Thank you to @theatrenovascotia.bsky.social and the @busstoptheatrecoop.bsky.social for their support. We are proud members of both organizations supporting local live performance! Photo: Keandre Johnson Pictured: Lunasea Theatre performs "Am I Ovary-Acting?" at @busstoptheatrecoop.bsky.social

Thank you to Upstream Music for helping us in the presentation of Music of Liberation with John Kameel Farah Our concert raised $1,570 for The Sameer Project Photo: Keandre Johnson Pictured: John Kameel Farah playing piano at the Fountain School of Performing Arts.

Merci à nos partenaires de danse! Thank you to our dance partners! Conseil Communautaire du Grand Havre & Live Art Dance pour leur soutien avec la présentation de / Thank you for their support in presenting everything i wanted to tell you / tout ce que j'avais envie de te dire 📷: Keandre Johnson

Thank you to our public funders who play a vital role in supporting us. Canada Council for the Arts @nsgov.bsky.social Halifax Canadian Heritage - Patrimoine Canadien Photo: Keandre Johnson Pictured: @shuvanjan.bsky.social playing bass with Be Eternal at the @busstoptheatrecoop.bsky.social

Thank you to all our Fellow Worker level partners who collectively give us the final push we need. @nsgeu.bsky.social Locals 7 & 8 @cupe3912.bsky.social IUOE Local 727 - NS Paramedics @iamunioncanada.bsky.social Local Lodge 3111 CULR @iatsecanada.bsky.social Local 680 @unifor.org Local 2107

Another big thank you! This time to our Activist level partners from the labour movement! @nsteachersunion.bsky.social Actra Maritimes @iatse849.bsky.social Annapolis Valley Labour Council Photo: Keandre Johnson Pictured: John Kameel Farah playing Music of Liberation at Joseph Strug Concert Hall

Much love to our Steward level partners helping us bring the community together! Nova Scotia Nurses' Union @canadianlabour.bsky.social @cupwsttp.bsky.social @unifor.org @psacatlantic.bsky.social Photo: @stoo.ca Pictured: Reception for Queers in Carhartts by Shift Change Halifax

Thank you to everyone who attended Music of Liberation with John Kameel Farah Thanks to you, we raised $1,570 for The Sameer Project 🇵🇸 Thank you to Upstream Music for supporting us with this concert. #freepalestine

Shout out to our Organizer level partners in the labour movement that help us get our festival off the ground. @nsgeu.bsky.social SEIU Local 2 Photo: Keandre Johnson Pictured: I'thandi Munro and @kaymackd.bsky.social in "and so we dance"

Video Recap: May Day 2026 Hip Hop show at the Seahorse: Gearl, General Khan, Ambeez & Stephen Hero + El Tata y Los Taqueros. Thank you to Halifax-Dartmouth & District Labour Council, NS Federation of Labour & @cupens.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ah38...

Big thank you to our Leader partners from the labour movement that provide us stable support year after year! Halifax-Dartmouth & District Labour Council Nova Scotia Federation of Labour @cupens.bsky.social Support our striking long-term care workers! Follow this link to help: seniorcarematters.ca

Premier Tim Houston is ignoring over 3,000 care workers across Nova Scotia who are on the picket line. This is unacceptable. Join me and call the Premier today. This website makes it easy, including the appropriate phone numbers and a simple script. seniorcarematters.takeaction.page/makethecall

We offer much gratitude to our business sponsors Higgins Insurance , @pinklarkin.bsky.social and @thecoast.ca Photo: Tee Porter Pictured: Andrew Maize gives instructions for the raising of kite banners during Raising Big Questions. Banner wording chosen by El Jones.

LAST DAY!! 📣Celebrating Mothers, domestic caregivers, femmes and those with ovaries/uteruses/vaginas. Drop in at the The Bus Stop Theatre Co-op anytime after 4pm for free events with SiNS Dance and Audrey Eastwood + Catch LunaSea Theatre Company 's Am I Ovary-Acting? at 7pm.

Look for us at the Halifax Common today from 1pm to 4pm for RAISING BIG QUESTIONS with Andrew Maize and Sue Goyette! www.MayworksKjipuktukHFX.ca

UPDATE! New location for RAISING BIG QUESTIONS with Andrew Maize and Sue Goyette. The event will now take place at the Halifax Common on May 9th, 1pm-4pm. Stay tuned for updates on exact location! www.MayworksKjipuktukHFX.ca

Working In Uncertainty plays with agency, togetherness, and uncertainty through a group improvisation structure. Free registration or by donation: www.simpletix.com/e/working-in...

RAISING BIG QUESTIONS - LOCATION! Today's sessions with Andrew Maize and Seán Kennedy will take place at and around Garrison Grounds at Citadel Hill. Bring your kite & sunscreen and see you there!

IMPORTANT NOTICE! Raising Big Questions with Andrew Maize & Seán Kennedy is GOING AHEAD Saturday, May 2nd at Citadel Hill from 1pm-4pm. However, the Sunday session w/ Sue Goyette is POSTPONED due to rain. The NEW DATE is Saturday, May 9th, 1pm-4pm at Point Pleasant Park.

Winner of three Dora Mavor Moore awards 🏆🏆🏆 This athletic and empathic work of dance theatre lifts a glass (and then smashes it) to love, loyalty and the difficult things we hope never to escape. May 7-8 @ Breaking Circus www.MayworksKjipuktukHFX.ca

@mayworkskjipuktuk.bsky.social kicks off the festival this Friday, May Day, with Stephen Hero + El Tata y Los Taqueros at the Seahorse Tavern. Don't forget to get your tickets as you won't wanna miss a night of "raw, working class hip hop." mayworkskjipuktukhfx.ca/event/stephe...

ON THE LINE by Audrey Eastwood On display at @busstoptheatre May 1 to June 1 Reception + Q&A May 10 On the Line is a time-lapse video and photo compilation of six months’ worth of one of domestic labor’s most repetitive and relentless tasks: laundry. www.MayworksKjipuktukHFX.ca

Going ahead TODAY, April 26 with EL JONES from 1pm-4pm at the Halifax Common across from the armoury! 🪁

WINDS TOO STRONG! The session with El Jones is postponed to SUNDAY APRIL 26, 1pm-4pm at the Halifax Common.

Am I Ovary-Acting? May 10 @ Bus Stop Theatre by Lunasea Theatre is about reproductive justice and examines commonly held beliefs about health and medical care for those with ovaries/uteruses/vaginas. The history, uses and misuses of the speculum. www.MayworksKjipuktukHFX.ca

Approx. location for kite-flying at the Halifax Common on Sat w/ Andrew Maize & El Jones. Exact location TBD on the day depending on wind conditions Dress for windy & cold + work gloves to prevent burns from rope The ground may be wet: bring blanket or folding chair to sit

Found in Translation / Trouvé dans la traduction May 10 @ Bus Stop Theatre Drop in anytime between 4pm & 6:15pm FREE Show bilingue EN/FR + ASL! www.MayworksKjipuktukHFX.ca

MUSIC OF LIBERATION with @johnkameelfarah | May 9 @ Joseph Strug All proceeds donated to @sameerproject $10 advance / $15 at door www.MayworksKjipuktukHFX.ca

everything i wanted to tell you / tout ce que j'avais envie de te dire @vazariartsco show bilingue! EN/FR @ccghalifax @liveartdance May 7-8 @breakingcircus $10 advance / $15 at door Winner of three Dora Mavor Moore Awards 🏆🏆🏆 www.MayworksKjipuktukHFX.ca

Queers in Carhartts is an art exhibition, film screening, and research launch, documenting the unique challenges and practices of resilience by queer and trans people working in skilled trades labour. May 6, 7:30PM @glitterbeancafe www.MayworksKjipuktukHFX.ca

RAISING BIG QUESTIONS by Andrew Maize in collaboration with El Jones, Seán Kennedy and Sue Goyette! 🪁🪁🪁 April 25 | May 2 | May 3 -- 1-4pm www.MayworksKjipuktukHFX.ca

Killer sets on May Day at the Seahorse! 🔥🔥🔥 Tickets $10 advance / $15 at door www.simpletix.com/e/stephen-he...

Be Eternal | May 2, 8:30pm @busstoptheatre An exploration of black male mortality, particularly of musicians, and its normalization in modern society. $10 advance / $15 at the door. PWYC option available. Free childcare on site available. www.MayworksKjipuktukHFX.ca

Be Eternal | May 2, 8:30pm @busstoptheatre An exploration of black male mortality, particularly of musicians, and its normalization in modern society. $10 advance / $15 at the door. PWYC option available. Free childcare on site available. www.MayworksKjipuktukHFX.ca

and so we dance | May 2, 7:30pm - Bus Stop Theatre | Archiving and exploring movement through the cultural lenses of African Nova Scotian identity. Tix also gives admission to Be Eternal. $10 advance/$15 at the door. PWYC option available. Free childcare. www.MayworksKjipuktukHFX.ca

Raising Big Questions by Andrew Maize in collaboration with El Jones, Seán Kennedy and Sue Goyette April 25 | May 2 | May 3 www.MayworksKjipuktukHFX.ca We live in punishing and brutal times. Language plays a crucial role in how we make sense of the world.

Stephen Hero + El Tata y Los Taqueros | May 1 - Seahorse Tavern | Get down with the working class on May Day! Also featuring Ambeez, General Khan & Gearl. Details: www.MayworksKjipuktukHFX.ca

Go Fly A Kite: Or How To Launch a Kite and Kite-Banner! 🪁Join artist and kite-flier Andrew Maize for a hands-on workshop that will introduce the basics of successfully launching, landing, and flying large kites. April 25. Details at www.MayworksKjipuktukHFX.ca

Free t-shirts available at all festival events! In 2025, several citizens filed complaints about the conduct of an elected official. There will be others still. You are invited too. #BreakRank #TrySomething #WeHaveEachOther Project: Coral Maloney w/ Colleen Arcturus MacIsaac

2026 Festival Program Announcement! - mailchi.mp/8953daada47b...

The winds of change are blowing! Join us in celebrating the small wins that shape our future. #BreakRank #TrySomething New #WeHaveEachOther April 25 - May 10, 2026 | www.MayworksKjipuktukHFX.ca

#NovaScotia arts and culture program budget cuts took centre stage after Tamara Deverell's call out during her #Oscars win. She discusses how arts funding shapes Canada’s presence in film and @seblabelle.bsky.social explains the broader ripple effects of the proposed cuts lnk.to/bigstory

💥Mayworks is partnering with Carbon Arc Cinema to present two documentary films by Matthew Solomon on April 2 & 3! 🎥 INFO & TICKETS: mayworkskjipuktukhfx.ca/events/

Levée de boucliers contre les coupes dans la culture en Nouvelle-Écosse ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/223...

Nouvelles de la Nouvelle-Écosse, météo ici.radio-canada.ca/info/videos/...

Congrats to Shelly our winner of the lastMayworks merch draw! Thank you to everyone who entered and continues to support worker-centered art and culture ❤️

This Giving Tuesday, Support Mayworks! Mayworks is more than a festival, it’s a movement! Rooted in labour, art, and social justice, Mayworks creates space for workers, artists, and marginalized communities to tell their stories, challenge injustice, and imagine a better future.

"Confession publique" opens TONIGHT Winner of TWO prestigious Prix de la danse de Montreal. Nov 14-15 @ Alderney Landing Theatre Ticket link in comments. www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UDk...

@mayworkskjipuktuk.bsky.social « Confession publique », de la danseuse Angélique Willkie, à voir à Darmouth ici.radio-canada.ca/ohdio/premie...