Rhythm Of The Night: Music Showcase

+ Local Night Market

Box Office opens at 7:00PM | Tickets in Advanced or at the door

Back by popular demand, the 2nd annual Rhythm of the Night closes out the Rendezvous With Madness festival.

We #DISRUPTTHEFOCUS and challenge stigma placed on our community by daring to create, regardless of whether what we create has anything to do with our challenges or not. Our life, our passion, our joy, our creativity belongs to us. Not always our struggles.

Join us for a musical showcase and mini night market that celebrates and connects audience with amazingly talented and diverse local musicians and vendors who all support and exist within the various intersections of mental illness and addictions. Come be in community as we headbang, dance, groove, vibe, and shop the whole night away.

MUSIC | MAIN HALL

11:00PM | SUPERFRAUD
10:00PM | SAM-R
09:20PM | Vivek Mehmi
08:45PM | DJ Nico

NIGHT MARKET | MAIN HALL & SOUTHERN CROSS

Electric Retro Designs
Prickly Cactus Collage
Hana and Hala 
Secret Teatime
byAffrica
Birdsong Witchery
this fragile world photography
The Gloomy Angel Shop
FLOOBY
MakeSomething.K
Sticky Mangos
Sentient Pansy
Feels Zine

AND MORE...!

 

 

THE MUSICIANS

DJ NICO & VIVEK MEHMI

Nico is a DJ from Bogotá, Colombia, who’s always exploring new sounds and rhythms to bring fresh energy to his sets. Whether it’s a chill vibe or a packed dance floor, he loves creating moments that people can truly feel and enjoy. Vivek Mehmi is a multidisciplinary artist and seeker whose work bridges music, spirituality, and self-discovery. Drawing from healing, and creative expression, he explores themes of transformation and inner truth through sound and storytelling.

SAM-R

Andrew Noseworthy (Lead Guitar)
Daksh Joshi (Rhythm Guitar)
Luis Vasquez (DJ/Bass)
Warren Joseph (Keys)
Samer (Drums and Vocals)

“A rapping drummer telling honest stories of resilience, culture, and community.” Sam-r is a Toronto-based artist of Lebanese-Syrian heritage whose music fuses the raw storytelling of hip-hop with the soul and grit of the blues. Known for his rare combination of live drumming and rapping, Sam-r brings an emotional depth to his performances that reflect the struggles, strength, and triumphs of his immigrant experience.

SUPERFRAUD

Marek Skiba (Guitar)
Kyle Gritchen (Guitar)
Sean Davidson (Bass)
Luke Pieroni (Drums)
Victor Salazar (Vocals)

They’re dancey. They’re spacey. Their heavier moments approach almost ballad-like grooves... like a wasted Sinatra lost in the desert, arms flailing and wild-eyed. At other times they drone ethereally without boredom, or plod along rhythmically like a friendly giant picking grapes on a Calabrian hilltop. In general they look like a handful of H&M models.

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Every artist featured in Rendezvous 2025 is a disruptor.
#GETMAD #DISRUPTTHEFOCUS 

ABOUT RENDEZVOUS WITH MADNESS & WORKMAN ARTS
Rendezvous With Madness is both the first and the longest running Mental Health & Addictions based film & multi-arts festival in North America. With its roots in raising awareness through film, it has since expanded into bringing in other mediums such as theatre, dance, music and visual art. All programming, artwork, administration, and operations is created by and run by those who have lived and living experience. Follow us on Instagram: @workmanartsto

 

TICKETING & SEATING
Tickets are general Admission with limited seating available! To avoid being turned away or standing in a rush line, please book your ticket in advance if possible. In order to keep our festival accessible, we offer a limited quantity of low to no cost tickets in advance for those who need it with a pay-by-donation option at the door. Please consider paying full price if you are able as it helps the sustainability of reduced rates for those who may be unable to otherwise access our programming. Please arrive to the venue no later than 15 minutes before the event in order to avoid your ticket being given to the rush line should an event be sold out.

RUSH TICKETS & INFORMATION
If a program is off sale, you can come to the venue starting one hour before the event begins to place your name on our Rush list. Rush tickets are sold at the start of the event and patrons are seated just after introductions while trailers are playing. To avoid having your seat given to a Rush patron, please plan to arrive at the venue at least 15 minutes before the program begins.

ACCESS INFORMATION
All of our venues are fully accessible. If you require ASL/Interpretation, please inquire no later than October 18th, 2025. We will do our best to accommodate requests for ASL/Interpretation made later than this date but cannot guarantee availability of ASL/Interpreters. Live captioning provided for most spoken events and Q&A's. Open Captions for the vast majority of films. Films in other languages are always presented with English subtitles.