Schedule – Wednesday, April 12, 2023

11:30AM – 4:00 PM

Conference Registration Desk Open

Anvil Centre Theatre Lobby, Level 3
Sponsored by Maverick Cooperative (Caline Artists International and Magnum Opus Management, Partners)

Noon – 3:00 PM

Block Booking Workshop

with Judy Harquail, Ontario Presents, Ross Paton, Developer & Petrice Brett, BCTC’s Block Booking Coordinator

Anvil Centre Theatre, Level 3

We invite presenters who would like to join the BC Touring Council’s new touring and block booking initiative to attend this session.

Sponsored by The Port Theatre

3:30 PM – 5:00 PM

Facility Manager’s Meeting

Anvil Centre Theatre, Level 3

777 Columbia St, New Westminster
Facilitator: Theresia Reid, Chilliwack Cultural Centre

The facility managers’ meeting provides an opportunity for venue managers from BC and beyond to meet to share their knowledge and experience, to discuss trends, successes, challenges and other topics related to managing and programming venues.

Sponsored by Actsafe Safety Association

7:00 PM – 9:00 PM

Conference Registration Open

Fraser River Discovery Centre, Level 2

Sponsored by Maverick Cooperative (Caline Artists International and Magnum Opus Management, Partners)

7:00 PM – 10:00 PM

Welcome Reception

Fraser River Discovery Centre, Level 2
788 Quayside Dr, New Westminster
Host: Caitlin McKee, BCTC Board Member/Programming & Partnerships Manager, Chan Centre for the Performing Arts, UBC with Guest Speakers

Delegates are invited to a welcome reception for networking, amazing food, refreshments, great music and stunning scenery overlooking the mighty Fraser River.

Appetizers and refreshments will be served by Salishan Catering. Salishan fuses traditional Musqueam cultural knowledge and foods with modern foods creating a unique menu with live music by The Blue and Gold.

Sponsored by Canada’s Ballet Jörgen

The Blue and Gold

The Blue and Gold is a musical collaboration between Juno-nominated and WCMA Blues Artist of The Year Ndidi O and folk-roots guitarist/banjo player Trish Klein (The Be Good Tanyas, Frazey Ford,

Po’ Girl) which celebrates the musical artistry and legacy of pioneering female blues musicians.

Their album debut album, released in 2022, is a musical homage to the profound influence of Black female artists on 20th-century country/blues traditions and indeed on the evolution of all modern music; 11 songs recorded with authenticity, soulfulness and grit, including reinterpretations of the works of pioneering female artists Memphis Minnie, Lottie Kimbrough, Victoria Spivey, Jessie Mae Hemphill, Sister Rosetta Tharpe and others, as well as one song by the legendary Indigenous songwriter Buffy Sainte-Marie.

Schedule – Thursday April 13, 2023

7:00 AM – 9:00 AM

Breakfast – On your own
Angelina’s Dutch Corner – River Market, 810 Quayside Drive, New Westminster
Boat House Restaurant at the Inn at the Quay Hotel

9:00 AM – 10:30 AM

Conference Registration Open

Anvil Centre Theatre Lobby, Level 3
Sponsored by Maverick Cooperative (Caline Artists International and Magnum Opus Management, Partners)

9:00 AM – Noon

Contact Room: Exhibitor load in and set up

Massey Theatre/Eighth & Eight – 1C
Note: Registration opens at 11:00 am in the Massey Lobby

9:00 AM – 10:00 AM

Opening Reception Meet & Greet

Anvil Centre Theatre Lobby, Level 3
Continental breakfast with coffee/tea

Invitation to tour New Media Gallery

Anvil Centre, Level 3
Exhibit: aBIOTIC

• Finnbogi Pétursson (Iceland) Infra-Supra, 2016/2023
• Verena Friedrich (Germany) The Long Now, 2017
• Labofactory (France) Sky, 2022-2023

10:00 AM – 11:00 AM

Welcome: Opening Address – qʷáqʷəl̓ tə təməxʷ – The Land Speaks

Anvil Centre Theatre, Level 3

Host: Miriam Manley, Executive Director, BC Touring Council
Territorial Welcome: Ronnie Dean Harris

Guest Speakers:
The Honourable, Peter Julian, M.P. New Westminster-Burnaby
The Honourable, Lana Popham, Minister of Tourism, Arts, Culture and Sport
Mayor, Patrick Johnstone, City of New Westminster 
Dr. Sae-Hoon (Stan) Chung, Chair, BC Arts Council
Simone Orlando, Member, BC Arts Council
Galen Olstead, Chair, BC Touring Council

Special performance:
Renae Morriseau with a performance by M’Girl

M’Girl Music is an urban Indigenous women’s vocal ensemble that’s been together for over 20 years. M’Girl loves to sing and blend their voices harmonically in all their traditional songs.
Today M’Girl, a collective of urban Indigenous women from different nations of Turtle Island, features Renae Morriseau, Deanna Gestrin and Cheri Maracle. The colonial forces of government, and church, the loss of land, and language, has minimized their respective Indigenous matrilineal lines. M’Girl celebrates the restoration of women in song, and provides a lens into how each M’Girl honours their cultural perspectives on these lands of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tlseil-Waututh. 
Renae Morriseau
M’Girl Music is managed by Renae Morriseau. She has been gifted songs through ceremony and composes hand drum songs in Cree and Saulteaux, her families language(s).  She is a writer, singer, theatre and film director. She currently teaches Indigenous film studies at Capilano University’s Indigenous Film program.
*Credit for The Land Speaks translation: Kaitlyn Rebecca Cunningham

11:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Shuttles

Shuttles will pick up delegates at the Anvil Centre to transport them to the Massey Theatre/Eighth & Eight
11:00 AM Pick up Anvil Centre (front lobby)
11:20 AM Pick up Anvil Centre (front lobby)
11:40 AM Pick up Anvil Centre (front lobby)
Shuttles are not able to drop or pick up at other locations.

11:00 AM – 5:00 PM

Conference Registration Open

Massey Theatre Lobby/Eighth & Eight, Level 1
Sponsored by Maverick Cooperative (Caline Artists International and Magnum Opus Management, Partners)

11:30 AM – 1:00 PM

LUNCH

Massey Theatre Lobby/Eighth & Eight, Level 1
Catering by Ukrainian Holy Eucharist congregation with a blessing by Father Mykhailo

Delegates are invited to the Massey Lobby to pick up lunch, and to join a table in the Massey Theatre Lobby, 1A, the Plaskett Gallery (Level 1) or 2A on Level 2. 
Lunch tickets will be collected prior to picking up your lunch in the lobby, so have them handy.

1:00 PM – 2:00 PM

Network Meetings

Presenters & Festivals Meeting

Massey Theatre/Eighth & Eight – 1A, Level 1
Appropriate for presenters & festival presenters
Co-hosted by the BC Touring Council and the BC Music Festival Collective
Sponsored by Chilliwack Cultural Centre

Artists & Artistic Companies

Massey Theatre/Eighth & Eight – 1B, Level 1
Appropriate for artists & artistic companies
Hosted by: Daune Campbell, Renee Iaci, Leela Gilday & Jay Gilday
Sponsored by Dufflebag Theatre

Agents & Managers Meeting

Massey Theatre/Eighth & Eight – Plaskett Gallery, Level 1

Appropriate for artists representatives including agents, managers, tour managers.
Hosted by AASPAA Canada (Agences des arts de la scène Performing Arts Agencies Canada)
Sponsored by Tidemark Theatre

2:00 PM – 2:15 PM

Refreshment Break

Massey Theatre Lobby
Sponsored by Surrey Civic Theatres

2:15 PM – 3:30 PM

Short 5 Showcases

Massey Theatre
MC: Daune Campbell & Renee Iaci

Short 5 Line-up:

Tom & Kalissa Landa, Cubbyhole Artists
All Bodies Dance, Dance West Network
Matt Stern
Théâtre des ConfettisLou in the Night & Waves all that Glows Sees
Leila Neverland
Dolce Vita Spectacles – The GoldenCrust Family
Beau Wheeler
Buwa, Maverick Cooperative
Shawn O’Hara – Field Zoology 101
Ghislaine Doté, Ghislaine Doté Music
Shilpa Shankar

3:35 PM – 4:00 PM

Presenter Pitches

Massey Theatre
Getting-to-know-you session, presenters are invited to share their information in less than 5 minutes.

4:00 PM – 5:30 PM

Contact Room

Massey Theatre/Eighth & Eight – 1C, Level 1
The Massey Theatre Concession will be open during the Contact Room.

5:00 PM – 6:00 PM

Shuttles

Massey Theatre Lobby
Shuttles will pick up delegates with one shuttle going to the Inn at the Quay Hotel and one shuttle going to the Anvil Centre.
5:00 PM Pick up Massey Theatre Lobby
5:20 PM Pick up Massey Theatre Lobby
5:40 PM Pick up Massey Theatre Lobby
Shuttles are not able to drop or pick up at other locations.

5:30 PM – 7:30 PM

Dine Around

Delegates will dine colleagues at various restaurants in New Westminster

7:30 PM – 10:30 PM

Showcase 1 (Mainstage)

Anvil Centre Theatre, Level 3
Host: Nadine Tremblay, Executive Director, Bailey Theatre/Trail & District Arts Council

Showcases:

• Sechile Sedare
• Sinha Dance – Out of Bark and Bone
• Duo Cordelia
• Rube & Rake
• Corporeal Imago – Throe
• Rory Gardiner
• Amai Kuda et Les Bois
• Jessica McMann Trio

Sponsored by Evergreen Cultural Centre

Schedule – Friday April 14, 2023

7:00 AM – 9:00 AM

Breakfast – On your own
Angelina’s Dutch Corner – River Market, 810 Quayside Drive, New Westminster
Boat House Restaurant at the Inn at the Quay Hotel

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM

Shuttles

Pick Up: Inn at the Quay Hotel & the Anvil Centre (front) to the Massey Theatre Lobby/Eighth & Eight
8:00 AM Pick up Anvil Centre (front lobby)
8:00 AM Pick up Inn at the Quay Hotel (front lobby)
8:20 AM Pick up Anvil Centre (front lobby)
8:20 AM Pick up Inn at the Quay Hotel (front lobby)
8:40 AM Pick up Anvil Centre (front lobby)
8:40 AM Pick up Inn at the Quay Hotel (front lobby)
Shuttles are not able to drop or pick up at other locations.

8:00 AM – 5:00 PM

Conference Registration Open

Massey Theatre Lobby/Eighth & Eight, Level 1
Sponsored by Maverick Cooperative (Caline Artists International and Magnum Opus Management, Partners)

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM

Refreshments

Massey Theatre Lobby/Eighth & Eight, Level 1
Continental breakfast with coffee/tea
Sponsored by New Works

9:00 AM – Noon

Contact Room: Exhibitor load in and set up

Massey Theatre/Eighth & Eight – 1C

9:00 AM – 10:45 AM

Panel/Group Discussions

Taking the Pulse of Canada’s Cultural Arts Markets, Round Table Knowledge Sessions

Massey Theatre/Eighth & Eight, 1A, Level 1
Session lead: Nina Buddhdev, The BANDISH Network Society

Navigating the Arts Through an Indigenous Lens

Massey Theatre/Eighth & Eight – 1B, Black Box Theatre, Level 1
Facilitator: Elaine Bomberry, Producer/Manager
Panelists: Michelle Olsen, Raven Spirit Dance, Leela Gilday, Award-winning Artist from the Dene Nation, Meeka Morgan, 2 Rivers Remix Festival
Sponsored by Capitol Theatre Restoration Society

Understanding Music Royalties in Canada

Massey Theatre/Eighth & Eight – Plaskett Gallery
Facilitators: Aaron Lightstone and Joel Schwartz from the Canadian Musician Royalty Collection Initiative (CMRCI).

10:45 AM – 11:00 AM

Refreshment Break

Massey Theatre Lobby/Eighth & Eight, Level 1

11:00 AM – Noon

Showcase 2 (Family)

Massey Theatre/Eighth & Eight, Level 1
MC: Kim Thé
Students from School District 40 may be in attendance for this showcase.

Showcases:

• L’Aubergine – Walter EGO
• RupLoops – Magnetic North
• Michael Harrison –VENTASTIC, Reimagining the Art of Ventriloquism

Noon – 1:00 PM

LUNCH

Massey Theatre Lobby, Level 1
Catering by Artusi Italian Restaurant
Delegates are invited to the Massey Lobby to pick up lunch, and to sit at tables in 1A, Plaskett Gallery, Massey Lobby or 2A on the second floor. Lunch tickets will be collected prior to picking up your lunch in the lobby, so have them handy.

Sponsored by: AIM Artists In Motion, Bailiwick Booking Agency, You Will Love It Live

1:00 PM – 2:00 PM

Showcase 2 (Family)

Massey Theatre/Eighth & Eight, Level 1
MC: Kim Thé
Students from School District 40 may be in attendance for this showcase.

Showcases:

• Alysha Brilla
• V’ni Dansi – La Mitchin di Mitchif
• Jillian Christmas

2:15 PM – 3:15 PM

Workshop – 3 Open Spaces Discussions

Massey Theatre/Eighth & Eight – 1A/1B/Plaskett, Level 1

Facilitators: Dani Fecko, Inga Petri & Norman Armour
These sessions are designed to open space for dialogue on the most important issues facing the performing arts sector at this moment. At Pacific Contact participants will have the chance to put forward themes for discussion and vote on the ones that feel the most relevant.

Sponsored by Organization of Saskatchewan Arts Councils

3:15 PM – 3:30 PM

Refreshment Break

Massey Theatre Lobby/Eighth & Eight, Level 1

3:30 PM – 4:00 PM

Presenter Pitches

Massey Theatre

3:30 PM – 5:30 PM

Contact Room

Massey Theatre/Eighth & Eight – 1C, Level 1

5:00 PM – 6:00 PM

Shuttles

Massey Theatre – Lobby
Shuttles will pick up delegates with one shuttle going to the Inn at the Quay Hotel and one shuttle going to the Anvil Centre.
5:00 PM Pick up Massey Theatre Lobby
5:20 PM Pick up Massey Theatre Lobby
5:40 PM Pick up Massey Theatre Lobby
The shuttles are not able to drop or pick up at other locations.

5:30 PM – 7:30 PM

Dine Arounds

Delegates will dine colleagues at various restaurants in New Westminster.

7:30 PM – 10:30 PM

Showcase 3 (Mainstage)

Anvil Centre Theatre, Level 3
Hosts: Amika Kushwaha and Cassius Khan

Showcases:

• Jeremy Ledbetter Trio
• Abigail Lapell
• Raine Hamilton String Trio
• Josh Feinberg
• Ballet Kelowna – taqəš and Other Works
• Dance West Network: Anya Saugstad – Paper Mountains, Raven Spirit Dance – Confluence
• Suzie Ungerleider
• shameless hussy productions – To Perfection

Carpet for Josh Feinberg sponsored by East India Carpets