Labrador Creative Arts Festival

Labrador Creative Arts Festival At the beginning of the school year, the teachers are informed of the theme for that fall's Arts Fest, as it's affectionately known.

As Canada's longest-running children's festival, the Labrador Creative Arts Festival brings together students of Labrador communities and artists from around the world for a week of original student-produced plays, workshops and fun. The students then get together and brainstorm, coming up with a script for an original play that they then cast and produce. In November they travel from their commun

ities and gather in Happy Valley-Goose Bay to perform their play for their peers and the community at large. In order to make this Arts Fest a great learning experience, artists from many different disciplines are invited to Happy Valley-Goose Bay to give workshops to the participants. Since only a limited number of students can travel to the Fest, artists are dispatched to the schools throughout Labrador as well as to local institutions such as a day care center, community college, prison,etc. This ensures that the Fest is a true Community event and has an impact on thousands each year. The community, in turn, opens its homes to billet the hundred or so students and dozens of artists who are here for a week or more. At any given time during the Fest you can find young people learning painting techniques, creating masks, learning about movement and dance, mounting a puppet show or having their play positively critiqued to make it the best that it can be.

Hope to see you there!! Please share!
04/26/2026

Hope to see you there!! Please share!

The LCAF Board is looking for new members!! Here is a link to the Self-Nomination form if you are interested!! Also - ...
03/04/2026

The LCAF Board is looking for new members!! Here is a link to the Self-Nomination form if you are interested!! Also - please help us and share it around!!
Thanks!!

Would you like to help lead the Labrador Creative Arts Festival into its next 50 years? We are looking for new Directors to self-nominate by April 15, 2026! What is the Festival? The Labrador Creative Arts Festival is a celebration of the arts created by Labradorians for Labradorians. It fosters cul...

More Highlights from April Allen’s Fashion Show! We’re still feeling inspired after April Allen’s stunning Stitched by A...
12/09/2025

More Highlights from April Allen’s Fashion Show!

We’re still feeling inspired after April Allen’s stunning Stitched by April fashion show at the 50th Labrador Creative Arts Festival and we couldn’t resist sharing a few more photos from the runway!

Thank you again, April, for sharing your gift with us during this milestone year, and to everyone who modelled, supported, and helped bring these beautiful pieces to life.

We’re beyond grateful to April Allen for bringing her incredible talent and vision to the 50th Labrador Creative Arts Fe...
12/02/2025

We’re beyond grateful to April Allen for bringing her incredible talent and vision to the 50th Labrador Creative Arts Festival. Her fashion show was a true highlight of this milestone year! She brought over 40 stunning looks, powerful energy on the runway, and so many youth and mentors proudly showcasing her designs.

April’s work celebrates Inuit culture, creativity, resilience, and identity, and it was an honour to watch those stories come to life on our stage.

Here are a few photos from the show!

We had some amazing performances and shows on Friday and Saturday nights, with nearly a full-house both nights! Thank yo...
12/01/2025

We had some amazing performances and shows on Friday and Saturday nights, with nearly a full-house both nights! Thank you so much to everyone who came out to help us celebrate.

Here are a few highlights! We’ll share some photos from the fashion show with Stitches by April soon.

Come join us tonight at the Lawrence O’Brien Arts Centre at 6:45pm for the final night of the 50th Labrador Creative Art...
11/29/2025

Come join us tonight at the Lawrence O’Brien Arts Centre at 6:45pm for the final night of the 50th Labrador Creative Arts Festival! We’re going out with a bang!

Open to the public with $5 admission.

Another big night tonight! We’d love to see you come out to join us at the Lawrence O’Brien Arts Centre tonight at 6:45p...
11/28/2025

Another big night tonight! We’d love to see you come out to join us at the Lawrence O’Brien Arts Centre tonight at 6:45pm!

Throughout the week we’ve been sharing beautiful messages that have been sent in from all over for the Memory Book we’re...
11/28/2025

Throughout the week we’ve been sharing beautiful messages that have been sent in from all over for the Memory Book we’re creating to celebrate Tim Borlase, his retirement from the LCAF, and 50 Years of the festival! Thank you so much to everyone who sent their messages in.

It all started 51 years when Tim, as a young teacher, had an idea and sent a letter to the Superintendent of the school board. With a favourable response just a couple weeks later, Tim got to work planning the first festival! He’s been part every single one of the 50 festivals since, and has impacted countless young Labradorians in the process.

Tim couldn’t be present last year when the Festival was awarded the Premier’s Award for Arts in NL, so we presented this to him last night! ❤️

Here are a few highlights from another great night last night! We had amazing performances by students from Hopedale an...
11/28/2025

Here are a few highlights from another great night last night! We had amazing performances by students from Hopedale and Churchill Falls, and cameos from visiting artists Mr. mark, Cameron Wilcox, and Carolyn Guillet!

Thank you to Eldred with TheSmallLens for these beautiful photos of performance from a couple nights ago!
11/28/2025

Thank you to Eldred with TheSmallLens for these beautiful photos of performance from a couple nights ago!

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