In the Soil Arts Festival

09/13/2025

Big thanks to the Ontario Arts Council+ Government of Ontario for their support of In the Soil Arts Festival! 🙌

🎉 We’re excited to welcome Adom Acheampong (Multi & Inter-Arts + Community-Engaged Arts Officer at ) to our fest!

Got questions about applying for a Multi & Inter-Arts grant? 💡 This is your chance to chat with Adom directly!

📅 Saturday, Sept 13
⏰ 10–11am
📍 Mahtay Café

09/13/2025

ITS without the Vendor Bender?! 😱 Never in a million years!

📅 Sept 13 @ 11AM

📍 Location: Behind The Robby on 85 Church St., St. Catharines

Come shop handmade goods, curated vintage, and creative finds from an incredible lineup of local makers!

Curated by Mazie Macfarlane (Cozy Bones) and Sarah Yurkiw (Ruby Red Beautiful)

09/11/2025

Saturday at ITS = Nest Fest Extraordinaire! 💥

A marathon of creations from our 2025 Nest Artist Resident awaits. Expect clowns, tarot, pomegranates, and… nud3 beaches (well kind of…). 😉

Want to know more? Well, you’ll just have to grab a festival pass and join us on Sept 13! And trust us - you definitely want the full context for all of these.

🎟️ Grab your pass (or insividual tickets) today: bit.ly/ITSAF2025

09/10/2025

We’re closing the festival with a deliciously denim party like no other! 🪩🎉

Featuring Radio Radio ( ), Cages Deli ( ), DJ Baby Boomer ( ), plus special guest appearances.

The theme? All-denim, Canadian Tuxedo realness. This celebration is inspired by, in memory of and dedicated to our dear friend, Kahlin Holmes. 💙

In 2012 Suitcase in Point threw a 90’s theme party and a bunch of folks made up a dance routine for it, Kahlin included. 💛 Earlier this year Kahlin had an idea to go double denim and make up another dance, so here we are. 👀 Expect a lil’ treat on the dance floor friends.

Grab your best denim fit and we’ll see you this Saturday night!

📅 Saturday, Sept 13 @ 10pm

📍 The Robby

🎟️ Festival pass or individual ticket: https://www.zeffy.com/en-CA/ticketing/in-the-soil-multi-arts-festival-part-two-harvesting-the-soil

📸: Lauren Garbutt Photography

09/09/2025

Step inside The Hut for an immersive audio-visual storytelling experience from Dear Bear Multi-Arts...✨🎧

WHY DON'T WE TOGETHER invites you and up to eight friends into the The Hut to choose from a variety of unique stories created by handpicked artists. With rich sound design and dynamic lighting, the walls, seats, and airwaves come alive - surrounding you in a world where story and space merge.

📅 Free to enjoy during the fest!

Friday, Sept. 12 from 6–11pm & Saturday, Sept. 13 from 11am–11pm

📍 The Robby

⚠️ Note: This installation includes shifting light and colour.

09/08/2025

Carson McHone’s album Pentimento - DROPS THIS FRIDAY September 12, 2025 via Merge Records ✨

To celebrate, we're throwing a listening party and sneak-peak performance of light, shadow and dance developed by Carson with Allie Blumas and Deanna Jones.

The three artists have been dreaming up a live visual accompaniment to the album and will share what’s been conceived so far.

It all starts at 8pm with an opening set by the wonderful and multi-talented Colleen Coco Collins.

You don’t want to miss this one, friends. A night for music lovers, art lovers, and anyone who wants to be part of something beautiful in the making.

$15 Ticket / $60 Full Festival Pass.

'Pentimento' is out on September 12th on Merge Records: https://lnk.to/Pentimento

09/07/2025

What happens when a myth feels both brand new and as familiar as home? 💐

Kosar Dakhilalian’s POMEGRANATE AND FEATHERS retells Persephone’s journey, weaving together Niagara stories, immigrant experiences, and ancient symbolism. Come experience a piece that creates a dialogue between past and present, myth and memory.

📅 Saturday, Sept 13
🕓 Performances at 4PM & 7PM

🎟 Festival passes available now: www.bit.ly/ITASF2025

09/05/2025

The cards were clear… but will you listen? 👀

Don't miss Michael Cicchini’s JOURNEY OF CHANCE at In the Soil Arts Festival (part two)!

Here are the deets:
📍 The Robby
📅 Saturday, Sept 13
🕐 Various 20-min showtimes between 1:00–6:30pm

Tarot, storytelling, and the poetry of decision-making come together in this intimate performance for one - an invitation to pause, reflect, and consider your next card.

🎟 Grab your festival pass now - there's tons of fun stuff happening September 12 + 13: https://bit.ly/ITSAF2025

09/04/2025

What’s scarier...someone seeing you naked, or someone seeing you cry? 👀

Sahar Saeidi’s N**E BEACHES BUT 4 CRYING is an audio-visual meditation on luck, longing, and the things we don’t talk about.

In the Soil Arts Festival: Part Two runs September 12-13, and you can catch Sahar’s piece on Saturday, September 13 at 12PM & 8PM.

🎟 Festival passes available now: http://bit.ly/ITSAF2025

08/29/2025

TWO WEEKS TO GO! ⏳

In the Soil Arts Festival is back for Part Two in, you guessed it, two weeks (two for two, eh?).

We’ve got music, theatre, immersive installations and more - downtown St. Catharines. Sept 12–13. Tickets + passes here: https://bit.ly/ITSAF2025

08/25/2025

We’re closing the festival the only way we know how… on the dance floor 💃😎🪩

Saturday night, 10pm at The Robby, it’s the Denim Dance Party with electro hip-hop duo, Radio Radio!!!! PLUS dear pal Cages Deli and everyone's favorite not-a-DJ, DJ Baby Boomer! AND sweet surprises and wall-to-wall Canadian Tuxedos. Wear your denim loud and proud, and get ready to send ITS off in style.

This party is inspired by and dedicated to our dear friend, Kahlin Holmes 💙
Access with your festival pass or event ticket: https://bit.ly/ITSAF2025

08/20/2025

Saturday is the BIG one 💥 From morning markets to late-night dance floors, we’re filling every corner of your day with art, music, and magic.

Here's your perfect ITS day:
🔹 Treasure hunt at the Vendor Bender Makers Market
🔹 Step into Dear Bear’s immersive world
🔹 Catch bold new theatre from Sahar Saeidi, Ren Reid, and Kosar Dakhilalian
🔹 Experience one-on-one tarot-meets-theatre with Michael Cicchini
🔹 Close it out at the All Denim Dance Party in honour of Kahlin Holmes ❤️

Sept 13 in downtown St. Catharines. Grab your tickets or pass and make it count: https://bit.ly/ITSAF2025