QUEBEC ON STAGE

Quebec on Stage

What is “Quebec on Stage”?

The Quebec on Stage export missions facilitate access to international markets, festivals, platforms, and professional networks in the performing arts, including dance, circus, music, theater, and object theater. Depending on your objectives, you can participate in a group mission or a familiarization mission. Participation in these missions is by application, according to the specific criteria and terms of each mission.

Collective Missions / Markets Multidisciplinary performing arts markets

Group missions allow Quebec-based companies, artists, and agents to participate in international markets and platforms as part of a collective presence coordinated by CINARS, featuring a shared booth, shared space, or other visibility opportunities depending on the event. This format promotes participants’ visibility, professional meetings, and networking, as well as access to conferences and professional activities within a shared framework that strengthens Quebec’s presence on the international stage. Advantage: a stronger presence and better-shared costs for participating in markets.

Familiarization Missions / Specialized Conferences or Festivals

Familiarization missions guide a small group in exploring a festival, platform, market, region, or targeted professional network. They offer an itinerary that includes site visits, networking and meet-and-greet activities, as well as, depending on the context, presentation sessions. This format aims to help participants better understand the norms of the industry, develop concrete points of reference on the ground, and assess a market’s potential for your initiative. The focus of these missions is on support, learning, and understanding the local context.

CALENDRIER 2025-2026

Spring & summer missions

APAM - AUSTRALIAN PERFORMING ARTS MARKET (multidisciplinary)

February 23 to 27, 2026

Boorloo/Perth, Australia

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CLASSICAL : NEXT (classical music)

April 8 to 11, 2026

Budapest, Hungary

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TANZTRIENNALE (dance)

June 14 to 21, 2026

Hamburg, Germany

FESTIVAL OFF AVIGNON (multidisciplinary)

July 12 to 17, 2026

Avignon, France

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FESTIVAL FRINGE ÉDIMBOURG (multidisciplinary)

August 17 to 22, 2026

Edinburgh, Scotland

Late March 2026: Call for applications for the 2026–2027 missions opens.

Thanks to our partners

Ministère de la Culture et des Communications, le Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec et les Délégations générales du Québec.

Eligibility requirements

ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS:

• Be an agent or representative of an arts company, or an artist, with headquarters in Quebec;
• Represent at least one production that is ready and available for international touring in the fields of dance, theater, circus, and music
• Have the necessary financial and human resources to undertake a marketing initiative in the relevant regions;
• Demonstrate an interest in establishing new collaborative partnerships and have experience with international touring.

SELECTION CRITERIA:

• The artistic quality of the submitted project;
• The potential for touring in the targeted regions;
• The alignment between the artistic nature of the company and the events and festivals.

PARTICIPATION COSTS:

• Participation costs for INTERNATIONAL MARKETS (if selected): $750 CAD + taxes for each in-person conference.
• Participation costs for FAMILIARIZATION MISSIONS (if selected): CAD 500 + taxes for each in-person conference. *Except for Tanztriennale, which is CAD 700 + taxes
• Other expenses: transportation, accommodation, and per diem are the responsibility of participants for in-person events.

WHAT CINARS COVERS

CINARS handles the coordination, promotion, and support for the missions, depending on the format and event.

This may include:

• Logistics: managing registrations, coordinating participation, renting booths, stands, and technical equipment
• Promotion and communications: creating visuals, promotional web pages, newsletters, invitations, and other visibility tools for companies and the delegation
• Support and guidance: pre-departure preparatory meetings, on-site support, presence at the booth or in common areas, connecting with key professionals, post-mission surveys and follow-up
• Networking and professional meetings: coordinating meetings, assisting with establishing contacts, meetings with local or institutional partners (including, where applicable, cultural attachés)
• Representational activities: presentations or pitches of Quebec productions, when relevant
• Institutional visibility activities: receptions or networking events in collaboration with partners or delegations, when relevant
• Scouting and prospecting visits: visits to venues, festivals, or performance spaces as part of strategic prospecting missions

WHAT IS NOT INCLUDED IN OUR SERVICES:

• Travel expenses and travel arrangements
• Accommodations
• Per diem allowances
• Depending on your profile, financial support for travel may be available from the CALQ and the CAC. CINARS can assist with accessing potential funding from the CALQ.

FOLLOW-UP

Following the assignment(s), CINARS requests a report from the participants and shares the information with the Quebec Ministry of Culture and Communications (MCCQ) and the Quebec Council for the Arts and Letters (CALQ).

We encourage applications from visible minorities, Indigenous peoples, people of all sexual orientations and gender identities, as well as others who can contribute to the diversification of theater, dance, circus, or music.