23 Apr Deb Beaton-Smith

Deb Beaton-Smith has been serving as the Executive Director of the BC Music Festival Collective for the past three years. The organization was formed in 2020 to provide a common voice for BC’s music festivals and recently merged with the BC Touring Council to create a larger provincial arts service organization. Deb will continue her advocacy work and communication as the Director of Festivals and Sector Development.

She is also the founder of Beat Music Management, which she established nearly 20 years ago to provide artist and event management services, With over a decade of experience as an artist manager and running small and large-scale events, Deb has focused on developing expertise and knowledge transfer within the music industry.

Her impressive portfolio includes projects for the likes of Rifflandia, Canada Day and 150 Events, BreakOut West, Rock the Shores, Island Children’s Festival, Car Free YYJ, the 2010 Olympics, Market Square Courtyard Series, and the Organic Island’s Festival (just to name a few). And Deb continues to give back to the Arts community as an Outreach Consultant & Grant Coach for Creative BC, a BC Touring Council Trainer, a member of the CRD Arts Advisory Council and Saanich Arts, Culture & Heritage Advisory Committee and on the Board of Music BC for four years.