Join us for the Kickstart 5 Festival! Featuring live performances, creative workshops, visual art exhibits, processions, a public forum, free events and a wide range of activities, Kickstart 5 celebrates the talents of Canadian artists and performers with disabilities across all artistic disciplines. Register today for our festival workshops, including theatre directing, break-dancing, storytelling, aerial dance, acting/theatre, singing, and soundscape composition! Check out our main-stage shows, including performances by Luca "LazyLegz" Patuelli, Christa Couture and her Band, solo-performer David Roche, comedian Big Daddy Tazz, sylvi macCormac and the Horizon, Lazare Halk and his Band, and the Swamp Angels Choir! View amazing artwork on display in the "Magic/Realism" juried visual art show and the "Connections" non-juried art exhibit, which runs from September 5 - 12th in the Roundhouse's Exhibit Hall. Be sure to join us for the Gala Art Opening at 5:30 on Sept. 5th before the festival's Opening Ceremony at 6:30! Share your perspective at the festival's public forum, "Why Disability Art? - From the Personal to the Political", and t4ke part in discussion meetings to initiate plans for a national disability arts network! Tell your story in a video interview with RealWheels, and meet the folks from Vancouver Co-Op Radio, who will be broadcasting from the festival. There's something for everyone at the Kickstart 5 Festival! Get your tickets today, and be sure to register for our workshops too! For more information, please visit our website at www.kickstart-arts.ca or call 604-559-6626. We look forward to seeing you at Kickstart 5 this September!