NightShift Placehacking Festival!

NIGHT\SHIFT 2017 \\ November 2nd to 4th

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NIGHT\SHIFT empowers local artists, makers, entrepreneurs and organizations to reimagine downtown venues with multidisciplinary visual and performance art, bright ideas and mind-opening interaction. The festival invites contributors and participants to reanimate intriguing pockets of their city core, share rare communal experiences and spark unexpected collaborations.

EXPLORE THE 2017 ARTIST LINEUP

T he festival was hatched and developed by Eric Rumble and launched by Alternatives Journal in 2013, and has since paid hundreds of contributors to produce 110 pieces of original programming. NIGHT\SHIFT was named Best New Festival by the Waterloo Region Arts Awards in June 2015.

NIGHT\SHIFT culminates on the evening of the autumn time change – in 2017 that means the 5th annual festival peaks on Saturday, November 4th !

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Goodnight, Sweet Night\Shift… Goodnight

As the clocks (aimlessly) roll forward again, there is sad news to share. After five amazing years of taking over nooks, crannies, businesses and empty spaces in downtown Kitchener with pop-up art, weird live performances and random programming on the … Continued

Thank you 2017 Night\Shifters!

FIVE YEARS IS a long time. So, first off, thanks to everyone who helped me get around to writing this thank you, on the heels of five festivals that I didn’t know I had in me six years ago.

How to do Night\Shift 2017

An exhausted (yet extremely pleased) festival director’s guide to catching every shred of Downtown Kitchener’s 5th annual placehacking festival.

NIGHT\SHIFT artist chat: Ian Newton \\ Selectively Selective

We’re excited to present conversations with Night\Shift 2017 participating artists. Go behind the scenes with Ian Newton, aka Spool Oops. \\ \\ \\ YOU MAY KNOW IAN NEWTON BETTER AS HIS ALIASES. The visionary visual artist, musician and cultural … Continued