Katherine McVicker | Anyone can book a Gig

Discussion Jazz Music
Date

July 1, 2025

1 p.m.

Price
Free

Take a deep dive into the rich professional world of agent Katherine McVicker, author of the book Anyone Can Book a Gig: A Performer's Guide to Successful Touring and leading figure in the touring world for three decades, who now works with some 40 renowned contemporary jazz musicians through her talent and booking agency Music Works International.

Katherine is a well-established professional in the music industry. After three decades in the music industry as an agent developing the touring careers for dozens of internationally renowned jazz and world artists alive today, Katherine founded boutique agency Music Works International (MWI) in 2014. Today, MWI books over 500 performances each year worldwide and represents over 30 of the top jazz, Americana, and world music artists performing today. 

During the 2020 COVID-19 lockdown, Katherine started to develop a course for musicians and those struggling to book shows. The aptly named, "Anyone Can Book a Gig" is a self-managed online course with the goal to give artists the no-fluff tools and strategies they need to successfully book shows at any stage of their career. Katherine is also active in the international cultural community as an organizer of arts networks in Africa (CCA, soon to be renamed ACC) and in Latin America. Both networks share the mission of connecting cultural stakeholders to each other for professional development and mentorship, to create and support educational initiatives, to facilitate cultural exchange and to support economic development through the cultural arts.

  • Language English
  • Seats General admission
  • Production / Presentation

    Festival International de Jazz de Montréal

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