WORLD MENTAL HEALTH DAY at Rendezvous With Madness

#GETMAD this October 10th for WORLD MENTAL HEALTH DAY.

Rendezvous with Madness is hosting a fundraising reception alongside a special screening of Village Keeper by Karen Chapman in anticipation of our 33rd Annual film & multi-arts festival happening October 23th - Nov 2nd, 2025.

All ticket proceeds go directly to the continued support of Rendezvous With Madness Festival operations and programming as well as year round operations within Workman Arts. Every single dollar you contribute to this event helps further provide professional artists with lived experience opportunities within Toronto and beyond. 

Hosted by Local Caribbean Drag Artist, Storm. {@shesstormi}

 WHAT THIS TICKET GETS YOU:

• 💃🏽 Live drag performance 
• 🎨 Mini-Silent art auction featuring Workman Arts artists 
• 🎫 Raffle prizes with donations from Feels Zine (1 free entry with ticket. $5 per additional ticket.)
• 😋 Food provided by The Abibiman Project
• 🍹 Open bar with none Alcoholic Beverages provided by Burdock Brewery & Gruvi + delicious mocktails
• 🎬 A special screening of Village Keeper by Karen Chapman + Q&A
• 💰 Plenty of ways to connect and donate. Come on out and show your support!

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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

LETS #DISRUPTTHEFOCUS AT RENDEZVOUS WITH MADNESS
The theme of Rendezvous 2025 is “Disrupt the Focus”, a statement that questions which narratives are emphasized, and which are silenced. Rendezvous With Madness continues to be a platform for artists whose lived experience expand our understandings of living with mental health and addiction.

To disrupt the focus is to challenge the systems that define and contain what it means to live with madness, to interrogate the stories that have been written about us rather than by us. Every artist featured in Rendezvous 2025 is a disruptor. They move beyond acceptable narratives of resilience and recovery to confront the intersectionality of lived experience. Are you ready to join us?

ACCESS INFORMATION
All of our venues are fully accessible. We currently do not have an ASL interpreter for this event. Live captioning is provided for most spoken events and Q&A's alongside Open Captions for the vast majority of films. Any films in a language outside of English will be presented with English subtitles. For seating accessibility measures, please try to contact us one week before the event you wish to attend. We will do our best to accommodate requests made later than this. Some requests such as requiring front row or less stairs, wheelchair accommodations, seating for your support worker, and/or aisle seats can often be made in person when the box office opens 1 hour before the show.

For all accessibility questions, concerns, and requests please contact Jenna Reid at jenna_reid@workmanarts.com