Participate in a series of enticing City-produced community festivals and events that welcome thousands each year.

Indigenous Arts Festival & Na-Me-Res Pow Wow is an annual celebration of traditional and contemporary Indigenous music, dance, theatre, storytelling, film, crafts and culinary experiences. It provides a gathering place to acknowledge and to share in the rich and diverse arts, culture and heritage of the First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples of Canada and Indigenous communities around the world.

The festival is a series of educational experiences that create shared narratives between peoples of all walks of life. The Indigenous worldview sees the whole person as connected to the land. The festival creates a forum for non-Indigenous people to acknowledge, understand and appreciate Indigenous knowledge and ways of being. That understanding fills a local need for truth and reconciliation.

Audience Profile

Audience Appeal: Culturally diverse audience of urban adults and children
Demographic: 18 to 54 years old / 80% local, 20% GTA
Attendance: 20,000

Sponsorship Opportunities

The Indigenous Arts Festival offers an array of opportunities to highlight your commitment to the Indigenous presence in Toronto and is a forum for:

  • Elevating your brand
  • Showcasing your commitment to equity, diversity and community
  • Staff volunteer opportunities

Associate your company/client to one or more of the following opportunities for impact:

Presenting Sponsor

  • Premium brand positioning
  • Employee engagement opportunities

On-site Activations

  • Engage with attendees
  • Complement the Festival activities and programs

Marketing Campaign

Includes:

  • Print including ethnic media
  • Local advertising (online, outdoor, print and broadcast)
  • Social media campaign
  • On-site signage plan
  • Media relations strategy

2024 Campaign Details:

  • Overall gross impressions: 100 million
  • Markets: Toronto & GTA
  • Event website page views: 25,000

Cultural Hotspot is an annual arts program that shines a spotlight on local culture, heritage, creativity and community with special events, festivals and art that builds safe spaces for community engagement and pride in Toronto’s outside-the-core communities.

Activities include:

  • SPARK Projects support and provide mentorship opportunities for at least 10 emerging-enhancing artistic talents, while promoting local organizations and individual artists and providing safe spaces for creative self-expression and presentation of works.
  • Signature Projects are collaborations with arts organizations active in the neighbourhoods outside downtown, partnering to develop dynamic, transformative art projects that provide new opportunities to engage communities and highlight their unique vibrancy.

Sponsorship Opportunities

Associate your company/client to one or more of the following opportunities for impact:

  • Cultural Hotspot Launch Event
  • SPARK Projects
  • Signature Projects
  • Live Arts Mentor Funding
  • Ignite Ideation Funding
  • Cultural Loops Guides & Tours