The 14th annual Indian Summer Festival: July 4 – 14, 2024 in Vancouver.
"There’s not another event like it on the summer calendar in Vancouver.” – Georgia Straight Our legendary art-filled party always signals the start of ISF season, and we’re back for another smashing festival kickoff! Speaking to our festival theme of inter/dependence are a phenomenal line-up of chefs, artists and musicians. A compelling performance by Nisha […]
"I've been an artist for thousands of years. I'm here again just to do the same that I've always been doing. ” – Rajni Perera, The Globe and Mail (December 2022) Rajni Perera (Toronto) is one of the country’s leading multimedia artists. Her work explores issues of hybridity, futurity, ancestorship, immigration identity/cultures, monsters, and dream […]
"Walia has played a central role in building some of North America’s most innovative, diverse, and effective new movements. That this brilliant organizer and theorist has found time to share her wisdom in is a tremendous gift to us all. ” – Naomi Klein Two powerhouse activists pushing against the expectations to behave like a […]
Come celebrate summer in the city with our free music stage in the heart of Granville Island. Join us for a day of incredible live music in the Public Market Courtyard at the foot of False Creek. Featuring a diverse line-up of musicians and genres, this afternoon will showcase a roster of fresh talent looking […]
“Individually, rivers are distinct, with their specific sources, discernible shapes, and colours, but when they meet as in this collaboration, they come together in a way that makes it impossible to deconstruct." – Mohamed Assani In nature, the places where bodies of water meet each other create nutrient-rich and totally unique ecosystems. Historically, these estuaries […]
“People want to laugh in order to deal with the pain and frustrations they’re feeling with the world.” -Hari Kondabolu, The Guardian For the first time ever at Indian Summer, we’re handing the mic over to a diverse roster of laughmakers for a dynamite night of standup. Sharing comedic rants, sharp satire, and hilarious reflections, […]
“nothing is ever what it seems, but forever is the theme” - Shabazz Palaces Two visionary artists come together to explore, explode, and break assumptions of the linearity of time. This is an invitation into kaleidoscopic sound worlds, charting pathways from past-present-future. Experience the Afrofuturist hip-hop sonic landscapes of SHABAZZ PALACES (Seattle) and the Indofuturist […]
"In the hour that separates its rousingly cacophonous opening from its joyously freewheeling finale, choreographer Nova Bhattacharya’s new work “Svāhā!” takes audiences on an imaginative journey into the heart of dance as a transformative experience and a way of bringing people together." - Michael Crabb, Toronto Star “...a contemporary performance inspired by women, rituals of life […]
Now more than ever, it is essential to cultivate joyful and inspired spaces. So who better to wrap up the 13th festival edition than some of the most vibrant young artists in our city! With roots in rich histories, these inventive performers are claiming space and moving artistic expression forward. Start the night grooving to […]
Dive into Rakesh Sukesh's extraordinary journey as he transforms from a poster boy for a right-wing channel's viral anti-immigration campaign to a powerful symbol challenging racial stereotypes. His semi-improvisational performance explores racism, representation and their effects on body, mind and our relationship to art. Revered globally, don't miss this thought-provoking exploration at PuSh Festival 2024! […]
Join this year’s Artist as Healer Alisha Lettman and cultivate a healing garden as a container for living wisdom. A rare opportunity to sink your hands and feet into the rich earth of the Moberly Community Garden. Listen to the ancestral knowledge the land holds, and honour the histories it has witnessed and the futures […]
Holi marks a time of renewal and reconnection to family, friends and joyful traditions. This Holi, join us and our 2024 Artist as Healer, Alisha Lettman, as we rehydrate our kinship with the land, celebrate the coming of Spring and the beginning of the planting season. Through the medium of South Asian ancestral arts, knowledge […]
