Wander – Artistic Interventions in Unexpected Places

In celebration of BPAC’s 15th Anniversary Season, The Burlington Performing Arts Centre invites artists, collectives, cultural organizations, and community groups to submit proposals for WANDER – a new site-specific arts experience unfolding throughout the hidden spaces of BPAC on Saturday, September 26, 2026.

We welcome bold ideas of all scales from both emerging and established creators working across disciplines from across Halton region and beyond.

Inspired by the idea of sonder – the realization that every passerby holds a rich and complex inner world – WANDER transforms overlooked corners of BPAC into intimate encounters with art, performance and human connection. Audiences will move through backstage corridors, freight elevators, storage rooms, rehearsal studios, loading bays, stairwells, and other unexpected spaces, discovering fleeting artistic interventions.

WANDER will share curated artistic projects and selected proposals from this open call. BPAC is seeking submissions from emerging and established creators form Halton region and beyond whose work responds to the themes of sonder – hidden spaces and unexpected audience encounters. Together, these projects will create a cohesive and heightened journey throughout the building that celebrates a range of artistic voices and forms.

WANDER will unfold across three public moments on September 26, 2026:

• 11:30am – BPAC Founders’ Reception and Welcome 
• 1pm–4pm – Free Culture Days Presentation open to the public
• 7pm – Ticketed Evening Experience featuring curated audience tours, enhanced installations, and food and beverage experiences.

For one day only, BPAC will become a living playground of artistic discovery where audiences do not simply watch performances, they wander through them.