PG events received over $880,000 through Events Recovery Fund

Around $30 million in grant funding was distributed around BC through the Fairs, Festivals and Events Recovery Fund grant, and Prince George organizations saw a total of  $882,795 in funding.

Recipients received anywhere from over $7,000 to $250,000, and include:

• 2022 Canadian Biathlon Championships- $30,235
• 2022 Cross Country Skiing BC Championships- $7,401
• 2022 Downtown Winterfest- $7,440
• 2022 World Women’s Curling Championship- $250,000
• 37eme Festival d’Hiver FrancoFUN Winter Festival- $10,000
• BC Summer Games- $100,000
• British Columbia Northern Exhibition- $64,740
• Coldsnap – The Prince George Winter Music Festival- $30,000
• Downtown Summerfest- $20,610
• Northern FanCon- $43,094
• Prince George Symphony Orchestra 2021-22 Concert Season- $131,665
• The Best Damn Music Festival- $157,000
• Theatre Outside- $30,610

Applications for the grant were accepted from August 27th to October 1st, and were for events scheduled between July 1st, 2021 and September 30th, 2022.

Northern BC had 43 recipients for the grant, and there were 681 recipients provincewide.

Grant amounts could as much as 20% of the total event budget, to a total of $250,000, and events needed to have a budget of at least $10,000.

“We’re thrilled that people can once again safely enjoy their local fairs, festivals and events with their families and friends,” said Minister of Tourism Melanie Mark.

“We heard overwhelmingly from event organizers that grants, not loans, were key to keeping their doors open to the public and workers employed.”