News - CAPACOA
We Are All In This Together
“We all did a show, all together, from coast to coast in Canada. Now THAT is a first!” - Morgan Myler, co-founder, Live Event Community
Employment in arts and culture industries, September 2020
On September 22nd, nearly 700 venues lit up in red across the country to raise awareness of job losses among live event workers. As a matter of fact, all employment indicators in performing arts and e...Read More
CAPACOA’s International Market Development Initiative 2020 – Pilot Program
CAPACOA is pleased to announce the launch of its International Market Development Initiative (IMDI) - pilot program. This initiative will explore network development in the era of COVID-19, with a vi...Read More
All Access Town Hall: Rebuilding Upon More Sustainable and Equitable Foundations – The Environment
Throughout the COVID crisis, many suggested that this is an opportunity for the arts sector to embrace new practices and policies. Could this be a chance to rethink and learn how to be more responsibl...Read More
A Stronger and More Resilient Canada: Together with the Performing Arts!
The Speech from the Throne, which was given on September 23, 2020, had this to say: "This fall, in addition to extending the wage subsidy, the Government will take further steps to bridge vulnerable b...Read More
Is age a significant factor in patrons’ intention to return to the performing arts?
Many audience survey reports were released over the last two months. CAPACOA read them and looked for conflicting and converging findings regarding age, comfort levels and reassuring measures. S...Read More
Rebuilding Upon More Sustainable and Equitable Foundations
How can the live performance sector recover from the COVID crisis and at the same time foster innovation, resilience, sustainability and equity? It seems like a pretty big order for a sector that was ...Read More
Participate in #LightUpLive!
We’re calling all live arts organizations to join us, along with the Live Event Community in raising awareness for our industry which continues to remain dark. We are asking live performance venue man...Read More
All Access Town Hall: The Gradual Reopening of Performances
UPDATE: the Town Hall has been postponed to September 15 at 3PM ET)
Employment in arts and culture industries, August 2020
While the Canadian economy is slowly recovering, another 6,600 live performance workers lost their job in August.