Festival · programme · first edition 2027
The schedule goes up in spring 2027 with names and start times. The shape of the two days is decided already, and it is written out here in full: a stage from opening to close, a pavilion village open all day, a kitchen street, a learning track and a zone for children.
Our plan for 7–8 August 2027 at LeBreton Flats, subject to permits
| Day | Programme |
|---|---|
| Saturday 7 August 2027 | Five hours, minimum |
| Sunday 8 August 2027 | Five hours, minimum |
| Both days | Free to walk in |
A festival that has not happened yet owes the reader a straight answer on every line. Here is the whole programme, item by item, with the open ones marked open.
Status · 28 August 2026
| Item | Where it stands |
|---|---|
| Days | Saturday 7 and Sunday 8 August 2027 · our plan, subject to permits |
| Programme hours | At least five hours on each of the two days · a floor we hold |
| Operating day | Nine hours on the site · the programme closes before sunset |
| Gate times | Open · they follow the permit window, and the protocol keeps two hours of slack inside it |
| Stages | One in the working budget · a second opens above the funding threshold measured on 15 February 2027 |
| Stage line-up | Open until the communities of the first edition are confirmed on 15 February 2027 |
| Published schedule | Spring 2027, here, with names and start times |
| Entry | Free for the first edition |
Hours count from the moment the gates open. The clock times follow the permit window, so they arrive with the schedule. A second day of the same length follows this one.
Planned structure · first edition 2027
| Hour | Main stage | Pavilion village | Learning track |
|---|---|---|---|
| +0:00 | Territory acknowledgement, then the opening set | Kitchens fire, exhibitions open | Route booklets at the gate |
| +1:00 | Community sets, back to back | Cooking demonstrations | First walk, named host |
| +3:00 | An anchor act carries the middle | One tasting portion, the same in every pavilion | A craft demonstrated, with handouts |
| +5:00 | Community sets resume | Kitchens run all afternoon | Second walk, named host |
| +7:00 | Closing set | Last servings | Track closes |
| +9:00 | Site clears | Site clears | Site clears |
Every strand runs on both days. A visitor who comes on Saturday and again on Sunday sees a different programme inside the same shape.
Planned · first edition 7–8 August 2027, subject to permits
Planned structure · the acts inside it arrive in spring 2027
Five hours of programme on each of the two days. That is a floor we hold.
Communities of the first edition programme their own pavilion and their own stage time. Ensembles from this city apply through Join. Diplomatic missions come in as programme partners.
Diplomatic missions accredited in Canada
A mission can send an artist, lend an exhibition, ship equipment or pay for a flight, and it is named in the description of that act. Operating a pavilion stays with organisations incorporated here, with a board that lives in this region.
Global Affairs Canada · resident diplomatic missions accredited in Canada, the great majority of them in Ottawa. This is the only hard festival number on this site.
Performers apply through Join. Communities bring a pavilion and programme it themselves.
The calendar that ends with a schedule on this page.
Planned · a date moves only with a note here
The ones already arriving by email. Send us another and it joins the list.
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Spring 2027, on this page. The mailing list gets the same thing the same morning.
Open until the permit window is confirmed. The plan is a nine-hour operating day with at least five hours of programme inside it, and the programme closes ahead of sunset — sunset in Ottawa on 7 August 2027 falls at 20:24.
Entry is free for the first edition. Food, drink and crafts are sold by the communities and the vendors, and that money stays with them.
Yes. The performer form opens in winter 2027 at Join → Performers. It asks for the ensemble, the line-up, set length, a technical rider and material we can watch.
Yes, as a programme partner: an artist, an exhibition, equipment, a flight. The mission is named in the description of that act. Running a pavilion is a job for an organisation incorporated in Ontario with a board that lives in this region.
The first edition runs dry. That decision is made and it holds for 2027.
This page changes the same day, and the mailing list hears it before anyone else.
The two days above are built out of four other pages. Each one carries the part it owns.
Festival · 01 of 07
One email when the programme publishes in spring 2027, and the steps that get us there if you want them.
Mailing list · the only channel open today