From a media release:
DRAGONS’ DEN is calling on all aspiring entrepreneurs to present their business pitches for a chance to be featured next season on CBC. Beginning in Toronto on February 10, auditions will be open to the public, as producers hit the road visiting Canadian cities coast-to-coast in search of the country’s best business ideas in need of a Dragon investment.
A full list of audition dates and cities are listed below, venues, timing and additional information can be found online via the DRAGONS’ DEN website .
The audition tour welcomes participants of all ages, with businesses at any stage of development. Hopeful entrepreneurs should prepare to pitch their concept to the DRAGONS’ DEN producers in five minutes or less. If they show the producers they have what it takes to pitch in the Den, they could be invited to Toronto to face the Dragons. Prospective pitchers are encouraged to apply online and bring a completed application form to the audition.
Producers will be on the lookout for entrepreneurs in the following cities:
Feb. 10 – Toronto, ON
Feb. 15 – Edmonton, AB
Feb. 15 – Nanaimo, BC
Feb. 16 – Windsor, ON
Feb. 17 – London, ON
Feb. 17 – Calgary, AB
Feb. 17 – Vancouver, BC
Feb 21 – Guelph, ON
Feb. 22 – Belleville, ON
Feb. 23 – Kingston, ON
Feb. 24 – Montreal, QC
Feb. 24 – Ottawa, ON
Feb. 24 – Barrie, ON
Feb. 28 – Oshawa, ON
Feb. 28 – Thunder Bay, ON
Mar. 2 – Fredericton, NB
Mar. 2 – Charlottetown, PEI
Mar. 3 – Hamilton, ON
Mar. 3 – Halifax, NS
Mar. 3 – Cranbrook, BC
Mar. 7 – Waterloo, ON
Mar. 8 – Kelowna, BC
Mar. 8 – Lethbridge, AB
Mar. 10 – Calgary, AB
Mar. 10 – Victoria, BC
Mar. 14 – Collingwood, ON
Mar. 14 – Prince George, BC
Mar. 14 – Whitehorse, YT
Mar. 16 – Abbotsford, BC
Mar. 17 – St. John’s, NL
Mar. 17 – Vancouver, BC
Mar. 21 – Regina, SK
Mar. 23 – Saskatoon, SK
Mar. 23 – Quebec City, QC
Mar. 24 – Montreal, QC
Mar. 24 – Winnipeg, MB
Mar. 24 – Niagara Falls, ON
Apr. 7 – Toronto, ON
Heartbreaking to see what’s happened to this show, I can’t bear to watch anymore. Jim Treliving is the only true dragon left. We have a showman who seems nice enough, but like he needs to work out life issues instead of bringing a wild man to a business setting. A disrespectful millennial who’s showing us everything wrong with the new generation (Mr. Treliving has earned his stripes blondie, a little respect please). Mr. t-shirt who begins every single sentence with “you’re in a competitive field”… yes, no kidding. Is there a rock unturned on earth? Every field is competitive, that’s why they need dragons darling. Then Mrs. Marketing who’s only there to market herself (we know you’re a veg and love your brother, you can stop repeating it now). I miss when Arlene brought marketing knowledge to the table and not just being a human billboard for herself. By showing expertise, she automatically built her brand, didn’t need to constantly self-promote. I just can’t watch anymore, this show has become painful.