The latest news

April 30 The threat of high winds and rain tomorrow suggest that the Soundwalk will not be effective. Either would diminish your experience, the combination together?.....so unfortunately, we are cancelling the Soundwalk.

This has been the festival for people who play digital sticks and Halo, suspended electric guitars, turntables and accordions, jazz and violins and pianos (and pianos that play themselves).

This has been the festival for an orchestra made of laptops and a regular one — no strings attached.

This has been the festival for groups to take very very old music which is Korean and make it very very new and still Korean and then blow your mind.

This has been the festival for legendary drone artists, Inuit throat singers, warped-out easy-listening deities and sample abusers and gamers who are secretly into ballet and a Quebecois street band that think they're from the 1930s.

This is the festival for people who write and spin and hear and draw and breathe and program and perform and steal sound.

And this is the festival for you.

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The latest news

April 28 Morning Music was so popular we are doing it again. Join us at Pyrus Cafe, across from the bus terminal in downtown Kitchener, for an 8 am free performance courtesy of John Oswald and Scott Thomson.

April 26 The Walper Terrace brunch is no longer available.

April 23 While our print program won't be available until the official festival loaunch next week, you can now view it online.

April 21 Sound Installation tour with Artistic Director Peter Hatch will start 4pm Wednesday April 27 at Kitchener City Hall Rotunda. A great way to experience the installations and you may get to meet some of the artists!

April 20 The long-awaited Blue Dot event is now included in Festival passes. This is one you don't want to miss.

March 1 While our great deal on Early Bird Passes is now over, you can still save by purchasing an Advance Pass now until March 31. Save even more if you purchase two Advance Passes at one time. Visit here for more info. If you'd rather just see a handful of concerts, single tickets are now available. Visit our Tickets page for more information.

February 25 Between April 27 and May 1, Open Ears pass holders will have the opportunity to see SEARCHING FOR TOM | Tom Thomson: Man, Myth and Masterworks at THEMUSEUM for only $12 per person. Tickets are available at THEMUSEUM Visitor Services Desk. Visit THEMUSEUM website for more information on the exhibit, for hours, programming or directions.

February 21 More savings! Buy two Early Bird passes and receive an additional $20 off. Only until March 1. Purchase here.

February 15 Early Bird Passes now on sale. Early bird passes provide a savings of $232 for adult tickets, $99 for students. A limited number of passes are available, so don't wait to take advantage of this great offer. Passes guarantee you a seat up until 10 minutes before show time. Available only until March 1. Purchase here.