Canada doubles annual budget for festivals
Performing arts festivals will benefit from CA$31 million across the next two years
News By Lisa Henderson | 19 April 2024
Canada’s performing arts festivals will benefit from CA$31 million (€21m) in federal funding across the next two years.
The aid, which will be distributed via the Canada Arts Presentation Fund (CAPF), is nearly double the current annual supplementary funding for the programme, which has received $8 million per year since 2019.
This aid benefits nearly 1,600 organisations in every province and territory and contributes to sustaining 78,000 cultural jobs.
A portion of the new funding is already earmarked for festivals including Montreal circus…
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