| SK Theatre Design Festival |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
SaskFestivals |
2020-2021 |
$8,000 |
An annual theatre festival providing opportunities for professional designers to create, connect, and learn that features light and sound shows for the public. |
| Ritornello Chamber Music Festival |
Saskatoon |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2020-2021 |
$8,000 |
Ritornello Festival is building on 12 years of success and looking towards the future through 3 concerts of fresh and original programming in Saskatoon’s core. |
| 25th Street Theatre Centre Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
SaskFestivals |
2021-2022 |
$38,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Anskohk Aboriginal Writers' Circle Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
SaskFestivals |
2021-2022 |
$16,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Bengough Municipal Arts Council Inc. |
Bengough |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2021-2022 |
$25,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Cathedral Area Community Association |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
SaskFestivals |
2021-2022 |
$10,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Cultural Festivals |
Swift Current |
Multidisciplinary |
SaskFestivals |
2021-2022 |
$30,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Federation des Francophones de Saskatoon |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
SaskFestivals |
2021-2022 |
$10,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| John Arcand Fiddle Fest Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
SaskFestivals |
2021-2022 |
$21,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Library Services for Saskatchewan Aboriginal Peoples Inc. |
La Ronge |
Literary |
SaskFestivals |
2021-2022 |
$10,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Ness Creek Cultural and Recreational Society, Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2021-2022 |
$50,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Northern Lights Bluegrass and Old-Tyme Music Society, Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2021-2022 |
$20,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Northern Saskatchewan International Children's Festival Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
SaskFestivals |
2021-2022 |
$40,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Nuit Blanche Saskatoon Contemporary Arts Festival Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
SaskFestivals |
2021-2022 |
$11,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Prairie New Music Festivals Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2021-2022 |
$10,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Queer City Cinema Inc. |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
SaskFestivals |
2021-2022 |
$30,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Regina Folk Festival Inc. |
Regina |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2021-2022 |
$85,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Regina International Open Theatre Society |
Regina |
Theatre |
SaskFestivals |
2021-2022 |
$10,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Saskatchewan Festival of Words Inc. |
Moose Jaw |
Literary |
SaskFestivals |
2021-2022 |
$45,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Saskatchewan Jazz Festival Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2021-2022 |
$70,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Saskatoon Jazz Orchestra |
Saskatoon |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2021-2022 |
$10,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan Festival Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
SaskFestivals |
2021-2022 |
$86,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Short Cuts Festival Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
SaskFestivals |
2021-2022 |
$10,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| The Vertigo Series |
Regina |
Literary |
SaskFestivals |
2021-2022 |
$10,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Yorkton Film Festival |
Yorkton |
Media Arts |
SaskFestivals |
2021-2022 |
$53,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| One Take Super 8 Event |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
SaskFestivals |
2021-2022 |
$6,162 |
This project will help artists create and exhibit 25 new films as part of the annual OTS8 film event dedicated to developing filmmakers in Saskatchewan. |
| Regina Blues Association |
Regina |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2021-2022 |
$6,700 |
The 26th Mid-Winter Blues Festival is going back to its roots with a modified three-night, one-afternoon event featuring performers from Regina and across Western Canada. |
| Waskesiu Recreation Association Inc. |
Waskesiu Lake |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2021-2022 |
$7,000 |
The Lakeside Music Festival is a free, family-friendly outdoor festival. 2019 attendance was 3500+. All performers are from Saskatchewan and Sunday highlights Indigenous performers. |
| Farm Fest Terre Ferme Festival Ltd. |
Regina |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2021-2022 |
$6,000 |
Bilingual music festival held on a working organic farm in southern Saskatchewan, with emphasis on organic agriculture, spirituality, visual arts and high quality music. |
| Nuit Blanche Regina Arts Festival Inc. |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
SaskFestivals |
2021-2022 |
$7,500 |
Nuit Blanche Regina is a free, accessible, night-time festival showcasing public art installations and engaging audiences in Regina on Saturday, August 27, 2022. |
| Regina Jazz Society Inc. |
Regina |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2021-2022 |
$7,000 |
JazzFest Regina is city wide music festival, using public and commercial venues, featuring emerging, local, national and international musicians focused on the Jazz Genre. |
| SK Theatre Design Festival |
Vonda |
Theatre |
SaskFestivals |
2021-2022 |
$5,038 |
An annual theatre festival to provide opportunities for theatre designers to create, connect, and learn, featuring performances for the public in Saskatoon and Regina. |
| Albert Park Community Association |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
SaskFestivals |
2021-2022 |
$7,500 |
A 3 day, multidisciplinary festival including works by local artistic, musical and cultural talents. |
| Coronach Old Town Street Festival |
Coronach |
Multidisciplinary |
SaskFestivals |
2021-2022 |
$6,000 |
The Old Coronach Street Festival will reinvigorate the rural community through a multi-disciplinary, participatory arts experience which celebrates Coronach's unique cultural identity. |
| Association of Manitou Arts & Cultures Inc. |
Manitou Beach |
Multidisciplinary |
SaskFestivals |
2021-2022 |
$4,800 |
The 2022 Manitou Music Fest will deliver a quality festival, including an eclectic selection of professional musicians, songwriters, dancers, artisans, and performers. |
| Regina Pride Inc. |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
SaskFestivals |
2021-2022 |
$7,000 |
A celebration of Regina’s gender and sexually diverse communities through a presentation of artistic, cultural, and social events meant to educate, entertain, and enlighten audiences. |
| Saskatoon Jazz Orchestra |
Saskatoon |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2022-2023 |
$13,000 |
— |
| Regina Folk Festival Inc. |
Regina |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2022-2023 |
$80,000 |
— |
| 25th Street Theatre Centre Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
SaskFestivals |
2022-2023 |
$38,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Bengough Municipal Arts Council Inc. |
Bengough |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2022-2023 |
$25,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Cultural Festivals |
Swift Current |
Multidisciplinary |
SaskFestivals |
2022-2023 |
$30,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Ness Creek Cultural and Recreational Society, Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2022-2023 |
$50,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Northern Lights Bluegrass and Old-Tyme Music Society, Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2022-2023 |
$20,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Northern Saskatchewan International Children's Festival Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
SaskFestivals |
2022-2023 |
$40,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Queer City Cinema Inc. |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
SaskFestivals |
2022-2023 |
$30,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Saskatchewan Festival of Words Inc. |
Moose Jaw |
Literary |
SaskFestivals |
2022-2023 |
$45,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Saskatchewan Jazz Festival Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2022-2023 |
$70,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan Festival Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
SaskFestivals |
2022-2023 |
$86,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Yorkton Film Festival |
Yorkton |
Media Arts |
SaskFestivals |
2022-2023 |
$53,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Saskatoon Blues Society Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2022-2023 |
$15,000 |
— |
| Nuit Blanche Saskatoon Contemporary Arts Festival Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
SaskFestivals |
2022-2023 |
$20,000 |
— |
| Nuit Blanche Regina Arts Festival Inc. |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
SaskFestivals |
2022-2023 |
$15,000 |
— |
| The Word on the Street Saskatoon Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
SaskFestivals |
2022-2023 |
$15,000 |
— |
| RIFFA Foundation Inc. |
Regina |
Media Arts |
SaskFestivals |
2022-2023 |
$13,500 |
— |
| Library Services for Saskatchewan Aboriginal Peoples Inc. |
La Ronge |
Literary |
SaskFestivals |
2022-2023 |
$15,000 |
— |
| Napatak Ramble Music & Arts Inc. |
La Ronge |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2022-2023 |
$13,500 |
— |
| Alpha Kids Crew |
Saskatoon |
Dance |
SaskFestivals |
2022-2023 |
$8,000 |
Game Theory V is a free community festival focusing on youth, female, and non-binary involvement in Breakin’ and growing awareness to the street dance culture. |
| One Take Super 8 Event |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
SaskFestivals |
2022-2023 |
$6,350 |
This project will help artists create and exhibit 25 new films as part of the annual OTS8 film event dedicated to developing filmmakers in Saskatchewan. |
| The Black Canadians, Africans and Caribbean Professionals Association Incorporated |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
SaskFestivals |
2022-2023 |
$8,000 |
A multicultural, multidisciplinary festival that celebrates Black culture from within the Black Diaspora (African-Canadian, Afro-Latino, African, Caribbean etc.) community in Saskatchewan. |
| The Salt Shaker Festival |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
SaskFestivals |
2022-2023 |
$5,000 |
This application is seeking funding for the Salt Shaker Festival, a 3-day multi-media arts festival set in Manitou Beach on July 7-9. 2022. |
| Waskesiu Recreation Association Inc. |
Waskesiu Lake |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2022-2023 |
$6,000 |
The Lakeside Music Festival is a free, family-friendly outdoor festival. 2022 attendance was 4000+. All performers are from Saskatchewan, and Sunday specifically highlights Indigenous performers. |
| Saskatoon Spinners and Weavers Guild |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
SaskFestivals |
2022-2023 |
$6,000 |
Three-day textile art festival including an art exhibition showcasing SK-sourced fibres, demonstrations, public collaborative art piece, and opportunity for the public to try fibre-arts techniques. |
| Regina Blues Association |
Regina |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2022-2023 |
$4,550 |
The Mid-Winter Blues Festival features mainstage and free live blues music events featuring a mix of diverse local, national, and international performers. |
| Country at the Creek Music Fest Inc. |
Big River |
Multidisciplinary |
SaskFestivals |
2022-2023 |
$8,000 |
Country at the Creek Music Festival is an annual outdoor Music event held just outside of the community of Big River. |
| Tic Toc TEN |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
SaskFestivals |
2022-2023 |
$6,000 |
Tic Toc TEN is a short performance arts festival (in person and online) featuring ten, brand new, multidisciplinary performances by emerging and established Saskatchewan artists. |
| Miyawata Culture Association Inc. |
Paynton |
Theatre |
SaskFestivals |
2022-2023 |
$8,000 |
This project an Indigenous Performance Festival which is multi cultural in practice and presentation. This festival includes local and international presenters. |
| The Vertigo Series |
Regina |
Literary |
SaskFestivals |
2022-2023 |
$6,000 |
Hosting a series of diverse emerging and established writers and musicians from across Canada. Paying artists to extend their tour to include Saskatchewan's small audiences. |
| Cathedral Area Community Association |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
SaskFestivals |
2022-2023 |
$6,000 |
We're applying for funds to help provide exceptional and diverse programming free for the public to attend at our 32nd annual Cathedral Village Arts Festival. |
| Anskohk Aboriginal Writers' Circle Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
SaskFestivals |
2022-2023 |
$8,000 |
SAWCI will host Word Splash, an evening of Indigenous literature with emerging and established Indigenous writers live in Saskatoon, virtually Canada-Wide in a hybrid event. |
| Flamenco Borealis |
Saskatoon |
Dance |
SaskFestivals |
2022-2023 |
$6,000 |
To host the third edition of the Borealis Flamenco Festival consisting of performances by local artists, introductory workshops and Flamenco dance master classes. |
| Farm Fest Terre Ferme Festival Ltd. |
Regina |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2022-2023 |
$5,000 |
For support towards a (mostly) folk music festival which includes market, workshops and visual arts exhibit. |
| Kitchen Party Music, Inc. |
Forget |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2022-2023 |
$6,000 |
Kitchen Fest: A series of 8 inter-ractive evening concerts over two weeks presenting Saskatchewan musicians collaborating with professional musicians from across Canada and the World. |
| Manitou Beach Literary Festival |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
SaskFestivals |
2022-2023 |
$4,550 |
Multi genre contemporary literary festival celebrating excellence in local, provincial, national and international literature through presentation of book launches, author readings, workshops, panels and performance. |
| Regina Jazz Society Inc. |
Regina |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2022-2023 |
$4,550 |
JazzFest Regina 2023 celebrates its 15th. annual festival kicking off summer and our festival event season. |
| Unheard Sound Collective |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
SaskFestivals |
2022-2023 |
$8,000 |
To present the 11th edition of Sounds Like: An Audio Festival with the theme "Duality" in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, May 12-13 and October 13-14, 2023. |
| Regina Pride Inc. |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
SaskFestivals |
2022-2023 |
$6,000 |
A celebration of Regina’s gender and sexually diverse communities with a series of artistic, cultural, and social events intended to educate and entertain our audience. |
| SK Theatre Design Festival |
Vonda |
Theatre |
SaskFestivals |
2022-2023 |
$6,000 |
An annual theatre festival providing opportunities for emerging and professional designers to create, connect, and learn featuring light and sound shows for the public. |
| Federation des Francophones de Saskatoon |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
SaskFestivals |
2022-2023 |
$8,000 |
18th Cinergie Festival, International Francophone Film Festival of Saskatoon |
| Prairie New Music Festivals Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2022-2023 |
$8,000 |
The Strata Festival of New Music is a 3 day festival featuring newly composed music by beginner, emerging and established Canadian and Saskatchewan composers. |
| Regina Chamber Music Festival |
Regina |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2022-2023 |
$5,000 |
The project is the presentation of three nights of chamber music concerts and related events in the community, by international and local artists. |
| Saskatoon Symphony Society |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Special Initiatives Fund |
2020-2021 |
$5,000 |
Video capture training of SSO team and musicians as we launch online streaming/digital concerts to remove barriers of access for audiences during pandemic and beyond. |
| On the Boards Staging Company, Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Special Initiatives Fund |
2020-2021 |
$5,000 |
Diversifying our program delivery by incorporating live streaming into the production model of independent performing artists. |
| Sum Theatre Corp. |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Special Initiatives Fund |
2020-2021 |
$5,000 |
Expanding Sum Theatre's e-capacity by creating a participatory website. |
| Free Flow Dance Theatre Company |
Saskatoon |
Dance |
Special Initiatives Fund |
2020-2021 |
$5,000 |
The purpose of this project is to perform technological upgrades to improve our ability to deliver programming and content online via video and live streaming. |
| Common Weal Community Arts Inc. |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
Special Initiatives Fund |
2020-2021 |
$5,000 |
Hire a consultant to provide training on the ethics of online programming and support artists with strategies on how to engage community through virtual platforms. |
| Friends of the Broadway Theatre Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Special Initiatives Fund |
2020-2021 |
$5,000 |
Complete overhaul of our Ticketing, Point of Sale and Membership software, combining all into one web-based system. |
| PAVED Art + New Media |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
Special Initiatives Fund |
2020-2021 |
$5,000 |
PAVED Arts intends to create an online open-source equipment booking and members access portal, in partnership with Video Pool artist-run in Winnipeg. |
| Persephone Theatre |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Special Initiatives Fund |
2020-2021 |
$5,000 |
Request for support week long Theatre Manager intensive training for Youth Tour Coordinator, Box Office Management and Staff. |
| Listen to Dis' Community Arts Organization Inc. |
Regina |
Theatre |
Special Initiatives Fund |
2020-2021 |
$5,000 |
Build digital capacity and aquire accessible digital equipment to increase organizational capacity, resilience and responsiveness within Saskatchewan through disability arts and culture. |
| Kenderdine Art Gallery |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Special Initiatives Fund |
2020-2021 |
$5,000 |
To increase our organizational capacity to produce effective online content through increased community connections and redistribution of funds to skilled though precariously employed cultural workers. |
| Art Gallery of Swift Current |
Swift Current |
Visual |
Special Initiatives Fund |
2020-2021 |
$5,000 |
We will hire a professional videographer to create virtual tours of our next two upcoming exhibitions to help us regain, retain and broaden our audience. |
| Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan Festival Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Special Initiatives Fund |
2020-2021 |
$5,000 |
Staff and board will take a 6-day training course and create concrete change for more equitable, diverse, and inclusive environments for our staff and public. |
| Creative City Centre Inc. |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
Special Initiatives Fund |
2020-2021 |
$5,000 |
We want to increase our digital production capabilities, to enable us to record and broadcast Saskatchewan artists via podcast, live stream, etc. |
| Godfrey Dean Art Gallery Inc. |
Yorkton |
Visual |
Special Initiatives Fund |
2020-2021 |
$4,825 |
Upgrade and replace aging and soon to be obsolete computer and technology infrastructure. Manage change and succession for a new Director & Curator position. |
| AKA Gallery Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Special Initiatives Fund |
2020-2021 |
$5,000 |
Re-envision AKA's organizational framework, working with diverse consultants and colleagues challenge institutional assumptions and biases in order to better support artists, communities, and staff. |
| Neutral Ground Inc. |
Regina |
Visual |
Special Initiatives Fund |
2020-2021 |
$5,000 |
Address the barriers to equity at Neutral Ground Artist-Run Centre through an in-depth anti-racism training program lead by Future Ancestors Inc. |
| Radiant Press |
Regina |
Literary |
Special Initiatives Fund |
2020-2021 |
$7,500 |
To support the enrolment of our Managing Editor in the online Certificate in Publishing program from the Chang School of Continuing Education at Ryerson University. |
| Thistledown Press Ltd. |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Special Initiatives Fund |
2020-2021 |
$7,500 |
To cover expenses of Thistledown Press’ transition in ownership. |
| Saskatchewan Festival of Words Inc. |
Moose Jaw |
Literary |
Special Initiatives Fund |
2020-2021 |
$5,000 |
We would like to work with a consultant and explore ways to increase our digital capacity and navigate/adapt to the future of the literary/arts/festival sector. |
