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SIDEWAYS DOOR 4: a weekend of ecstasies & escape routes
LOCULUS presents the fourth annual-ish SIDEWAYS DOOR festival September 19 - 21, 2025! SIDEWAYS DOOR brings together local and visiting artists for three days of performances, classes, and talks in Holyoke MA. This year we will also be celebrating our 10 year birthday!
FULL WEEKEND PASSES AVAILABLE!
All tickets are offered on a sliding scale - please pay what you are able, all ticket sales go to paying artists.
FRIDAY 9.19.25 - OPEN LEVEL DANCE CLASS + DANCE PARTY
8pm | The Divine Theater - 92 Race St, Holyoke
Kick off the festival and celebrate our 10 year birthday with us! We will start the night with NIGHT MOVES, our open level dance class. NIGHT MOVES always ends with a short dance party but this time we'll keep it going all night with DJs Matt Krefting and Jake Meginsky.
SATURDAY 9.20.25 - IMPROVISATION DANCE WORKSHOP
11am - 1pm | LOCULUS Studios - 80 Race St, Holyoke
Sinking into Mudbound Facilitated by Jungwoong Kim(K.Jung)
Mud limning fingernails, encrusting childrens knees and hair, sucking feet like a greedy newborn on the breast.
Hillary Jordan, Mudbound
In this 2-hour improvisation dance class, we will exploreindividually and collectivelythe qualities of mud and how the body embraces and responds to them.
Open to everyone: beginners, dance majors, and artists from other fields
Comfortable clothing recommended
SATURDAY 9.20.25 - PERFORMANCES
6pm | PULP Gallery - 80 Race St, Holyoke
Grab your map at PULP and wander through a series of performances along Holyoke's second canal by Sunburned Hand of the Man, LOCULUS, Katherine Kain, Niki Farahani, Ben Hersey, and Tori Lawrence + Co. The evening will culminate with a performance in the gallery by Mobius.
SUNDAY 9.21.25, Doors 4:30pm - Dinner 5pm
The Guilded Brick - 380 Dwight St, Holyoke
Ticket includes a multi-course meal, drinks, and dessert.
Tickets for this event close Monday September 15th!
Our second Artist Roundtable brings together three artists/organizations working across dance, conceptual art, design, and event curation. Each presenter has been asked to speak about their work and practice through the lens of an influence or collaboration. Presentations will be given over the course of a communal home-cooked meal with plenty of time for questions and conversation built in.
Food by Alex Torres
Presentations by LOCULUS, Gina Siepel, and Peter Treiber Jr.
- This program is supporting in part by a grants from the Holyoke Local Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency; The City of Holyoke Tourism Advisory Committee through the Mass Gaming Commission; and the ValleyCreates program of the Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts. This program is fiscally sponsored by Holyoke Media. -
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LocationHolyoke, MA (View)
PO Box 2431
Holyoke, MA 01040
United States
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