Project Assistance: Community Arts Festivals
From BC Arts Council
Project Assistance: Community Arts Festivals supports the artistic development of local, community-based arts festivals by providing funding for fees paid to B.C. or Canadian professional artists and technicians and Elders or Knowledge Keepers engaged in the festival.
- Amount
- See what is offered
- Who can apply
- Groups and collectives; Organizations not confirmed - check the funder's page
- Where you must live
- Not found
- Art forms
- Community arts
- Application fee
- Not stated on the funder's page
- Kind
- Grant
- How to get it
- Open application “Applications are submitted through the Grant Management System .”
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What is offered
Money to you
- Application Assistance This program provides funding for support services required to create and submit grant applications, project updates, and final reports for BC Arts Council grants.
Costs covered
- Access Support This program provides additional funding to support access costs associated with a project funded by a BC Arts Council grant.
In the funder's words, from their page, read September 27, 2026.
Eligibility
The festival must be an existing festival, with an arts focus, presented by local Indigenous or community arts organizations , and may feature a combination of local and touring artists. A festival is an event that includes related arts and cultural activities and programming presented within a concentrated place and time and must be longer than one day in duration. Eligible projects and expenses New applicants must register and create a profile in the online system.
What to send
Applications are submitted through the Grant Management System . New applicants must register and create a profile in the online system. Once the registration request is submitted, it may take up to five business days to process your request.
Not yet checked against the funder's page.
Key details not found yet: deadline and amount.
Source: https://www.bcartscouncil.ca/program/community-arts-festivals/ (opens in a new tab). Our research read it on October 18, 2026.
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