We are honoured to live and work on the ancestral and unceded territories of several Indigenous peoples:
the Mi’kmaq, Wəlastəkwiyik, Passamaquoddy, Beothuk, Inuit of Nunatsiavut and NunatuKavut and the Innu of Nitassinan.

October 22–25, 2026 | Moncton, NB
In partnership with NB Music Week/ Semaine MNB Week

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OPPORTUNITY Fill out APA's Strategic Planning Survey

Deadline: May 6, 2024

APA has launched a Strategic Planning Survey in order to gain valuable feedback on how we can better support and enhance the performing arts community in Canada. Plus, anyone who fills out the survey has the chance to win a $100 VISA gift card!

OPPORTUNITY Artist submissions now open for Contact East 2024

Deadline: Thursday, February 29, 2024
Artist submissions are now open for Contact East 2024, taking place in Charlottetown, Epekwitk/PEI from September 26 – 29. Contact East is Atlantic Canada’s premiere performing arts booking conference. The event brings together performing arts presenters, managers, and agents to see top-quality performances from a diverse range of artistic genres, including but not limited to: music, cabaret, dance, Deaf, Disability and Mad arts, circus arts, theatre, comedy, youth-oriented programming, and cultural performances.

ATLANTIC PRESENTERS ASSOCIATION What we do

The Atlantic Presenters Association (APA) is the non-profit regional performing arts presenters’ organization for the four Atlantic Provinces.

Contact East

Contact East is our hallmark event and Atlantic Canada's premiere performing arts booking conference.
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Convergence

A new knowledge-sharing opportunity from the Atlantic Presenters’ Association
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Membership

The Atlantic Presenters Association offers programs that are valuable to our members and to the betterment of the field.
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Better Backstages

A toolkit to help increase accessibility for venue operators, festival producers, and artists.
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Respectful Events & Spaces

We, the Atlantic Presenters Association (members, board and staff), and the attendees at our events, agree that by being here we commit to contributing to a space that is accessible and free from oppression, harassment, and discrimination. At our gatherings, we will treat ourselves and each other with respect and dignity, regardless of age, race, gender expression, gender identity, sexual orientation, ability, religion and all our other diverse identities. We will not tolerate any acts of racism, white supremacy, sexism, heterosexism and cissexism, homophobia / queerphobia and transphobia, sizeism, ableism, ageism, or physical and sexual violence and harassment. 

Anyone not abiding by this agreement may be asked to leave the event, venue or space by the organizers.

If you need to report an incident of harassment please use the confidential online form or email info@atlanticpresenters.ca, or speak directly to one of APA’s staff on site.

UPCOMING TOUR

Constellations

July 23 - July 28, 2026

One relationship. Infinite possibilities. Through multiple universes, timelines, and realities, Nick Payne's Constellations follows Marianne and Roland in all the iterations of how their fateful relationship may have gone. Maybe they meet at a barbecue, or maybe they don't. Maybe there's an infideli...

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Musique Saint-Joachim

Bertrand, NB

Musique Saint-Joachim

Bertrand, NB

Musique Saint-Joachim is a not-for-profit organization whose mandate is to encourage the performance of classical music, blues and jazz. Located at Bertrand, NB, its principal performance venue is the local church, a building with exceptional acoustics. Here, it will offer an annual programme of musical events for the general public and also for young audiences.

Rejean Poirier, Producer
635 Boudreau Road Bertrand, NB E1W 1J7 Canada

Astor Theatre

Liverpool, NS

Astor Theatre

Liverpool, NS

The Astor Theatre is proud to be the oldest performing arts venue in the province. In 2002 the Astor Theatre celebrated 100 years of entertainment on the South Shore of Nova Scotia.

Velta Vikmanis, Manager
219 Main St., P.O. Box 1148 Liverpool, NS B0T 1K0 Canada

Mulgrave Road Theatre

Guysborough, NS

Mulgrave Road Theatre

Guysborough, NS
Emmy Alcorn, Artistic Director
Box 219 68 Main St Guysborough, NS B0H1 N0 Canada

Antigonish Performing Arts Series

Antigonish, NS

Antigonish Performing Arts Series

Antigonish, NS
Michael Steinitz
Dept of Physics, P.O. Box 5000 Antigonish, NS B2G 2W5 Canada

Nova Scotia Summer Fest

Antigonish, NS

Nova Scotia Summer Fest

Antigonish, NS

Nova Scotia Summer Fest is a non-profit association that has a mandate to develop Antigonish into a world-class event tourism & eco-tourism destination.

Ray Mattie
Box 50 Monastery Antigonish, NS B0H 1W0 Canada
Box 50 Monastery Antigonish, NS B0H 1W0 Canada

The Grace Arts Centre

Tatamagouche, NS

The Grace Arts Centre

Tatamagouche, NS

The Creamery Square Arts Society is a nonprofit organization that manages The Grace Arts Centre in Tatamagouche, Nova Scotia. The Grace is a multi genre performance space housing the 170-seat Betty Murray Theatre and the Ice House Gallery.

Kathleen Hicks, Vice Chair & Secretary of the CSAS
31 Creamery Road, PO Box 419, Tatamagouche, NS B0K 1V0 Canada

The Guild

Charlottetown

The Guild

Charlottetown
Brian Markham
111 Queen St, Charlottetown, PE C1A 4B3

King’s Theatre

Annapolis Royal, NS

King’s Theatre

Annapolis Royal, NS

Presenting a diverse range of live performance and film year-round, King’s Theatre is a 220-seat venue that has been an integral part of the Annapolis Royal community since 1921. Offering state-of-the-art LED stage lighting, digital sound, on-stage and cinematic projection, and a video recording system, it’s a very contemporary theatre in a very historic setting.

Janet Larkman, Executive Director
209 St George St, Annapolis Royal, NS B0S 1A0

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