City of Victoria
Festival Project Grant
Victoria, British Columbia
2026 intake closed; the City has published 2026 recipients and funding, and the program recurs annually with the next application window not yet published.
Annual intake. The 2026 application deadline was December 1, 2025; the next cycle deadline is not yet posted.
- Eligible applicants
- Registered non-profit societies, non-profit cooperatives, charities, Songhees Nation or Xwsepsum Nation Councils, or registered Urban Indigenous non-profit organizations with an active board, at least one full year of operation, an arts/culture mandate or regular artistic programming, good standing, and a prior edition of the festival meeting program criteria. The festival must occur within Victoria municipal boundaries.
- Funding amount or limit
- Four 2026 streams: Signature Festivals up to $40,000 or 10% of eligible cash expenses; Established Festivals up to $20,000 or 20%; Emerging & Growing Festivals up to $10,000 or 25%; Cultural Community Celebration up to $5,000 or 30%, whichever is lower in each stream. The 2026 program funded 43 events with $457,680 total.
- Jurisdiction
- Victoria, British Columbia
- Last verified
- 2026-08-01
Eligible activities
- Annual or biennial, publicly accessible arts and cultural festivals lasting at least one day and no longer than one month, including eligible music festivals and celebrations with free or low-barrier public programming, professional artist compensation, and community or tourism impact. One-time events, music or concert series longer than one month, capital work, deficits, and non-arts events are excluded.
Verification note
The current City page confirms the annual program and 2026 awards; the 2026 guidelines define the four funding streams and expressly distinguish eligible music festivals from excluded long concert series.
Official sources
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