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Kindling Arts Festival

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Review: UTOPIAS at Kindling Arts Festival

Review: UTOPIAS at Kindling Arts Festival

by Catherine Burford · July 28, 2026

For nine years, the Kindling Arts Festival has been bringing audiences together by giving local artists the chance to display their creativity. From July 23rd to the 26th this year, over one hundred and fifty local artists got to perform twenty-two shows spread across eight venues in Nashville.…

Review: THE ROOM WHERE IT HAPPENED at Analog

Review: THE ROOM WHERE IT HAPPENED at Analog

by Catherine Burford · July 13, 2026

“Politics have no place in theatre,” says a person who has no idea that some of the first-ever plays from Ancient Greece were political. From Antigone by Sophocles to Julius Caesar by Shakespeare, there has been no shortage of bold theatre spreading a message. …

Review: THE VIEW UPSTAIRS at Barbershop Theatre

Review: THE VIEW UPSTAIRS at Barbershop Theatre

by Catherine Burford · June 14, 2026

What did our critic think of THE View UPSTAIRS at Barbershop Theatre? Street Theatre Company opened their final show of their 20th season. Max Vernon’s play was inspired by the 1973 attack at the UpStairs Lounge, a gay bar in New Orleans.…

Past Shows

30 Plays in 60 Minutes

Jul 23 – Jul 26, 2026

30 Plays in 60 Minutes is a performance by Where House Ensemble Theatre in which a group of actors performs 30 two-minute plays in a random order dictated by the audience. The work is part of the Kindling Arts Festival 2026: Utopias.

Amanda Cantrell Roche's Community Frolic

Jul 23 – Jul 26, 2026

Community Frolic is an outdoor participatory workshop by Amanda Cantrell Roche that encourages play and collaborative building of new utopic worlds. The work is part of the Kindling Arts Festival 2026: Utopias.

Dance Studio Sharings

Jul 23 – Jul 26, 2026

Dance Studio Sharings presents new choreographic works-in-progress by Arelys Hernandez, Erika Hernandez and Winston Harrison, Amanda Howard, and Kaylee Lane. The works are part of the Kindling Arts Festival 2026: Utopias.

Embodied Creativity

Jul 23 – Jul 26, 2026

Embodied Creativity is a workshop designed by choreographer McKay House and improviser Carley Haggerty to encourage movement and comedic improvisation. The work is part of the Kindling Arts Festival 2026: Utopias.

Faulty Premise

Jul 23 – Jul 26, 2026

Faulty Premise is a bold, original tabletop role-playing game created by actor Seth Nathan Green alongside a cast of talented improvisers. The work is part of the Kindling Arts Festival 2026: Utopias.

Late Stage Elisabeth

Jul 23 – Jul 26, 2026

Late Stage Elisabeth is a solo show by Elisabeth Donaldson featuring appearances by several of her internet-famous characters and musings on aging in a world in turmoil. The work is part of the Kindling Arts Festival 2026: Utopias.

Milk Makes Me Sick But My Body Needs It

Jul 23 – Jul 26, 2026

Milk Makes Me Sick But My Body Needs It is a one-woman musical by Hannah Dorfman, directed by Anne Veal, about a 1950s housewife who is controlled by a machine. The work is part of the Kindling Arts Festival 2026: Utopias.

See You in Hell

Jul 23 – Jul 26, 2026

See You in Hell is a burlesque and variety revue inspired by the Seven Deadly Sins, created by cabaret legend Viola Vainglory and circus icon Kinetic Kristen. The work is part of the Kindling Arts Festival 2026: Utopias.

Kindling Arts Festival Presents: THE NAUGHTY TREE

Kindling Arts Festival Presents: THE NAUGHTY TREE

Jul 31

THE NAUGHTY TREE- Written by River Timms, Music by Fable Cry, Choreography by Lenin Fernandez, Directed by Daniel Jones & Lenin Fernandez - Starring James Rudolph II with Dee Benn, Kane Dayton, Lenin Fernandez, McKay House, and Lila ToshikoThe sensational queer celebration that...

Kindling Arts Festival

Kindling Arts Festival

Aug 25 – Aug 28, 2021

Kindling Arts Festival returns this August with live, in-person programming at venues around Nashville's West End and Centennial Park. You won't want to miss these 4 days of local dance, theatre, aerial, interdisciplinary projects, art installations, and unexpected live arts...

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