Nextfest 2025

Looking for a unique experience that will make you say “wow!” Nextfest is the festival for you.

Nextfest is a multi-disciplinary arts festival in Edmonton put on at The Roxy Theatre (10708 124 St). Over the eleven days of the festival, Nextfest showcases the work of emerging performing, dance, film, music, and visual artists. Nextfest has more than forty different events, performances, galleries, workshops, mentorship opportunities, and infamous Nite Clubs for you to enjoy. Your next ‘best experience ever’ is waiting for you, take a chance on Nextfest!

Join in on the best fest on this side of summer by embracing the experimental with us and uplifting new works. Take a risk on an experience, make some friends, and see creations that come straight from the minds of the next generation. Many of the artists taking part in nextfest are part of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community, and several of our events present 2SLGBTQIA+ stories such as:

• Parody of a Person on Friday, June 13 at 4:00 pm – a theatre progress showing of a musical day-in-the-life satire about gender roles, identity, and the high price of meeting expectations. You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll suddenly ask yourself why you’re rooting for murder
• JINXXX on Friday, June 13 at 9:30 pm – an 18+ queer nite club that will invite attendees to don their most cursed attire to brush elbows with lady luck and indulge in music, performance, and art. Subvert your superstitions with immersive installations, roving entertainment, and a main stage showcase in the Nancy Power Theatre, before dancing your demons away with a midnight DJ set!
• The Puppet Master: Burlesque, Drag, Puppetry and Live Music on Wednesday, June 11 at 8:00 pm

Nextfest marks the beginning of a long creative journey for a huge array of artists. For more than twenty years, we have fostered the growth and learning of thousands of artists who continue to practice and create on Treaty 6 land. We embody the spirit of newness and growth while respecting the deep roots planted by those who came before us. We are a platform for emerging artists, a meeting ground for community, a springboard for creative invention. Mentorship, inclusion, learning, creative risk, and vulnerability are at the core of everything we stand for.

And so, we embrace the spirit of Tatawaw: a Cree phrase meaning “welcome, there is room.”

The Nextfest Arts Company acknowledges that we are situated on Treaty 6 territory, the home of the Nations of Cree, Nakota-Sioux, Blackfoot, Dene, Tsuu T’ina, Metis, and other Indigenous peoples who call this land home, who have created and gathered on these lands for thousands of years.

At Nextfest, everyone is welcome exactly as they are. Our circle continues to grow and evolve with our artists as they grow and evolve, too. We are still learning, and promise to continue learning from past and future generations of artists who make Nextfest possible.

We recognize and value that we are at the end and the beginning of a long line of artists, creators, and people living on and benefiting from this land. Nextfest takes responsibility for this ongoing relationship as we strive to listen, learn, and continually do better as an organization and community.

We are committed to creating new beginnings, supporting revival, and providing community for everyone, as we are all Treaty People.

Have a question about a performance or piece? Reach out to hello@nextfest.ca for more information.

How would you categorize your event?
Other
Describe Other
Dance, Music, Visual Art

18+ or All Ages
All ages

Venue
The Roxy Theatre

Address
Street Address : 10708 124 Street NW
City : Edmonton
State/Province : Alberta
ZIP / Postal Code : T5M 0H1

Website Link
https://nextfest.ca/

Event Link

Ticket Link
https://theatrenetwork.ca/tickets/

Ticket Description #1
Single Ticket
Ticket Amount #1
$15.00

Ticket Description #2
All-Access Festival Pass
Ticket Amount #2

Ticket Description #3
Many events are free!
Ticket Amount #3
Free

Indoor event or outdoor event
Indoors

Type of event
Non-profit

Is this event presented by a College or University for students only?
No

Event Contact
Angie Bustos

Event Contact Email Address
hello@nextfest.ca

Event Phone Number
(780) 453-2440

Instagram Account
https://instagram.com/nextfestartsco

Roxy Theatre

10708 124 St NW
Edmonton, AB T5M 0H1 Canada + Google Map

(780) 453-2440
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