Nocturne: Art at Night

09/17/2026

📣 ⚓︎ SPOTLIGHT PROJECT ANNOUNCEMENT!
⌗401: Butcher's Block, by Breaking Circus

📍Breaking Circus

🗓️ Saturday, October 17, 6PM - Midnight

Presented by Propeller Brewing, Butcher's Block is a 360 degree circus installation taking place at the Breaking Circus Studio. Featuring a city made of butcher's paper, the evening will be punctuated by circus, dance, and music performances, with guided movement interspersed in between. The public will be invited to explore and inhabit this paper city block, contributing to its growth by crafting paper roots that will intertwine and evidence our interconnectedness with each other and the land upon which our city stands. At its heart, it is an analysis of our current arts culture and infrastructure repackaged in a format of cohesive community healing.

Presented by Nocturne in partnership with Propeller Brewing Company.

🔗 To learn more about this project, the artist, and to check out Nocturne's full 2026 festival schedule visit nocturnehalifax.ca

📷 Image courtesy of the artists

09/17/2026

📣 ⚓︎ SPOTLIGHT PROJECT ANNOUNCEMENT!
⌗226: The Embellishers Take Nocturne 2026, by the Embelishers

📍Downtown Halifax Business Commission

🗓️ Saturday, October 17, 6PM - Midnight

The Embellishers turn your everyday clothing into custom works of art on the spot with flash-style embroidery, and a needle-sharp twist of tattoo parlour attitude. They create a live, on-the-spot embroidery experience that transforms personal textiles into one-of-a-kind wearable artworks through playful, hands-on exchange and creative collaboration.

Presented by Nocturne in partnership with the Downtown Halifax Business Commission and the Newfoundland and Labrador Arts Council

🔗 To learn more about this project, the artist, and to check out Nocturne's full 2026 festival schedule visit nocturnehalifax.ca

📷 Image courtesy of the artists

09/16/2026

📣 ⚓︎ SPOTLIGHT PROJECT ANNOUNCEMENT!
⌗313: Visible Cities, by Ada Denil

📍Acadian Wharf

🗓️ Saturday, October 17, 6PM - Midnight

Visible Cities is an installation that explores a series of distinct experiences of the city, visually placing them in conversation with one another. In this work I am considering the city both as a physical structure, and an invisible framework, shaped by idiosyncratic social, cultural, and spatial relationships. By pulling apart some of the unseen layers just enough to allow viewers to encounter them, the work aims to reveal the sheer multitude of layered spaces we move through daily, and expose the city as a site of overlapping spatial realities.

Presented by Nocturne in partnership with Visual Arts Nova Scotia.

🔗 To learn more about this project, the artist, and to check out Nocturne's full 2026 festival schedule visit nocturnehalifax.ca

📷 Image courtesy of the artist

09/16/2026

📣 ⚓︎ SPOTLIGHT PROJECT ANNOUNCEMENT!
⌗307: Re-Homing Pigeon

📍The Green at Salter Sands

🗓️ Saturday, October 17, 6PM - Midnight

Re-Homing Pigeon is a monumental soft sculpture that transforms one of the city's overlooked residents into an object of comfort and care. Constructed as a giant beanbag, this pigeon invites visitors to sit, lean, cuddle, and interact with it. By fostering physical closeness with a bird often dismissed as a pest, the work explores our shared history of domestication, abandonment, and coexistence. Installed near Halifax's waterfront, the sculpture encourages audiences to see pigeons as non-human urban residents and to imagine a city where humans and wildlife are recognized as interconnected inhabitants of the same home.

Presented by Nocturne in partnership with Build Nova Scotia.

🔗 To learn more about this project, the artist, and to check out Nocturne's full 2026 festival schedule visit nocturnehalifax.ca

📷 Image courtesy of the artist

09/15/2026

📣 ⚓︎ SPOTLIGHT PROJECT ANNOUNCEMENT!
⌗315: Off the Hook, by Peter Nightingale

📍(A) Cable Wharf
📍(B) Cunard Public Space

🗓️ Saturday, October 17, 6PM - Midnight

Off The Hook is an interactive installation featuring two repurposed payphones connected to each other, inviting people to strike up conversations with complete strangers. In the age of smartphones and social media, loneliness and social isolation continue to grow. By encouraging spontaneous, human-to-human conversations, Off The Hook offers a simple reminder of the value of genuine human connection.

Presented by Nocturne in partnership with Build Nova Scotia.

🔗 To learn more about this project, the artist, and to check out Nocturne's full 2026 festival schedule visit nocturnehalifax.ca

📷 Image courtesy of the artist

09/15/2026

📣 ⚓︎ SPOTLIGHT PROJECT ANNOUNCEMENT!
⌗317: Look Closer into Dartmouth Cove, by Zonghua Ai

📍Nathan Green Square

🗓️ Saturday, October 17, 6PM - Midnight

Since time immemorial, we humans have been fascinated by conquering and utilizing the sea; yet we forget about the lifeforms in it. Who lives under the reflective yet ever-moving surface? Who are we killing if Dartmouth Cove is filled? Please, look closer into Dartmouth Cove: so that we are aware who we are losing if the Dartmouth Cove Waterfront Infill Project actually happened, dumping 99700 cubic metres of excavation materials into the harbour.

Presented by Nocturne in partnership with STEPS Public Art.

🔗 To learn more about this project, the artist, and to check out Nocturne's full 2026 festival schedule visit nocturnehalifax.ca

📷 Image courtesy of the artist

09/14/2026

🪩 NOCTURNE'S 2026 FESTIVAL LAUNCH PARTY
🍻 Presented by Propeller Brewing Company

Kick off Nocturne: Embodied City early this year and join us on Friday, October 2nd at Propeller's Gottingen Tap Room from 7:00 PM - 10:00PM. The evening will feature live performances by Breaking Circus the launch of this year's Nocturne x Propeller Brew, and more!

This event is free and open to all. No RSVP required. We can't wait to see you there!

🗓️ Friday, October 2nd
⏰ 7:00 PM - 10:00PM
📍Propeller Brewing, Gottingen Tap Room and Cold Beer Store, 2015 Gottingen Street, Halifax

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About Nocturne: Embodied City🌙 🌃 Curated by Annalise Prodor

Nocturne’s 19th annual festival returns to Kjipuktuk / Halifax October 15 - 18, with our Signature Art-at-Night Showcase taking place on Saturday, October 17th from 6:00pm - Midnight 🌟 Experience over 80 incredible projects throughout the city, featuring interactive installations, performances, workshops, and more!

🔗 Visit NocturneHalifax.ca to view this year’s projects and map, and start planning your festival experience today!

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