Media Services
The Banff Centre is pleased to host any accredited media representative for a site visit and attendance at any event or exhibition. The Centre maintains full-service hotel-style rooms on-site, with a fine dining room, casual dining outlets, and extensively equipped recreation centre. Our Guest Services Manager is also available to host tours of the Centre during your visit.
The Centre’s media rate is $60 a night year round (negotiable), and we also work closely with Banff Lake Louise Tourism and Travel Alberta to offset additional costs of travel, accommodation, and sightseeing while in the Banff area.
We can provide tickets and invitations to any concerts, productions, exhibitions, and special events that you would like to attend.
Interviews
The Banff Centre’s Communications department can facilitate any interviews with visiting artists, program participants, artistic directors, behind-the-scenes personnel, and administrators. We would be happy to facilitate either on-site or phone contact with artists once they arrive at the Centre.
Please note that The Banff Centre maintains a fixed Zephyr ISDN line in a studio with double microphone setup for radio interviews. Let us know if you would like to book this for remote or on-site interviews.
Photography – current and archival
The Communications department keeps an updated database of fully captioned and credited high-resolution photography for download on the Banff Centre website. This includes preview and promotional photography, and performance photography which is generally shot during dress rehearsal and made available immediately to journalists. The Banff Centre’s archives also maintains digital scans of prominent artists and events that have contributed to the development of the Centre since 1933.
Access the Centre’s media photos here:
http://www.banffcentre.ca/media_room/images/
The Centre maintains a full-scale photography services department on-site, and can shoot within tight deadlines to meet specific media needs. Please advise us of unique photography requests that can enhance your story. Communications will also facilitate access to any artist or performance space for photojournalists who wish to come to the Centre to shoot their own photos and photo essays.
Sound clips and B-Roll
The Banff Centre maintains state-of-the-art audio engineering and television production and editing facilities on-site. We can provide video clips of any length, or digital sound clips to enhance your stories, sent in any format – CD, Beta tape, online access, etc. B-Roll can include production rehearsal clips, scenic shots, representational footage from past competitions, and performance footage.
Remote broadcasting
The Banff Centre has professional staff, space, and technology setup to accommodate any format of remote broadcast. In the past, the Centre has hosted full broadcasts of radio and television programming.
For all media services, please contact:
Jill Sawyer
Media & Communications Officer
The Banff Centre
Telephone: 403.762.6475
Email:
