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.

April 2–4, 2025 | SAINt John, NB

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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.

MemberConnect

Two and a half days of insightful conversations, impactful learning, and meaningful connections for the presenting sector.
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Convergence

A new, online knowledge-sharing opportunity from the Atlantic Presenters’ Association
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Contact East

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

A SELECTION FROM OUR Membership Directory

King’s Playhouse

Georgetown, PE

King’s Playhouse

Georgetown, PE

The King’s Playhouse is a vital component of the cultural life in Eastern PEI. Our vision is one of creative and cultural growth through performance, membership and audiences. We seek to meet the needs of our audiences through the development of valuable ongoing relationships to create excitement, cultural awareness and community participation.

The original playhouse, built in 1887, was unique in the idea that a county seat should have a town hall that would house both the Town Council meetings and those community and cultural events that knit together small communities and make the long winter nights bearable.

Both professional, and semi-professional, touring groups came to Georgetown, playing out of trunks and picking up locals for bit parts. A Georgetown amateur society was formed and joined the growing ranks of local players on the island who toured church halls and community centres.

John Connolly, Executive Director
Catherine O'Brien
65 Grafton Street po box 267 Georgetown, PE C0A 1L0 Canada

Charlotte Street Arts Centre

Fredericton, NB

Charlotte Street Arts Centre

Fredericton, NB

Charlotte Street Arts Centre (CSAC) has 3 main proponents to the organization. We are Landlords to the building that houses many artists and arts organizations, we have an ARTreach program that provides programming to vulnerable communities, and we also have an auditorium and community room that we rent to the public, and host our own events. We have only dabbled in hosting our own events as we had no elevator and accessibility has been a barrier. We are currently going through construction and the new space will allow us to provide much more in-house programming for performance.

Matt Carter, Executive Director
732 Charlotte street Fredericton, NB E3B 1M5 Canada

Miawpukek First Nation – TCR Department

Conne River

Miawpukek First Nation – TCR Department

Conne River

MFN was not recognized as an official Indian Act Band in 1949 when Newfoundland joined confederation. In 1984 the Miawpukek Band, after years of political and legal maneuvers and lobbying, succeeded in pressuring the federal government in recognizing it as a Band for the purpose of the Indian Act. In 1987, the reserve at Conne River was officially recognized as an Indian Act Reserve. The Band Council has taken on the mandate of turning the community into an economically self-sufficient community guide by traditional native values. The Band Council has a clear mandate to pursuer economic development rather than being dependent on Social Programs. A number of initiatives have contributed to this goal. For example, approximately 90% of all administrative staff are community members with a significant number having attended training and educational institutions outside the reserve. More that 90% of the Health & Social Services building and the school system is also staffed by trained band members.
MFN places emphasis on economic development initiatives with a concern for environmental issues, and a renewed emphasis in learning the Micmac Language and music in the school program all contribute to a renewed pride in Indigenous Culture within Miawpukek First Nation.

48 Miawpukek Drive

BMO Studio Theatre

Saint John, NB

BMO Studio Theatre

Saint John, NB
Stephen Tobias, Executive Director
112 Princess Street Saint John, NB E2L 1K4 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.

Katy Hopkins, Executive Director
219 Main St., P.O. Box 1148 Liverpool, NS B0T 1K0 Canada

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

Gander Arts & Culture Centre

Gander, NL

Gander Arts & Culture Centre

Gander, NL
Leslie Hewitt
155 Airport Boulevard Gander, NL A1V 1K6 Canada

Lawrence O’Brien Arts Centre

Happy Valley-Goose Bay, NL

Lawrence O’Brien Arts Centre

Happy Valley-Goose Bay, NL

The Lawrence O’Brien Arts Centre is a not for profit corporation with a volunteer board of directors who represent all facets of arts and culture in eastern Labrador. This umbrella organization works with a large community volunteer sector to foster the arts and cultural heritage, integrating schools and community groups.

The Lawrence O’Brien Arts Centre aims to provide accessible, supportive, well resourced programs and venues for the performing arts, with a focus on the creation, development and advancement of art by local artists and youth in Labrador.

Travis Ford, Manager
15-21 Voisey Drive PO Box 2507 Station B Happy Valley-Goose Bay, NL A0P 1E0 Canada

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