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SMF 2026 Attractions: Installations
This year, we’re excited to offer three unique categories for applications, each with its own form:

⭐️ INSTALLATIONS (apply through this form) 👉 Calling all artists, sculptors, builders, and dreamers! We’re seeking immersive, physical, and visual art experiences designed to captivate and inspire our guests. 
⭐️ LIVE CREATORS  👉 Bring your creativity to life on the farm! We welcome all visual arts media, from painting and sculpting to weaving and projection, to create stunning live artwork during the festival.
⭐️ LIVE PRESENTERS 👉 Are you a teacher, workshop leader, roving performer, or theatrical host? Share your talents and engage our audience with interactive and dynamic presentations. 

Installations Application: 

Artists, sculptors, builders, dreamers - apply here to bring your innovation to the Farm. We are looking for physical, visual art experiences to amaze and inspire our guests.

For over 26 years Shambhala Music Festival has been a massive canvas for visiting creatives. Do you have something truly inspiring you want to share with our Farmily? We are looking for a variety of presenters to dazzle our attendees with their offerings. At Shambhala Music Festival we live for inclusion and connection please consider this when composing your project proposals

APPLICATIONS CLOSE: February 6, 2026

Things to consider when composing your application.

Shambhala is a large site with a lot going on visually, consider how your work will make an impact; is it large scale, innovative or show stopping?

Our guests enjoy the work day and night! Lighting is really important, please take the time to consider not only how it will look in the day time or vice versa if it is engineered for the dark how will it read in the daytime?

Is your installation 3D? Most of our sites are approachable from all sides, successful applicants would consider how their work interacts with the landscape. Booth type pieces are not the best fit as they often read as two dimensional and are hard to place.

All installations must be completed by Monday July 20 at 8pm for our public safety walk through before guests arrive onsite Tuesday July 21.

All installations must stay up until 8 am Tuesday July 28th

Budget and compensation

The funds provided by SMF are considered rental fee for sharing your work during our event and in no way reflect the actual costs of creating the work you plan to bring. Please compile a realistic budget that includes materials, time your travel expenses and anything else required for this project. We like to see proper realistic planning so we know you will be able to achieve and present without hardship your entire project.

We look forward to reviewing your submissions.

IMPORTANT INFO
  • Due to the volume of applicants, only those under consideration will be contacted.
  • DJs/MUSICIANS: DJ bookings are managed through our bookings team.
  • VISUAL ARTISTS wanting to show at the gallery: Please apply to our BassCamp Art Gallery, not through this form. 
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Title of project
Description of project
Shambhala 2025 Installation Categories
In order to provide opportunities for artists at all stages of their career, we have created three categories that you can choose from:

Small scale, intimate experience, Emerging artist

Compensation: 2 tickets and $500. 

Are you just starting out creating work and would love an opportunity to share it? This category is for smaller scale work, intimate experiences for our guests to discover. Some of the feed back we received from our attendees in 2024 is that they love small hidden gems, what could you make to bring that magical feeling of discovery? Successful applicant to this category would demonstrate a high level craftsman ship in the physical execution of their projects but on a smaller more manageable scale to create and transport.  

Innovative ideas on a larger scale

2 tickets and $1000-$1500 

Are you experienced in creating and showing at events and have something you think would be a good fit for our festival? Successful applicant to this category would demonstrate past experience presenting as well as an innovative design on a larger scale than the emerging artist category. Installations would be well lit and integrate within our infrastructure.  

Huge impact installations from Professional artists

Tickets TBD & funding starting at $1500

This is a category for big ideas! Successful applicants would demonstrate past experience presenting at professional events, as well as a good understanding of what a dynamic art experience looks and feels like. These installations are interactive with dynamic lighting and would have a huge visual impact on our large site. SMF reserves the right to not choose any installations from this category to host if none of the applicants suit our unique needs.

Please select the category you wish to apply for: *
Contact Phone *
Location (City/Town, Country) *
2026 INSTALLATION: Please upload a full proposal, info sheet, or images of your Installation here (if applicable)
FILE NAMING: Please label your file/s with your name and the proposals name.  EG: if your project is called light tower and your name is Opaly Walnuts you would label your file lighttower_opalywalnuts 
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Please provide a link to your website and/or social media pages: *
How many people are required to facilitate your Installation? *
Provide short bio and job description for each of your team members
Upload CV or resume here.

FILE NAMING: Please label your file with your name and the proposals name.  EG: if your project is called light tower and your name is Opaly Walnuts you would label your file lighttower_opalywalnuts 
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Provide artist ststment
PAST WORK: Upload rendering of past installation/s and photos here.

Images are REALLY important. Take the time to provide great images, photos, sketches, 3D modeling. Include anything that can help us understand your level of craftsmanship and a physical track record in your chosen medium. If you are an emerging artist and don’t have a CV, pictures are a great way of showing past work experience.

FILE NAMING: Please label your file with your name and the proposals name.  EG: if your project is called light tower and your name is Opaly Walnuts you would label your file lighttower_opalywalnuts 
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Share your links to videos of your Installation,
Please share the footprint of your installation *
Does your Attraction have any electrical or technical needs? If yes, describe: *
Does your Attraction involve the use of gas, fire or other hazardous materials? If yes, please describe how these materials are used, their necessity, and details about any safety plans. *
What considerations have you taken to ensure the safety of our guests while they experience your project?

People on vacation are often paying less attention to their own safety, visiting installations must consider tripping hazards created by the design, and mitigate any sharp or protruding elements or anything else that could cause bodily harm.

We are an all weather event, that means your work needs to be able to with stand high winds and rain. It must be securely anchored to the ground. All ground anchoring must obtain a dig permit from the SMF Site office, permits can take time please plan accordingly.

Shambhala Music Festival considers the safety of our guests first when it comes to selection of art works to feature, please consider if your design is a wind sail or climbable. We do not use our trees as rigging anchors. All applications must have a plan to support their own elements within their installation.  

Upload budget here.

The funds provided by SMF are considered rental fee for sharing your work during our event and in no way reflect the actual costs of creating the work you plan to bring. Please compile a realistic budget that includes materials, time your travel expenses and anything else required for this project. We like to see proper realistic planning so we know you will be able to achieve and present without hardship your entire project.

FILE NAMING: Please label your file with your name and the proposals name.  EG: if your project is called light tower and your name is Opaly Walnuts you would label your file lighttower_opalywalnuts 
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Are you a returning Attraction? *
 How do you plan to light your project for nighttime viewing? Simple color wash LED’s go a long way in transforming a shape at nighttime. Successful installations don’t need to include fancy integrated, programmed lighting but it’s cool if they do
If you are returning, please describe your past project and the years you've previously worked at the Festival:
Has this installation been shown at other events? if yes please list event and year shown.
How did you hear about us? *
Shambhala Music Festival I Diversity Questions

Shambhala Music Festival is committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive working environment. The information in this section will be used for statistical purposes and to monitor the equity performance of our crew program. The data collected will help us ensure we create an inclusive and equitable environment, and it may also be used for funding and grant applications related to diversity initiatives You are not required to share your self-identification information and can select 'prefer not to respond' to any of the self-identification questions below.

Self-Identification: With which gender(s) do you identify?

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Self-Identification: Do you identify as Indigenous to Canada? (First-Nations, Non-Status, Metis, and Inuit) *

Self-Identification: Do you identify as Black?

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Self-Identification: Do you identify as a member of the Deaf & Disability community, or live with chronic illness or are neurodivergent? *

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