Calling all artists of every discipline! Visual, performance, music, writing, film, and beyond! Mayworks Kjipuktuk is a labour justice arts festival that highlights art rooted in social justice, including workers’ rights, equity, and collective liberation.

Presented by Mayworks and hosted at the Khyber Centre for the Arts, the exhibition runs October 11-31, 2025. Events include Nocturne: Art at Night Festival from 6PM-12AM on Saturday, October 19, and a closing reception from 6-8PM on Monday, October 27. mayworkskjipuktukhfx.ca/event/no-dom...

Mayworks Momentum continues with two October exhibitions hosted at the Khyber Centre for the Arts and included in the Nocturne program! No Dominion/No Domain brings together two artists, Eva Grant and Curtis Botham, whose works reflect on land, labour, infrastructure, and ecological movement.

Tomorrow, the DFA returns to the table with Dalhousie Admin. Let’s make it clear: we stand with faculty. An investment in teachers is an investment in students. There is no Dalhousie without faculty. ✊🏽 Solidarity with the DFA.

Dalhousie faculty are the first ever faculty at a U15 university to be locked out. Instead of investing in the people who teach, research, and support students, Dalhousie has chosen union-busting tactics.

Happy Labour Day!! Fun times tabling for @mayworkskjipuktuk.bsky.social

On this Labour Day, let’s honour their sacrifices by standing in solidarity and resisting all forms of exploitation, colonialism, and union-busting. Happy Labour Day! #labourday

In so-called Canada, these struggles are inseparable from the colonial foundations of this country—built on stolen land and stolen labour. Capitalism thrives on devaluing both people and the earth, but workers have always fought back.

Yet those gains are under constant attack. Today we encourage you to show solidarity with workers at OTC wholost their jobs and were replaced by non-unionized labour. We also encourage you to show solidarity with Dalhousie Faculty Association who are facing a lockout from Dalhousie University

Labour Day is not just a holiday… it’s a day to remember the struggles of workers past, present and future. The rights many of us hold were won through generations of organizing, striking, and refusing to accept exploitation.

So-so-so-solidarity at the @dalfaculty.bsky.social rally! End the lockout! Fair bargaining now!

DFA President explains the past 24 hours and urges the @dalhousieu.bsky.social board to negotiate rather than dictate. Talk to us at the table ti #keepdalstrong @ansut.bsky.social @cupe3912.bsky.social @caut.bsky.social

With yesterday’s stunts by the @dalhousieu.bsky.social Board, this rally will be electric!! The place to be Fri, Aug 29 at 12 noon. See you there! #keepdalstrong

Matt Numer, Health Promotion, urges the @dalhousieu.bsky.social board back to the table. Let’s save the Fall term. Students need this resolved. #keepdalstrong @ansut.bsky.social @caut.bsky.social @cupe3912.bsky.social @nsgeu.bsky.social

All welcome to join DFA's 1st rally in 23 years! In front of the Killam Library, Friday August 22 at 12 noon, half an hour only. See you there! Help us to #KeepDalStrong @ansut.bsky.social @caut.bsky.social @cupe3912.bsky.social @nsgeu.bsky.social

The government's "eyebrow-raising" penchant for breaking up strikes finally met its match in the woman-dominated workforce of CUPE's Air Canada unit. Why the flight attendants' strike was "a perfect storm" for labour: pressprogress.ca/air-canada-f...

Solidarity with @dalfaculty.bsky.social locked out by Dal admin!

@cupe3912.bsky.social supporting the @dalfaculty.bsky.social at the picket lines! 🔔🔔🔔🔔 #KeepDalStrong #cdnpse #canlab @cautdefencefund.bsky.social

Some great reporting from @mmughees.bsky.social here! #nspoli

On the lines in solidarity with @dalfaculty.bsky.social

Did you miss Sandy and Nora at Mayworks this year? Don’t fret they have posted the two episode recordings including the Q and A session live from Mayworks. Visit the link in our bio to listen 👂 @sandela.bsky.social @nolore.bsky.social

Solidarity with @cupescfp.bsky.social flight attendants looking to get paid for hours worked and shame on the Canadian government for ordering them back to work without a fair contract! #solidarity #unfaircanada

The Art of Solidarity Labour Arts and Heritage in Canada Edited by Rob Kristofferson and Stephanie Ross The Art of Solidarity delves into the rich tapestry of labour arts and heritage in Canada

Oh and did we mention there’s a chapter by our very own Festival Director @seblabelle.bsky.social about Mayworks. Don’t miss out on this fantastic read. Preorder link in our bio 🔗

C’est le #quinzou! Bonne fête nationale chers Acadiens et Acadiennes ❤️🤍💙💛

Matchstick Theatre presents Michael Ross Albert’s play The Huns in Neptune Theatre’s Craig Boardroom. A cutting office comedy and nuanced exploration of today’s working world, The Huns is the first piece of Mayworks Kjipuktuk/Halifax’s new MOMENTUM programming

Introducing Mayworks Momenutum 🏃💨🏃‍♀️💨🏃‍♂️ a new presentation series for off-season programming that will carry on our mandate throughout the year. In partnership with other local organisations we will bridge the period between our festivals with engaging and politically charged works of art

cultural products in breach of the PACBI guidelines, such as Disney+/Marvel and Indigo/Chapters.

or those works and products that normalize or misrepresent the occupation of Palestine. We also encourage all artists and the general public to support the BDS campaign by boycotting companies that are producers or disseminators of

PACBI is one of the founding partners who, in 2004, established the broader Palestinian led Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign. We commit to following their guidelines and not support cultural works or products that are either funded or commissioned by the state of Israel,

We would further like to formally state our endorsement of the PACBI We strongly believe that cultural production plays an essential role in the shaping of our world and commit ourselves to not support cultural works that promote or enable settlercolonialism, apartheid, ethnic cleansing or genocide.

Mayworks reiterates its solidarity with the Palestinian people and support for an arms embargo on the state of Israel. We also continue to proudly echo the statement on the occupation of Palestine issued by The Bus Stop Theatre Co-op, of which we are a member.

Tickets are $20 (with one PWYC preview on August 26th) and are available now at www.matchsticktheatre.simpletix.ca!

The Huns is directed by Jake Planinc and designed by Jordan Palmer, with Chelsea Dickie (Stage Manager) and Alex Mills (House Manager). Matchstick’s 70-minute production has accessible, but extremely limited capacity.

Matchstick Theatre presents Michael Ross Albert’s play The Huns in Neptune Theatre’s Craig Boardroom. A cutting office comedy and nuanced exploration of today’s working world, The Huns is the first piece of Mayworks Kjipuktuk/Halifax: Festival of Working People & the Arts’s new MOMENTUM programming.

Mandela points to the fact that our collective liberation is tied to one another. All of these systems are tied and interlocked. It will take all of us to dismantle them together for our collective freedom. Happy Mandela Day and Free Palestine 🇵🇸

Today is Mandela day✨ Nelson Mandela dedicated his life to fighting against the apartheid regime in South Africa, a system of racial segregation and discrimination This quotes sit with us on Mandela Day as Palestinians still face apartheid, genocide and settler oppression.

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS MAYWORKS 2026 DEADLINE: OCTOBER 3RD 2025 Submit via Google Form in our bio 📃 Mayworks Kjipuktuk/Halifax celebrates workers, justice and solidarity through art. Our festival presents works of art of any discipline which explore the connection between the labour movement and art

Happy Juneteenth! At Mayworks we celebrate freedom and fight for collective liberation everyday✨

Happy Indigenous Peoples Day! June 21 may be the official day but Indigenous Peoples Day is everyday. Everyday you are on this land you should reflect on what it means to be a settler or guest. We encourage you to take action this…

On Wednesday, June 11th, CUPE Nova Scotia observes the 100th anniversary of William Davis Miners’ Memorial Day, which recognizes and honours the sacrifices made in the struggle for workers’ rights. Click below for more details:

11-06-1925 CANADA: Today is Davis Day in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, a memorial day for coal miner William Davis, who was shot and killed by company police in the struggle for control of the Waterford Lake power plant during the historic 1925 strike. www.biographi.ca/en/bio/davis...

Today is the 100th anniversary of Davis Day✨ Today we to join in remembering William Davis, a coal miner tragically killed in 1925 during a strike for better working conditions and fair wages in New Waterford. His death ignited a crucial turning point in Nova Scotia’s labour movement.

“In an era of increasing corporate power, precarious employment, and attacks on collective bargaining rights, William Davis’s sacrifice resonates with contemporary struggles for workplace dignity and economic justice.” springmag.ca/standing-the... #DavisDay #canlab #ns

@mayworkskjipuktuk.bsky.social recap! youtu.be/bFuwK5eka-M?...

Another great @mayworkskjipuktuk.bsky.social recap! youtu.be/8j-qwhCUMLg?...

staging a show-and-tell about a fake genocide during a real genocide to the government that has done the most to seek justice for that real genocide is designed to break our brains. They know what they are doing. www.cnn.com/2025/05/21/w...

Archive of Loneliness May 9 and 10| 8:30 pm – 9:00 pm Creative Direction/Choreography Sara Coffin Composer and Sound Design Jackson Fairfax-Perry Performers and Movement Contributions Darryl Tracy and Matthew Lumley Audio Stories the late John Paterson

Flower Bed May 9 and 10| 7:30 pm – 8:00 pm Noella Murphy – Creator/Performer
Lou Campbell – Director/Dramaturg
Laura Stinson – Puppet Designer/Puppeteer
Ginevra Syperek – Costume Co-designer
Ashley MacDonald and Susie Murphy – Costume Co-designers
Colleen Arcturus MacIsaac – Producer