The Festival des Arts de Saint-Sauveur is committed to respecting public health rules related to COVID-19 to provide you with a safe environment.
Health Measures to Be Implemented at the Big Top Venue for the Safety of Spectators, Workers and Volunteers
In collaboration with multiple organizations in the cultural sector, including venue organizations, associations, producers, partners and professionals, as well as other guidelines or studies from Europe and the United States, the established measures are based on various approved reopening guidelines and particularly on measures enacted by the Direction générale de la santé publique du Québec and the CNESST.
General measures
- Alcohol-based gel dispensing stations where spectators can clean and sanitize their hands as they enter the Festival venue
- Face masks must be worn throughout the site but can be removed once spectators are seated
- A one- (1) metre distance from others inside the Big Top and throughout the Festival site
- Tickets validated by reception staff wearing masks
- Directional traffic flow for spectators until they are seated. One-way entrance on the east side of the Big Top
- Reminder about health measures announced before the show
- We plan to coordinate section-by-section spectator exits after each show to avoid crowding and facilitate physical distancing
- Intermissions eliminated in order to prevent gatherings
- Visual distancing indicators and floor markings
- Health measures will be posted in the Big Top and on the website and communicated on our social networks and in our newsletters
- Physical distancing compliance in the hall – one seat between each spectator group
- Latecomers could be denied entry
- Persons showing symptoms of COVID-19 will be denied entry
- Physical distancing measures will apply in the waiting area
- Alcohol-based hand sanitizer stations at toilet entrances and exits
Ticket counter
- Physical distancing measures in the waiting area
- Card transactions will be encouraged. Payment devices (POS) to be sanitized after each use
Sanitizing of premises
- With an appropriate cleaning solution and on a regular basis: washrooms, door handles, stair railings, staircase handrails, faucets in washrooms
Measures Established for Events on the EXTERNAL Sites of Festival des Arts de Saint-Sauveur
General measures
- Alcohol-based gel dispensing stations where spectators can clean and sanitize their hands as they enter the Festival venue
- Face masks must be worn throughout the site but can be removed once spectators are seated
- A one- (1) metre distance from others inside the Big Top and throughout the Festival site
- Tickets validated by reception staff wearing masks
Specific measures for activities:
FASS Dance Battle outdoors at the Skate Park and Dance Films Under the Stars
- Site access by reservation only, with ticket issuance
- Activity sites marked out with separate entrances and exits
- Maximum of 150 participants permitted on the site for the Dance Battle, maximum of 100 spectators for Movies Under the Stars, in order to comply with one- (1) metre physical distancing measure
Dance Trails
- Staggered departures – 3:30, 4:30, 5:30 PM
- Reservation system with pre-established departure time
- Maximum of 50 participants permitted per trail tour
- Masks to be worn at all times, as activity is done standing up
- Trails are monitored
- Marked-out sections for arrival and departure areas
