Results Announcement
Deadline Date:
October 16, 2025
Advisors:
London, Renée, Orleans
Pelletier, Kimberly, Sault Ste. Marie
Sengupta, Preetam, Guelph
Webley, Diana, Toronto
Advisory panels are used to provide advice and help set priorities in many granting competitions at the Ontario Arts Council (OAC). Advisory panels do not make grant decisions. Officers make final grant recommendations to OAC’s CEO and board based on advisors’ comments, OAC priorities, the program budget and the number of applications to the program. In Years 2 and 3 of a multi-year cycle, requests are reviewed by the officer and not an advisory panel.
To safeguard the integrity of the peer assessment process, we do not allow anyone who has a direct conflict of interest with an application to serve on an assessment panel where that application is to be reviewed. Indirect conflicts of interest are managed by a standard OAC procedure.
Number of Applications:
41
Number of Grants Awarded:
38
Total Recommended:
$1,304,137
Recipients:
Multi-Year Operating - Year 1
AFROWAVETO, Toronto, $14,580
Brookside Music Association, Midland, $6,326
Brott Music Festival, Hamilton, $66,962
CityFolk, Ottawa, $72,550
Collingwood Music Festival, Collingwood, $11,640
Electric Eclectics, Meaford, $9,347
Elora Festival, Elora, $26,966
Festival of the Sound, Parry Sound, $45,560
Georgian Bay Folk Society, Owen Sound, $30,461
Goderich Celtic Folk Society, Goderich, $18,015
Guelph Jazz Festival, Guelph, $40,572
Hillside Festival, Guelph, $70,875
Hispanic Canadian Arts and Cultural Association, Mississauga, $16,150
Indigenous Music Alliance, Barrie, $47,755
Kitchener Blues Community Inc., Kitchener, $23,318
Lula Music and Arts Centre, Toronto, $30,245
Mariposa Folk Foundation, Orillia, $49,754
Music Africa Inc, North York RPO Downsview, $28,155
Music and Beyond, Ottawa, $58,386
Music Niagara, Niagara-on-the-Lake, $18,491
Northern Lights Festival Boréal, Sudbury, $19,460
Open Ears Festival of Music and Sound, Guelph, $11,963
Ottawa Chamber Music Society (Ottawa Chamberfest), Ottawa, $99,275
Ottawa Jazz Festival Inc., Ottawa, $119,947
River & Sky Music/Camping Festival, Sudbury, $15,477
Stratford Summer Music, Stratford, $38,595
Sun Life Uptown Waterloo Jazz Festival, Waterloo, $10,468
Sunfest - Cross Cultural Arts Committee, London, $25,000
SweetWater Music Festival, Owen Sound, $9,200
Toronto Downtown Jazz Society, Toronto, $74,958
Toronto Summer Music Festival, Toronto, $47,046
Trout Forest Music Festival, Ear Falls, $10,413
Venus Fest, Toronto, $15,000
Westben Arts Festival Theatre, Campbellford, $40,227
Operating
Cultivate Community Non Profit Services, Port Hope, $20,000
SING! The Toronto International Vocal Arts Festival, Toronto, $18,000
Springtide Music Festival, Uxbridge, $15,000
TKMF Productions, Ohsweken, $28,000