Summer Nights
Cinema and Music Under the Stars
August 5–28, 2021
Every Thursday to Saturday, 5PM to midnight
SAW outdoor courtyard (67 Nicholas Street, Ottawa)
Every Thursday to Saturday, 5PM to midnight
SAW outdoor courtyard (67 Nicholas Street, Ottawa)
5PM-9PM
Free admission
9PM-midnight
Tickets: $5
100% of ticket sales will go to the Indian Residential School Survivors Society.
Free admission
9PM-midnight
Tickets: $5
100% of ticket sales will go to the Indian Residential School Survivors Society.
SAW invites music fans and film lovers to congregate under the stars for a special edition of Summer Nights, a summer festival like no other. In anticipation of the reopening of its live music venue, SAW is pleased to present a program of music-themed films about pioneering music scenes and musical figures, along with music with live bands and DJs in the SAW outdoor courtyard.
The festival will take place over four weekends from August 5 to 28, 2021. Screenings and performances will be presented every Thursday, Friday and Saturday from 5PM to midnight, with a cash bar and snacks available for purchase. The major solo exhibition Shaya Ishaq. Library of Infinities will be on view at SAW during Summer Nights and will be open to the public every evening until midnight.
Summer Nights is presented and produced by SAW in collaboration with Also Cool Mag, the Asinabka Film & Media Arts Festival, Debaser, the Digital Arts Resource Centre, GenNext, Girls+ Rock Ottawa, House of PainT, the Inside Out Ottawa LGBT Film Festival, Max Ottawa, Sashay, Sitting on the Outside and spectrasonic.
In case of rain, events will be held in Club SAW.
A limited number of tickets will be available at the door.
The festival will take place over four weekends from August 5 to 28, 2021. Screenings and performances will be presented every Thursday, Friday and Saturday from 5PM to midnight, with a cash bar and snacks available for purchase. The major solo exhibition Shaya Ishaq. Library of Infinities will be on view at SAW during Summer Nights and will be open to the public every evening until midnight.
Summer Nights is presented and produced by SAW in collaboration with Also Cool Mag, the Asinabka Film & Media Arts Festival, Debaser, the Digital Arts Resource Centre, GenNext, Girls+ Rock Ottawa, House of PainT, the Inside Out Ottawa LGBT Film Festival, Max Ottawa, Sashay, Sitting on the Outside and spectrasonic.
In case of rain, events will be held in Club SAW.
A limited number of tickets will be available at the door.
Thursday, August 5
5PM-9PM
Music with DJs Lamb Fatale and Pink Veil, and performance by Pursuit Grooves
9PM-midnight
︎ Sisters with Transistors
by Lisa Rovner (2020)
Co-presented with Debaser
Friday, August 6
5PM-midnight
Opening reception for the exhibition Shaya Ishaq. Library of Infinities
Music with DJ JFUN
Food prepared by Chloé Berlanga
︎︎︎Free admission
Saturday, August 7
5PM-9PM
Live music with DJs Mama Shu and Anna-Log
9PM-midnight
︎ White Riot
by Rubika Shah (2019)
Co-presented with Sitting on the Outside
Thursday, August 12
5PM-9PM
Music with Hex-A-Decimal
9PM-midnight
︎ Keyboard Fantasies
by Posy Dixon (2019)
Co-presented with the Inside Out Ottawa LGBT Film Festival
Friday, August 13
5PM-9PM
Music with local emerging DJs and performers
Co-presented with Girls+ Rock Ottawa
Saturday, August 14
5PM-9PM
Performance by Giselle Gotti-Chanel
NDN Taco Pop-Up by Howard Adler
9PM-midnight
︎ Rumble: The Indians who Rocked the World
by Catherine Bainbridge (2019)
Co-presented with the Asinabka Film & Media Arts Festival
Thursday, August 19
5PM-9PM
Music with DJs Jas Nasty and Lamb Fatale
9PM-midnight
︎ White Riot
by Rubika Shah (2019)
Co-presented with spectrasonic
Friday, August 20
5PM-9PM
Performances by Merganzer and Annie Socoria
9PM-midnight
︎ Sisters with Transistors by Lisa Rovner (2020)
Co-presented with Also Cool Mag
Saturday, August 21
5PM-9PM
Music with Fruit Star Candy Bar
9PM-midnight
︎ Grace Jones: Bloodlight and Bami
by Sophie Fiennes (2018)
Co-presented with House of PainT
Capital Pride Weekend
Thursday, August 26
5PM-9PM
Music with DJ CPI and performance by Adrianna Exposée
9PM-midnight
︎ Keyboard Fantasies
by Posy Dixon (2019)
Co-presented with the Digital Arts Resource Centre
Friday, August 27
5PM-9PM
Music with DJ Matelot Max and performances by Kimmy Dymond and Icesis Couture
9PM-midnight
︎ Paris is Burning by Jennie Livingstone (1991)
Co-presented with GenNext and MAX Ottawa
Saturday, August 28
5PM-9PM
Music with DJ Ashley Gaultier and performances by Kiki Coe and Cyril Cinder
9PM-midnight
︎ Grace Jones: Bloodlight and Bami
by Sophie Fiennes (2018)
Co-presented with Sashay