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The Expansion Pack Call for Submissions is now open!
📣 SummerWorksPerformance Festival: August 2026
💪 Supporting artists and engaging audiences year-round

https://linktr.ee/SummerWorksFun
📣 Accepting project proposals for The Expansion Pack Call for Submissions!

❗️DEADLINE: December 18, 2025 @ 5:00pm EST

🤝 SummerWorks and @outside_the_march are proud to launch a new partnership that aims to support innovative, sustainable, site-engaged performance.

Learn more + apply @ LINK in BIO
November 12, 2025 at 5:06 PM
📣 Just one more week to submit your project proposals to the 2026 Festival Call for Submissions !

❗️DEADLINE: November 5th, 2025 at 11:59 PM EST

Uncover more detailed information about the Call for Submissions, learn more about our Festival processes, and apply at LINK IN BIO 🔗

#summerworksfun
October 29, 2025 at 6:38 AM
🙋Learn more about the 2026 Festival Call for Submissions, and register for our Online Info Session!

Saturday, October 11th
10:00 - 11:30 AM ET
Online (Zoom)

ASL interpretation will be provided.

Register at LINK IN BIO 🔗
October 6, 2025 at 9:42 AM
⭐️Are you passionate about the arts and live performance?

We are actively seeking new board members who are excited to contribute to SummerWorks’ future!

Please detail your relevant professional experience and why you would like to join the SummerWorks community, and send to board@summerworks.ca
October 6, 2025 at 8:34 AM
📣 Now accepting project submissions for our next Festival: August 6 - 16, 2026 in Tkaronto (Toronto), Canada, as well as other year-round programming initiatives and presentation opportunities.

Uncover more at summerworks.ca

❗️DEADLINE: November 5th, 2025 at 11:59 PM
October 2, 2025 at 1:24 AM
🌟It’s not too late to catch The Sankofa Trilogy

“extraordinary stories of three generations of powerful Jamaican womxn“

🗓️August 15, 9:00 PM - benu
🗓️August 17, 1:00 PM - word! sound! powah!
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#torontotheatre
August 15, 2025 at 10:33 PM
🌟Sharing moments from a great opening night! #torontotheatre #koreanartists

“stories told from ghosts, whose vibrant lives have been interrupted in the name of human joy”

(info in thread)
August 15, 2025 at 8:44 PM
👀Did you miss this show last night?
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The Red Rose Bleeds
by Phoenix The Fire (Gaitrie Persaud)

🗓️ August 14, 9:00 PM | August 16, 5:00 PM

📍Venue: Theatre Passe Muraille, Mainspace, 16 Ryerson Ave, Toronto
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Photos by Jae Yang.
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#toronto #theatre #torontofestival
August 14, 2025 at 7:27 PM
‼️Don’t miss your last chance to catch this show at SummerWorks today!
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Public Consumption by Lester Trips

🗓️August 14, 7:30 PM

📍Venue: Factory Theatre, Studio,
125 Bathurst St, Toronto
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Photos by Jae Yang
#toronto #torontotheatre
August 14, 2025 at 4:47 PM
TUESDAY, AUG 5TH

5:30 - 7:30 PM - SummerWorks at Union
Co-curated with The Black Pledge, and presented with Union

📍Venue: Union Summer, TD Stage, 65 Front St W, Toronto
📣This is a FREE event (no registration required)

#summerfun #reclamationto #afriquelikeme #launchparty #tbp #reclamation2025
August 5, 2025 at 9:10 PM
🌟ASL Vlog for SummerWorks 2025🌟

www.instagram.com/reel/DM3i1Z0...

Uncover more about the ASL interpreted programs at the 2025 SummerWorks Performance Festival, with this ASL Vlog produced by Deaf Spectrum, with our Festival friend and signer, Sage Lovell.
August 3, 2025 at 4:01 PM
📣Tickets are now on sale!⏰
SummerWorks Performance Festival (August 7 - 17, 2025)

Bold contemporary performances with 40+ projects and 200+ artists in venues across Toronto.

☀️🕰️ Book your summer Festival experience at: summerworks.ca/tickets-2025/
July 15, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Today, we announce the performances and events at the 35th anniversary SummerWorks Performance Festival!

Join us at venues across Toronto for 11 days of theatre, dance, music, live art, and more!

Tickets on sale July 15!
Festival / August 7 - 17

#summerworksfun #summerfun #futurepast #pastfuture
June 24, 2025 at 4:24 PM
We are thrilled to announce the three (3) artists/companies for 2025/26 – The Switch Collective, Johnnie McNamara Walker, and Chimerik 似不像 !
May 8, 2025 at 10:32 PM
👋 We're back, rebranded as @SummerWorksFun on ALL of our social media platforms!

🤝 Join us on Instagram / TikTok / Facebook / Threads / Bluesky 

❓ Why fun? SummerWorks co-leadership ruminates on how 'fun' is an essential part of the Festival experience…

🔗 Read more on our website (LINK IN BIO)
April 2, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Help us shape our future, and complete the SummerWorks survey! 🔗 LINK IN BIO
February 13, 2025 at 1:39 PM
🚨 Deadline: January 7th at 9:00pm ET, for the 2025 Festival Call for Submissions!

Submit your project at LINK IN BIO 🔗

#summerworksfun #contemporaryperformance #theaTO #danceTO #musicTO #callforsubmissions #opencallforartists #festivalsubmissions
January 7, 2025 at 6:26 AM
Consider a donation to SummerWorks today, and DOUBLE your impact… and help us to boldly move into our 35th anniversary festival season.

All donations received by Dec 31st will be matched, dollar for dollar, up to $2,500!

Visit LINK IN BIO to support SummerWorks today.

#summerworksfun #SW35
December 27, 2024 at 7:07 PM
Check out our 2024 Year-End Wrap Video!

We are excited to relive all of the wonderful SummerWorks happenings in 2024!

Our thanks to @drewberry15 and @stewartlegere for their incredible creative work.

(excerpt below; full vid on IG or TikTok)

#summerworksTO
December 20, 2024 at 5:51 PM
⭐️ INFO SESSION // Dec 17th, 2:00-3:00pm ET // 2025 Call for Submissions // Zoom ⭐️

Artistic Director Michael Caldwell reviews the Call for Submissions info and responds questions.

➡️Registration required - LINK IN BIO

#summerworksTO #performancefestival #callforsubmissions #opencall #calltoartists
December 16, 2024 at 6:40 PM
🙋Ask Anything! on Instagram Stories // December 12th, 6-7pm ET

Curious about the 2025 Festival Call for Submissions? Ask us a question!

@summerworksto on IG

📷: @camillehuangxia in ‘Slug Meal’ (SW2024), photo by @silentjae

#summerworksTO #callforsubmissions #festivalsubmissions
December 10, 2024 at 5:24 PM
⭐️ INFO SESSION // Dec 8th, 11a-12pm // 2025 Call for Submissions // Zoom ⭐️

Join us this Sunday!

ASL interpretation will be provided.

➡️ Registration required on the Call for Submissions webpage at LINK IN BIO

📷: Sur-veil Salon (SW 2024), Jae Yang

#summerworksTO
December 5, 2024 at 3:47 PM
We are thrilled to share that all donations received between #GivingTuesday and Dec 31st, will be matched up to $2,500, by our generous matching donor and SummerWorks co-founder, Benj Gallander!

#SW35

Support SummerWorks at LINK IN BIO!

📷: @silentjae
December 2, 2024 at 10:08 PM
☀️ The CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS for the 2025 FESTIVAL is now open‼️

As we embark on our 35th anniversary, we are thrilled to welcome project submissions for our next Festival: August 7 – 17, 2025 in Tkaronto.

Deadline: JANUARY 7, 2025 at 9:00 PM ET

Learn more/apply at LINK IN BIO
November 28, 2024 at 8:08 PM