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Call for Submissions: Active Zone​

Supercrawl is a free annual outdoor art and music festival held in downtown Hamilton, Ontario, showcasing a diverse and dynamic lineup of music, art, fashion, theatre, dance, performance, talks, crafts, food and fun. In 2025, Supercrawl covered 22 city blocks and attracted more than 285,000 visitors over the course of the weekend.

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What Are We Looking For?

Supercrawl was founded out of a desire to showcase the city’s cultural vibrancy and eclectic arts landscape, and remains dedicated to honouring, showcasing and celebrating all varieties of creative work. Supercrawl prioritizes curating a diverse and representative festival lineup. We recognize our responsibility to amplify voices that have traditionally been marginalized, both in our community and in society as a whole.

Supercrawl’s Active Zone features immersive and interactive programming that showcases Hamilton’s amateur and professional sports organizations and community organizations. Its lineup of hands-on activities aim to promote creative movement, confide play, and physical literacy, while engaging and entertaining young people, fostering teamwork and collaboration, social development, confidence and positive self-esteem.
Festival staff are seeking expressions of interest from local sports-centred and active living organizations for consideration as featured partners in this year’s Active Zone, which is located in the heart of the festival.

Supercrawl prioritizes curating a diverse and representative festival lineup. We recognize our responsibility to amplify voices that have traditionally been marginalized, both in our communities and in society as a whole. Supercrawl is committed to inclusion, diversity, equity, and accessibility, and strives to create an environment in which all participants may flourish. We are committed to removing systemic barriers to access and opportunity, and welcome artistic proposals from artists of all backgrounds, including but not limited to Indigenous, Black, people of colour, 2SLGBTQIA+, women, people with disabilities, and members of equity-seeking communities. Submissions will be evaluated and selected by a small jury of artists from diverse backgrounds and disciplines. We welcome submissions from artists of all backgrounds,  including but not limited to Indigenous, Black, people of colour, 2SLGBTQIA+, women, people with disabilities, and members of equity-seeking communities.

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Fees & Resources

There is no fee associated with this opportunity; the festival supplies participating organizations with a 10 foot by 10 foot on-street footprint from which to offer programming.
Tents and tables must be supplied by participating organization.
Exhibition of animals (e.g. petting zoos, animal rides, interactive animal exhibits) will not be permitted.
All activities offered must be free of cost to families and children.
Marketing or fundraising is not permitted onsite.

Supercrawl will be assigning significant resources to marketing leading up to the festival, and during the event. The festival will provide schedule signage, produce posters and handbills, and include programming details both in printed materials and on the Supercrawl website. Audiences are estimated at approximately 95,000 people over the duration of the performance day.

Dates & Location

Active Zone programming at Supercrawl 2026 will take place Friday September 11 (6pm-9pm), Saturday September 12 (12pm-8am) and Sunday September 13 (12pm-8pm). Activities will take place along York/Wilson adjacent to James Street North.

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Deadline for submissions: Friday February 27, 2026 at 11:59pm ET.  Late submissions will not be considered.

Successful applicants will be contacted by April 2026. We thank all applicants, but due to a high number of applications, only those selected by the committee will be contacted.

Artists are encouraged to contact organizers to receive clarification and/or additional information as needed to complete applications.

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