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💃 LET IT LUZ! 💃 Get ready to dance the night away 💃 LET IT LUZ! 💃

Get ready to dance the night away at SkirtsAfire’s Let it Luz Fundraiser! In celebration of our 2027 MainStage production, “Bella Luz” by Alexandra Lainfiesta, we’re bringing the flavour, music, and Latin dance vibes for a night of food, fun, and fundraising. ❤️‍🔥 Special thank you to @fruitloopyeg for being our Artist Sponsor once again! 

Here’s what’s in store:
∙ Delicious tacos catered by Street Taco YEG (@street_taco_yeg) 🌮
∙ One complimentary drink with your ticket
∙ Music by DJ Tkila (@djtkila_yeg) & DJ Kena León (@the_kenaleon)
∙ A dance performance by Sabrosura (@amalia.bailarina)
∙ A beginner-friendly Latin dance lesson with Ileana Rodriguez (@zumba_ile)
∙ Fabulous silent auction items to bid on!

Come hungry, bring your dancing shoes, and help support SkirtsAfire’s mission of uplifting underrepresented voices. Let’s make it a night to remember! ✨ 

🎟️ Get your tickets at skirtsafire.com/let-it-luz-fundraiser or at the link in our bio!
Remembering Dana, and celebrating the legacy she l Remembering Dana, and celebrating the legacy she left behind.

The launch of the Dana Rayment Emerging Playwright Fund last weekend was a beautiful gathering of friends, family, artists, and community members who came together to honour Dana and her extraordinary creative life.

Dana was a multidisciplinary artist who fearlessly moved between theatre, dance, film, photography, jewellery, painting, gardening, and so much more. She was also a passionate advocate for artists and a champion of women’s stories. Through her own theatre work, she transformed her experiences into stories that invited audiences to laugh, feel, reflect, and connect.

We’re honoured to carry that spirit forward through this fund. At the 2027 festival next March, SkirtsAfire will begin awarding an annual grant of $1000 from the fund in Dana’s name. It will go towards an emerging playwrights developing new work within the festival. 

In the second slide, you’ll hear from SkirtsAfire co-founder Annette, who shared some reflections on Dana and the lasting impact she had on our community.

Thank you to everyone who joined us to celebrate Dana’s life and legacy. ✨
❤️ A very special day celebrating the life, artist ❤️ A very special day celebrating the life, artistry, and legacy of our dear friend Dana Rayment.

We were honoured to gather with Dana’s family, friends, and community to officially launch the Dana Rayment Emerging Playwright Fund, an @edmontoncommunityfoundation endowment supporting an emerging playwright developing new work at SkirtsAfire Festival annually.

As an artist herself, Dana believed deeply in supporting artists and championing women’s stories. We’re honoured to carry that spirit forward and to create new opportunities for emerging playwrights in her name. Thank you to Dana’s husband, Richard, for choosing SkirtsAfire as the home for this meaningful fund and for helping carry Dana’s legacy forward in such a special way.

Thank you to everyone who helped make this day so wonderful. ✨

Learn more about the Dana Rayment Emerging Playwright Fund through the link in our bio.
🔥 Today is the deadline for our Call for Artists! 🔥 Today is the deadline for our Call for Artists! 🔥

 We'll be accepting submissions until midnight from artists of all disciplines. Find out more and apply at our link in bio.

SkirtsAfire Festival values diversity in the women we represent. We welcome submissions from women artists of all diverse backgrounds including cis and trans women, non-binary people who are comfortable performing in a women focussed festival, the 2SLGBTQIA+ community, and artists of all ethnicities and all abilities.

Photo by Brittany Ponto, @bb_collective, of Lindsey Nagy and Diana Stabel performing at our 2026 Key of Me event
⏰ Artist submissions close in TWO days! If you've ⏰ Artist submissions close in TWO days!

If you've been thinking about submitting your work, consider this your sign.

We'd love to see what you've been creating and how you might bring our 2027 theme "Here, Because" to life at SkirtsAfire Festival 2027.

📅 Extended submission deadline: September 25

Learn more and apply at skirtsafire.com or through the link in our bio. 🔥

Photo by @april_mac_killins of Shivamanohari performing at Sparklers: Adventures for Young Audiences 2026
📣 ONE WEEK LEFT TO APPLY! There’s just one week l 📣 ONE WEEK LEFT TO APPLY!

There’s just one week left to submit your work for SkirtsAfire Festival 2027!

We’re looking for artists of all disciplines to join us March 4-14, 2027, with work inspired by this year’s theme: Here, Because.

Whether you’ve been sitting on an idea, developing something new, or have a project ready to share, we’d love to hear from you.

📅 Extended submission deadline: September 25, 2026

Find the full call and submission details at skirtsafire.com/call-for-artists or through the link in our bio. ❤️‍🔥

Photo by @april_mac_killins, of Kristen Padayas, Mel Bahniuk, and Dayna Lea Hoffmann performing Caw CAW! by Mhairi Berg at Off the Page 2026
🔥 WE DID IT! 🔥 We reached our goal! Together, o 🔥 WE DID IT! 🔥

We reached our goal! 

Together, our incredible community donated $7,783 to support SkirtsAfire’s 2027 programming. And thanks to Capital GMC Buick’s matching support up to $7,500, that becomes a total of $15,283!

A huge thank you to everyone who donated, shared our campaign, and helped spread the word. And an especially big thank you to @capitalgmcbuick for doubling the impact of every donation.

Your support helps us bring more bold, ambitious, and meaningful work to Edmonton in 2027. We couldn’t do it without you. Thank you for helping make SkirtsAfire possible! ❤️‍🔥
🔥 DEADLINE EXTENDED! 🔥 Due to some technical diff 🔥 DEADLINE EXTENDED! 🔥

Due to some technical difficulties with our website this past weekend, we're giving artists a little extra time to get their applications in!

‼️ Artist submissions for SkirtsAfire Festival 2027 will now remain open until September 25 ‼️

We're looking for artists of all disciplines to join us March 4-14, 2027, with work inspired by this year's theme: Here, Because.

Get all the details and apply at skirtsafire.com/call-for-artists or through the link in our bio. 

We can't wait to see what you're creating! ❤️‍🔥
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SkirtsAfire respectfully acknowledges that we are telling stories on the traditional and ancestral homeland of diverse Indigenous peoples including Nehiyawak (Cree), Metis, Inuit, Dene, Blackfoot, Saulteaux and Nakota Sioux, who have lived and travelled through this place thousands of years before us. We are all treaty people and as settlers to Treaty 6 Territory, which is also home to Métis Settlements and the Métis Nation of Alberta, we are striving to better listen, understand and learn from the Indigenous ways of knowing, being and doing. We respect and celebrate the languages, history and culture of the First Nations, Metis and Inuit whose presence continues to enrich this vibrant community here in ᐊᒥᐢᑲᐧᒋᐋᐧᐢᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ, Amiskwacîwâskahikan, also known as Edmonton, and at SkirtsAfire.

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