PuSh Blog

To say I grew up at PuSh may be an exaggeration in the literal sense. However, I was fortunate enough to realize a critical part of myself at the festival: my identity as a queer […]

Today is Red Dress Day, the day we honour and remember missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls and two spirit people. But it isn’t only a day to remember, it is also a day for […]

Keltie Forsyth, Director of Operations I’ve been feeling reflective lately. This may be because it is a literal time of looking back. Here at PuSh we are debriefing with partners and artists, writing reports on […]

PuSh’s approach to community engagement—those activities that go beyond presenting performances and give you opportunities to engage differently with us and the artists we present—is driven by curiosity about the role arts institutions can play […]

Additional programming is offered during the PuSh Festival to complement the outstanding works that we present from across the globe every winter. It’s a robust community outreach program and a week-long conference for folks working […]

Thank you to everyone who activated the 2024 PuSh Festival with your attendance. Thank you for celebrating creative possibilities and participating in collective meaning making. Your presence is the raison d’etre for our artists, whose […]

On January 2nd, we released a statement that expressed our hope that PuSh bring us together and inspire us to have complex and nuanced conversations; to challenge ourselves and each other not only to think […]