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In the Soil Arts Festival 2024

Calling all artists! In summer 2024, Suitcase in Point will present the 16th annual In the Soil Arts Festival, a one-week multi-arts program in downtown St. Catharines featuring new performance, music, digital art, theatre, interactive experiences and more, including our signature site-specific immersive experience, RHIZOMES.

In the Soil Arts Festival brings Niagara and visiting artists together, from a range of disciplines, to provide unique audience experiences. The festival nurtures the creation of new work, encourages innovation and offers intimate and uncommon platforms for artists to take risks, share thought provoking experiences, stories,workshops, installations and more.

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All-access festival passes are available now, and provide admission to the full week of events, including priority access to venues with limited capacity. Pass holders will also receive priority access to any programming updates and additions. Admission for children under 12 is free.

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About the Festival

In the Soil Arts Festival brings Niagara and visiting artists together, from a range of disciplines, to provide unique audience experiences. The festival nurtures the creation of new work, showcases talent, encourages innovation, offers learning opportunities for youth and provides intimate and uncommon platforms for audiences to experience work by contemporary performing and literary artists, musicians and media artists.

In the Soil is Niagara’s homegrown arts festival and is working to make a Niagara that is self-determining and culturally distinct.

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