2026 artists and performers will be announced soon

Our Call for Artists, Creatives and Ideas has closed. We will reach out to the artists and performers who fit our curatorial vision for 2026, and we will announce all successful artists on this page.

Interested in getting involved? Our call for Businesses, Organisations, and Activations remains open. These opportunities are for those ideas/groups that can be self-sufficient, cover their own costs, who want to sponsor the festival, or who will seek their own sponsorship.

Artists (including digital artists, light artists, and temporary installation artists), creatives, storytellers, performers, musicians, puppeteers, art facilitators wanting to host workshops: we want you to be a part of Victoria at Dusk! Our vision for Victoria at Dusk is an illuminated creative journey through a curated route in downtown Victoria.

We anticipate visitors exploring interactive light art installations, being wowed by projections, scanning QR codes to access digital experiences
We envision art hubs filled with creative moments from art markets, to artistic cocktails and hot chocolates; puppets and theatre; dancers and movement workshops; spoken word and musical performances; art workshops, art battles and more!
We especially want to include Lək̓ʷəŋən artists, storytellers, and perspectives. We also particularly are interested in hearing from creatives with Victoria-specific or story-specific activations relevant particularly to Victoria, BC, Vancouver Island, BC. We will also have opportunities for general creative works, or already creative works
We invite applications from local artists, artists from elsewhere, emerging artists, collectives, businesses, architects, designers, and creative folk. We also encourage applications from any artists facing barriers to exhibitions or who are marginalized or facing challenges of any sort.

Our call for artists closed 30 September. Thank you to all who applied

2026 CALL FOR ARTISTS, CREATIVEs, performers (now closed)

important information

Creations should:

include a lighting element, such as: light-based art installations, sculptures or lighting in windows, video projections, a performance that incorporates light, and more.
All installations and performances must be all-ages and suitable for a diverse audience.
We invite applications for works that are specific to a site in Victoria. Can you illuminate Bastion Square, project on a historical building, or activate Helmcken Alley? Or can your artwork share historical, community-focused or interesting stories about Victoria? Could your art be commissioned to tell a specific story? Works do not need to be site or story-specific, we encourage all applications.
We will have interior and exterior locations available. We encourage artists to suggest their own venue to show their installations, and to create site-specific or story-specific pieces. Artworks may be placed in vacant shops, windows, placed under tents, placed out in the element (for weather-proofed installations), hidden in nooks and crannies for visitors to discover. Performances may take place in cafes, cultural venues and galleries, in our community hub space, under a popup tent, roaming on the street.

Application considerations:

Describe one installation/idea per application; multiple applications are OK
Artists from BIPOC communities, LGBTQIA+ communities, artists with disabilities, and other historically underrepresented or marginalized groups are encouraged to apply, even if they have not shown professionally in the past.
Emerging artists are encouraged to apply, as well as established, experienced artists.
We will work to match artists to available venues. In some cases, we may love your work but not be able to find an appropriate place for the installation.
We do not have budget to include every application. We anticipate applications from artists across several ranges: $500 - $1500, $1500 - $3,000, $4,000+ . We anticipate including some signature pieces or commissioned pieces that are site/story-specific with a budget of over $5,000. We hope to work with a range of pricepoints and levels of experience.
ALL artists and performers will need to provide their own general liability insurance (try HUB, PAL, Duuo, or Waypoint and Special Risk, or other insurance companies).
We encourage applications from local artists and creatives, works or experiences that are story, site, or Victoria-specific although we welcome all applications.
We prefer applications from artists and creatives who can set up, strike, and be on-site for the duration of the experience (for art installations), or for their selected night (for performances and other activations).

Want to chat? Reach out to the Creative Director Melanie Lazelle by emailing hello@thewilder.ca

light art, digital art, installation art

We invite artists, designers, architects and creators to reimagine the city through light, art, and storytelling. We’re seeking illuminated artworks, temporary installations, digital and new media, projections, and interactive experiences that are engaging, unexpected, and that provide illumination and community connection.

Download the open call details in "The Details" button below, or click "Apply Now" to apply.

Call opens: 1 August

call closes: 30 september, 2025

THE DETAILS

performances, music, activations, other creative ideas

We’re seeking performers, musicians, puppeteers, storytellers, roving acts, and any creative ideas and projects that bring the streets and public spaces to life. We’re seeking individuals and groups to animate art hubs, provide creative popups along the walking route, and to host workshops, events and interactive experiences during the Dusk experience.

Download the open call details in "The Details" button below, or click "Apply Now" to apply.