In the Soil Arts Festival

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

08/18/2025

Day 1 will be coming in HOT! 🥵🔥

Friday, Sept 12, we’re kicking things off with:

7–11pm – Dear Bear Multi-Arts: Why Don’t We Together @ The Robby
8pm – Colleen Coco Collins @ The Robby
9pm – Carson McHone: Pentimento Listening Party + Workshop Performance @ The Robby - with Allie Blumas, Deanna Jones 👀

Come early, stay late, and don’t miss a thing. Tickets + passes available now: https://bit.ly/ITSAF2025

08/16/2025

Dip your toes in… or dive all the way in at In the Soil Arts Festival! 👀

Grab a full festival pass and see EVERYTHING (our personal recommendation), or snag tickets to the shows you’ve got your eye on.

With a pass, you can catch every Nest Artist’s brand new piece, the Pentimento listening party, Dear Bear’s immersive installation, and the All Denim Dance Party - why not do it all?!?

Sept 12–13 | Downtown St. Catharines | Tickets + passes here: https://bit.ly/ITSAF2025

08/14/2025

We planted in June, nurtured in July + August… and now the harvest is here! ❤️

🎟 Tickets are ON SALE NOW for In the Soil Arts Festival: Part Two – Harvesting the Soil

📅 Sept 12–13, 2025
📍 Downtown St. Catharines

It’s In the Soil Arts Festival, so obviously we’ve got interactive installations, intimate concerts, theatre, comedy, and more - including four brand-new works from our Nest Artists, grown over a 9-month residency.

PLUS special performances from Carson McHone, Dear Bear Multi-Arts, Colleen Coco Collins and more!

✨ Come enjoy the fruits of a year’s worth of creativity. Get your tickets now:
https://www.zeffy.com/en-CA/ticketing/in-the-soil-multi-arts-festival-part-two-harvesting-the-soil

06/20/2025

TONIGHT = THE GRAND FINALE of In the Soil: Tilling the Soil 🔥

We’re closing it out with laughs, chaos, and serious dancing. Here’s what’s up:

🎤 8 PM – DEEJAY EMCEE

Improv duo. Dream team. Fully unhinged.

🤡 9 PM – SUITCASE COMEDY CABARET

It’s not ITS without them - you already know.

🪩 10:00 PM – MELT DANCE PARTY

DJ will bring the heat.

🎟 Come through with your full fest pass, Friday pass, or grab an individual ticket for just one show. DANCE PARTY PWYC

https://www.zeffy.com/ticketing/in-the-soil-festival

Let’s goooo 🔥🌀

06/18/2025

Meet Kosar Dakhilalian ✨

A theatre artist, writer, director, and educator, Kosar’s work explores space, story, and community. Her practice is rooted in collaboration and shaped by the people and places around her. As a 2025 Nest Resident, she’s been developing new, locally grounded work through a nine-month creative incubation with Suitcase in Point.

🔍 Her work:

POMEGRANATE AND FEATHERS is a free adaptation of the Greek myth of Persephone, set in Niagara and about Niagara. The play is the fruit of Kosar Dakhilalian and Michael Anthony’s collaboration as they take this opportunity to discover and learn about the rich history of Niagara Region

🌀 Her process:

Kosar collects words like shiny objects. Fragments gathered on train rides, in conversations, and across shifting cityscapes. She writes in motion and creates through community.

Catch it at the Nest Artist Resident Scratch Night

📅 Thursday, June 19 | 7:00–10:00 PM

🎟️ $15 single ticket, $25 Thursday pass, $40 weekend pass