Some great deals on gear are happening during the entire month of June, 2008 at all Long & McQuade stores across Canada. The chain is offering 6 months at zero per cent financing on select brands each week on top of specials in all departments.

The World Quest Music Songwriting Contest is a new Canadian songwriting contest being launched March 26, 2008 for the general public. Professional entries began March 17. Everyone is eligible, and any genre of music is welcome.

The 8th annual Rock N’ Reel: Music and Film Festival has gathered a group of Durham region musical acts, and readied itself to unite them with the music industry professionals of today. The three-day music conference and festival that will take place March 27-29, 2008 at Durham College, as well as EP Taylor’s and The Groove Lounge, both of which are located in Oshawa’s downtown core.

Epiphone Guitars has announced an exclusive promotion celebrating the 2008 Juno Awards. Epiphone, a part of the Gibson family of brands, will support the awards program with a March promotion where 30 Epiphone Les Paul Junior 2008 Juno Awards guitars will be given away across Canada through promotional activies.

The ArtsCan Circle has been granted an Aeroplan Miles donation account, where over the month of May 2008, they’ll be able to collect Aeroplan Miles from donors.