✱ a festival for growing pains & imagining a better world
✱ a festival for growing pains & imagining a better world
Maria Camia
photo by Richard Termine
Ouchies! Fest is a community arts festival featuring imaginative works of music, dance, theater, performance art, puppetry, and film.
We invited 20+ artists to share work that in some way envisions a more just, healthy, or sustainable world.
The festival also includes workshops, skillshares, group discussions, wellness services, tabling from community orgs, and vending from local artists. Stay late on Saturday for DJs, drag, dancing, and more :)
✱ Un festival invitándonos a reconocer dolores que tenemos y a imaginar un mundo mejor
✱ Un festival invitándonos a reconocer dolores que tenemos y a imaginar un mundo mejor
Saturday & Sunday
May 23-24, 2026
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Purgatory
675 Central Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11207
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with a pre-fest workshop May 17th!
We hope the weekend can provide space for solidarity building across communities & struggles, and imagining a better future together.
William PK Carter, photo by Richard Termine
La mayorÃa de los programas serán en Inglés. Algunos de ellos serán en Español. Habra también interpretación de Ingles a Español disponible para ciertas talleres, actividades y discusiones.
Most festival programming is in English, but some is in Spanish. There is also English-Spanish interpretation available for most workshops, activities, and discussions.
Get your pass
FULL FEST PASS
$35
Includes all programming on May 23 & May 24, and the pre-fest workshop on May 17.
SATURDAY PASS
$20
Includes all performances and workshops on May 23.
SUNDAY PASS
$20
Includes all performances and workshops on May 24.
SAT DAY PASS
$15
Includes all programing from 1pm-8pm on May 23.
SUN DAY PASS
$15
Includes all programing from 2pm-7:30pm on May 24.
SAT NIGHT PASS
$15
Includes Saturday night’s shows and after-party (May 23)
SUN NIGHT PASS
$15
Includes all programing from 7:30-11:30pm on May 24.
WORKSHOP ONLY
$20 / $12
Workshop only on May 17 ($20) or May 23 ($12) .
Johnnie Cruise Mercer, photo by Adam & Christy Kissick/APAP
Ouchies! Fest was conceived & curated by E. Wray and co-produced by Maya Quetzali Gonzalez, with support from the MAP Fund.
