RENDEZVOUS WITH MADNESS is the first in the world and largest arts and mental health festival in North America.

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Artwork by Michele Dickson.

#RWMFEST 2025 PHOTO GALLERY

October 23 – November 2, 2025. View the program archive here.

Meek (Rendezvous with Madness Festival Operations and Production Coordinator), World Mental Health Day Fundraiser, Rendezvous with Madness 2025.
Director Damien Eagle Bear (#skoden) and Lindsay Monture (Artistic Director, imagineNATIVE). Rendezvous with Madness 2025.
Post screening discussion of 'Love, Harold', Rendezvous with Madness 2025.
WA Member's Shorts program, post-screening discussion, Rendezvous with Madness 2025.
World Mental Health Day Fundraiser, Rendezvous with Madness 2025.
Lori Spadorcia (Senior Vice President, Public Affairs, Partnerships and Chief Strategy Officer, CAMH). Opening Night, Rendezvous with Madness 2025.
IYAM Cohort, Rendezvous with Madness 2025.
World Mental Health Day screening of 'Village Keeper'. Victor Stiff (Entertainment Journalist), Karen Chapman (Director, Village Keeper), Keisha Greene (Registered Psychotherapist and Clinical Supervisor). Rendezvous with Madness 2025.
Alan Zweig, 'Love, Harold' Centrepiece screening, Rendezvous with Madness 2025.
Mariane Béliveau (Director, 'Comme entendre à travers une feuille de métal') and Sucka Queen (performer). Rendezvous with Madness 2025.
I2CRC Choir, 'Diapason' screening reception, Rendezvous with Madness 2025.

FEATURING SOUND EXHIBITION 'LINGERING ECHOES'

Lingering Echoes brings into conversation personal sound-centered artworks by artists Aliyah Aziz, Ghislan Sutherland-Timm, Middle, Tanya Workman, and Winta Hagos. Collectively and individually, the artworks take up themes of resistance, collectivity, embodiment, silence, and resilience. 

This exhibition is the result of “Sounding Spaces” course, part of the Train to Present program led by instructor/artist Nicole Marchesseau.

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#RWMFEST schedule to come FALL 2026

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Interested in collaborating with Rendezvous with Madness Festival? Get in touch with our Artistic Director, Julian Diego, at julian_diego@workmanarts.com.

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