The 2023 Canada West Performing Arts Festival was held in Edmonton, AB on July 21-22, 2023. Full results can be found on the Results page. Thank you to all who were involved in the festival in 2023!!

The 3rd Annual Canada West Performing Arts Festival
will be held in Victoria in the Summer of 2024.

Dates: July 25-27, 2024
Location: University of Victoria (Victoria, BC)

In partnership with the provincial performing arts festival associations of Alberta and Saskatchewan, Performing Arts BC is pleased to host the third annual Canada West Performing Arts Festival (CWPAF) on July 25-27, 2024 in Victoria, BC!

The CWPAF is rotation with Saskatchewan hosting the inaugural CWPAF event in 2022, Alberta hosting in 2023, and British Columbia hosting in 2024.

The CWPAF features the top amateur music and speech arts competitors from each partnering province’s provincial performing arts festival. Competitors compete in three different age categories in a variety of solo disciplines as well as Chamber and Choral.

To learn more about the CWPAF, please contact the provincial administrator of the festival association in your participating province. If you would like to volunteer or sponsor a scholarship at the CWPAF, please contact the provincial administrator of your participating province or the hosting province.