Calls for Submissions

Downtown Live is designed to showcase local talent and create ongoing energy and activity downtown.We’re looking for talent of all kinds – polished, emerging, weird, unexpected, community-rooted, street-performance energy – it’s all welcome.

Downtown Live kicks off with public auditions on June 27, and we’re building a curated roster of all kinds of local talent who can be booked for future paid activations and events at various downtown locations and public spaces.  

We are looking for musicians, singers, storytellers, drag queens, beatboxers, dance crews, poets or DJs, and more! Downtown Live is open to emerging and established artists of all ages, across a variety of genres and performance styles.

• Registration will open Friday, May 22. 
• The live, public audition event will take place on Saturday, June 27.  

More details will be shared HERE Downtown Live | Downtown Winnipeg BIZ

Artists selected through the audition process will have opportunities to perform as part of Downtown Live ongoing programming this summer and throughout the year.

If you have any questions or would like additional promotional materials to share, please contact us at downtownlive@downtownwinnipegbiz.com.

Thank you for helping us create a vibrant and thriving downtown. And what a great opportunity to feature Manitoba artists!