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Conference Profile

CAPACOA Conference 2025

When:

Where: Ottawa, ON, Canada

Organizer: Canadian Association of the Performing Arts (CAPACOA)

Application Fee: $50.00 CAD
(Application Fee subject to 13% tax)

Deadline: (5:00 pm ET)

About The Conference

A four-day gathering of Canada’s national and international presenting and touring sector, the conference is an opportunity to reconnect with your colleagues and make new connections from coast to coast to coast. With more than 250 presenters, agents, managers, artists and other performing arts professionals in attendance, participants can expect new networking opportunities, informative sessions and peer meetings as well as world-class theatre, music and dance showcases.

Contact Info

Contact

chandel.gambles@capacoa.ca

Address

200-17 York Street,
Ottawa, ON
CA K1N5S7

Phone

613-562-3515

About The Conference

A four-day gathering of Canada’s national and international presenting and touring sector, the conference is an opportunity to reconnect with your colleagues and make new connections from coast to coast to coast. With more than 250 presenters, agents, managers, artists and other performing arts professionals in attendance, participants can expect new networking opportunities, informative sessions and peer meetings as well as world-class theatre, music and dance showcases.

Conference Overview

CAPACOA's conference will serve as a valuable platform to view performances by outstanding national artists who have been selected by an expert jury, through both curation and open call processes. The conference serves as a forum for networking and professional development in a friendly and intimate setting designed to foster business relationships with performing arts colleagues from across Canada.

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Showcase Provisions

The Canadian Association of the Performing Arts (CAPACOA) will supply technical equipment including back-line, sound system and mics.

CAPACOA will work with selected artists/ensembles to meet their tech needs to create the best showcase possible; however any other requirements are at the discretion of CAPACOA.

Stage and production equipment are the responsibility and control of CAPACOA including overall volume levels. Dressing and green rooms will be supplied to artists if available.

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Showcase Criteria

Applicants must complete all parts of the online showcase application and submit payment (online via PayPal or by cheque).

All showcase applications must be submitted online, with completed payment no later than 5:00 p.m. EST on Friday, February 28, 2025 (extended deadline).

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Terms & Conditions

The deadline to submit is extended to Friday, February 28, 2025 at 5:00PM EST. Incomplete applications will not be considered. All application fees are non-refundable.

If you are selected to showcase you must accept the following terms and conditions:

  • Purchase one full delegate registration and you must supply a representative (yourself, manager or otherwise) during the one on ones.

  • Provide confirmation of participation within 7 days of being offered a showcase opportunity.

  • Complete and return the showcase contract and technical production form.

  • Be available to perform in Ottawa, ON between Monday, December 1 to Thursday, December 4, 2025. We will do our best to accommodate schedules but be prepared to perform on one of these four days.

  • Participate in scheduled sound check/rehearsal the day of performance. CAPACOA will provide full schedule and sound check details closer to the event. Please note that rehearsal and set-up time will be at a maximum of 45 m

  • CAPACOA assumes no responsibility for costs associated with showcasing including travel and accommodations.

  • If a selected artist is unable to appear, no substitutions will be permitted for its showcase performance. The selection committee will establish a list of alternates from the original applications based on the next highest score achieved. Cancellation by an agent or promoter does not guarantee that agent or promoter the opportunity to fill the vacant showcase.

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