A forward-thinking, artist-driven event series like no other, Pique brings together diverse artistic communities to explore, experiment and connect.
On September 26, Pique returns with its most ambitious edition yet—and for the first time ever, admission is free.
Transforming Arts Court into a vibrant playground of adventurous music, immersive art, performance, and unexpected encounters, Pique #21 brings together boundary-pushing artists from across disciplines, genres, and geographies.
Featuring artists from across Canada and beyond, this season's programming spans genre-defying electronics, contemporary composition, ballroom cultures, futuristic experiments in sound, multimedia installation, unexpected creative interventions, and more.
Presented as part of Nuit Blanche Ottawa and the Ottawa 200 anniversary celebrations, this landmark edition is free to attend for the first time, inviting audiences to experience one of the city's most eclectic cultural events. Explore the lineup and RSVP today.
Audiences will encounter everything from live a/v, film, and multimedia production, to participatory performance, immersive installation and collective art-making. The program moves between intimate and ecstatic, analog and digital, traditional and futuristic—centering artists who use their practices to explore identity, land, technology, disability, memory, community, and new forms of cultural expression.
Explore the lineup to learn more about who is coming to Pique.
This season's program will explore themes including community-led world building, music distribution in the age of platform capitalism, and the role of archives, memory, and cultural stewardship in shaping independent creative futures.
Admission to Topique will once again be pay-what-you-can, ensuring accessibility for artists, cultural workers, and the public. The full symposium program will be announced in the coming weeks.
RSVP to confirm your attendance, and be looped in about lineup announcements and other updates. Please note an RSVP does not guarantee admission. The event is subject to capacity.