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We're excited to be welcoming Amazon Music back as an official sponsor of Halifax's Echo Podcast Summit 2026 Afterparty!!!

Amazon Music’s support allows Echo to host conversations that matter to the podcasting industry.

We’re proud to have Acast on board as the lead sponsor of Echo Podcast Summit 2026.

This year, Echo is all about community: how it’s built, how it deepens, and how it evolves as creators and audiences move across more and more spaces.

Heather Gordon, Managing Director, and Yael Strasberg, Creator Network Director at Acast Canada, will also be bringing that conversation to the stage with a panel on How Communities Migrate Across Platforms. It’s exactly the kind of discussion podcasting needs right now. Because audiences are no longer just listeners. They’re followers, commenters, subscribers, attendees, members, and advocates, often all at once.

And from Acast’s perspective, that shift changes the business model too. The future is not just about monetizing a single podcast feed, but about selling and supporting creators across channels, from audio to social to YouTube, and into the next phase of podcast video.

Acast’s work across hosting, monetization, distribution, and audience growth makes them a natural partner for this year’s summit, and we’re delighted to have them helping shape the conversation in Halifax.

Canadaland Politics LIVE from Halifax

Becky Druhan has been somewhat of a firebomb in Nova Scotia politics this past year, abruptly quitting the NS Progressive Conservative Party over what she called “a difference of principles.”

She became an independent, but now she wants to lead a devastated party to go head-to-head with… her former boss. What the hell is she thinking? What does she know that we don’t?

Host Noor Azrieh will ask her in a live sit-down interview at the Echo Podcast Festival in Halifax

If you think it’ll be awkward, don’t worry, we'll break the tension with comedian Clare Belford, staff writer for This Hour Has 22 Minutes.

All are welcome. VIP & Canadaland supporters get in for free.

Thank you to all of our silver sponsors for supporting Echo Podcast Summit 2026.

At its core, podcasting is about connection. Not just audiences and downloads, but relationships, conversations, and the communities that grow around shared ideas. That’s why we’re so pleased to have so many amazing supporters this year.

We’re proud to have so much help bring Echo 2026 to life.



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AMI brings essential expertise to this conversation.

As a media company dedicated to serving Canadians with disabilities, their work is grounded in accessibility, representation, and a clear understanding of how media can better reflect and include the communities it aims to reach.

We will be joined by Andy Frank- Manager of AMI-audio, Steven Scott- Host of Double Tap, Jennie Bovard- Actor & Producer and Ramya Amuthan – Producer of Reflections on AMI-audio.

At Echo, their panel will explore what it means to work with the disability community in meaningful ways and how podcast creators can make accessibility part of the creative process, not an afterthought.

In a year focused on community, AMI offers a vital perspective: that stronger podcast communities are built when more people can fully participate in them.

We’re proud to have so much help bring Echo 2026 to life.

Thank you to all of our industry sponsors for supporting Echo Podcast Summit 2026.

At its core, podcasting is about connection. Not just audiences and downloads, but relationships, conversations, and the communities that grow around shared ideas. That’s why we’re so pleased to have so many amazing supporters this year.

We’re proud to have so much help bring Echo 2026 to life.



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Congratulations , Thanks to Amazon Music, we’re giving 10 independent creators the chance to attend for free and your'e invited!

Big thanks to Amazon Music for backing the next wave of talent.

This year we have 2 Live podcast records at Echo Podcast Summit!

CBC's Atlantic Voice will be available to all ticket holders!

Hear the beating heart of Hubbards, Nova Scotia come alive in this live taping of CBC’s audio documentary show, Atlantic Voice. Host Lindsay Bird and producer Jeff Douglas take us into local institution The Shore Club, as it embarks on its 90th season of serving up lobster suppers, live music and late nights.

Hear from the generations of families who have run and staffed The Shore Club and turned it into a beloved workplace that, apparently, no one has ever quit. This live documentary will be followed by a panel discussion about CBC’s strategy for building and reflecting communities through its local podcasts.

Thanks to AMI, we’re giving 5 independent creators the chance to attend ECHO PODCAST SUMMIT for free.

Congratulations , Advocate and Educator.