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Special Event Application Form

Please note: Submission of this application does not guarantee that space has been booked. You may be required to attain additional permits or licences. Please click the following links for more information.

Contact Information

Event Details

Type of temporary structure being set up:

Will your event be held over multiple days?

This field is required

If so, please upload your schedule of events including your start and end times for each day.

Participant/Spectator Admission

For Private Events (ie: family & friends, no charge, not a ticketed event) Are you planning on serving food?

For All Events are you planning on serving or selling alcohol?

For Public Events are you planning on selling/serving food or event-related merchandise?

Playing Music?

Having Dancing?

Will sound amplification be used for music, announcements, speeches or other public addresses?

Is this an annual event?

Are you planning on closing roads or sidewalks?

Want to film in Nanaimo?

For more information on our reasonably priced indoor and outdoor Facility Rental Fees, please email parksandrecreation@nanaimo.ca or call 250-756-5200.

Collection and use of your personal information

Information collected on this form is done so under the general authority of the Community Charter and Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FOIPPA), and is protected in accordance with FOIPPA. Questions about the collection of your personal information may be referred to the Legislative Services Department at 250-755-4405, or via email at foi@nanaimo.ca. Please also see our Privacy Policy.

Last updated: November 15, 2024

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Collection and use of your personal information

Information collected on this form is done so under the general authority of the Community Charter and Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FOIPPA), and is protected in accordance with FOIPPA. Questions about the collection of your personal information may be referred to the Legislative Services Department at 250-755-4405, or via email at foi@nanaimo.ca. Please also see our Privacy Policy.