The Brandon Festival of the Arts has published its official 2026 digital program and the Music and Speech Arts addenda on its website, including finalized performance times and discipline-specific schedules. The release gives several hundred local performers their confirmed stage times and helps the community plan which events to attend.
The festival is scheduled to run from February 8 to March 10, 2026. It will feature categories including music, dance and speech arts, with participants ranging from school-age children to adult community groups.
Performances will take place at multiple venues across Brandon, including the Western Manitoba Centennial Auditorium and Brandon University’s Lorne Watson Recital Hall, among other local halls used during the festival.
The 2026 season marks the festival’s 98th year. The Brandon Festival of the Arts follows the Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals (AMAF) syllabus for adjudication; performances judged under AMAF rules may lead to invitations to provincial-level finals later in the festival season (provincial finals typically occur in the spring).
