October 2-5, 2025
Pacific Contact 2025
Pacific Contact is BC’s annual showcase conference for the performing arts. This 4-day conference attracts hundreds of performing arts professionals who gather to plan performances and develop lasting relationships that extend into communities around the province. Featuring approximately 40 live multi-disciplinary performances, Pacific Contact is an opportunity to get inspired and discover new artists while experiencing an exhibit hall (Contact Room), networking events, panels, meetings and workshops. Registration opens in April 2025!
Pacific Contact Highlights
Registration opens April 2025!
BC Live Awards
Each year BC Live members are invited to nominate presenters, festivals, agents and managers, artistic companies and/or artists who deserve recognition. Winners are announced and presented with their Award at Pacific Contact 2025.
Closing Party – Dinner, Awards, Band/DJ
Pacific Contact 2025’s Closing Party will take place at Performance Works on Granville Island, featuring a delicious buffet and the BC Live Awards Ceremony. Pack your dancing shoes for live music and a DJ!
Curated Showcases
Pacific Contact presents approximately 27 multi-disciplinary mainstage showcases, which are 15 minutes in length, including a family showcase with young people in the audience.
Pitch & Perform
Pitch & Perform provides 5-minute opportunities for artists to showcase or pitch, a much-loved Pacific Contact tradition. They will take place on stage and are chosen by the showcase selection committee.
Contact Room
The Contact Room is an exhibit hall with booths designed to connect artists and presenters and create booking opportunities. All showcasing artists are required to have a booth in the Contact Room.
One-to-One Meetings, Panels & Workshops
Pacific Contact creates deep connections through professional development opportunities and networking events.
Land Acknowledgement
Before the land we call Granville Island existed, this space was used by the three Host Nations, the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish) and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh). Granville Island was originally two sandbars in the middle of San’aq (what we now call False Creek), it was an important location for these Nations, as it provided an abundant food supply; when the tide went out, the fish, seaweed, and shellfish would get trapped between the bars; the perfect local food source.
BC Live last hosted Pacific Contact on Granville Island in 2000, 25 years ago, and we are thrilled to be back in the cultural capital of Vancouver. We are committed to the work of reconciliation and decolonization, and to building relationships based on sharing and reciprocity with Indigenous communities. We are grateful for the opportunity to learn from Indigenous peoples and to work towards a future of shared understanding, mutual respect, and cultural revitalization.