Festival Schedule

Thursday, November 21 (Opening!)

Friday, November 22

Saturday, November 23 (Music Night!)

Sunday, November 24 (Climate Action Day!)

Wednesday, November 27

Thursday, November 28

Friday, November 29 (Animikiig Night!)

Saturday, November 30 (Comedy Night!)

Sunday, December 1 (Closing!)

Workshop Stream

The 37th edition of Weesageechak Begins to Dance will bring together 13 Creators from across Turtle Island and beyond to develop and showcase new work and works in development. Join us for public sharings of some of these works between November 21 to December 1, 2024, as well as fun ancillary programming throughout the festival, including conversations around artistic practice and artistic process, music and comedy performances, a book launch, and more!

We invite you to join us in this continued celebration of Indigenous theatre, dance, and multidisciplinary works!

The Weesageechak Begins to Dance 37 Creators are Aleria McKay (Haudenosaunee & Teme Augama Anishnabai mother/ Red River Métis & Dene Tha’ father), Candace Brunette-Debassige (Mushkegowuk Cree Nation/ member of Peetabeck in Treaty 9 Territory / Settler), Daniela Carmona Sanchez (Tenochtitlán), Julie Lumsden (Manitoba Metis Federation/ Settler), Kenneth T. Williams (George Gordon First Nation in the Treaty 4 territory), Lacey Hill (Oneida/Mohawk, Wolf Clan, from Six Nations of the Grand River Reservation), Montana Adams (Akwesasne), Robyn Grant-Moran (Métis), Smokii Sumac (ʔamakʔis Ktunaxa), Natasha Barlow (mikmaw), PJ Prudat (Métis/nehiyaw), the wâhkôhtowin project” (Yvette Nolan and Joel Bernbaum), and The NDN Act (Samantha Mandamin, Denise B. McLeod, Lena Recollect, and Jamie Whitecrow).

W37 FESTIVAL TEAM

Festival Producer
Yago Mesquita 

Assistant Producer
Stephanie Fung 

Festival Stage Managers 
Caitlin Farley
Angela Mae Bago 

Festival Head Technician
Ryan Davy

Festival Lighting Designer
Aidan Jackson-Hoag 

Festival Technical Director
Julia Howman 

Festival Lighting Design Intern
Angelina Bomberry 

Festival Stage Management Intern
Jiwon Park 

Festival Photographers
Kaytee Dalton
Jayson Gallop

Festival Marketing Assistant
Trinity Lloyd