using the online form below. Submissions are due by Friday, March 28, 2025 at 4:30 p.m.

Contact
For more information, please contact culture@brantford.ca.