What The Festival

10/01/2026

Our third annual festival was so much FUN - and it is all thanks to YOU. We were so proud to welcome such an array of talented strange-makers to our playground this year and to share this vibrant work with our audiences.

THANK YOU for buying a pass, sharing our stories, grabbing a ticket, telling a friend, donating a few bucks, submitting your work, or anything else you did to support our small but mighty festival. We want to be your home for all things weird for many years to come and your support means to world to us.

📸 by Tracey Suba Alejandro Reyes Damien Nelson Mark Terrett

Shish*tzu

Sweets

Alien Toronto

Honeyball Puppetry

It’s Alive: Puppeteering Workshop with Jamie Shannon

Adventures in Puppetry discussion with Jamie Shannon, hosted by Kendall Savage

Dank Sinatra

Marzipan

Kuya Atay

Herbie Hind

Randy Boots

Bunch of hams (WTF 2026 staff)

Extreme close up!

09/28/2026

We did it!!! Thank you to everyone who helped make WTF26 a huge success. We had a lot of fun and hope that you did too! 🥳

09/27/2026

That’s right! 📞Call up your bestie and invite them to any one of our shows today with 2 for 1 tickets 🎟️. We’ve got Hansel and Geetal at 3:00pm, Drag Me To The Opera at 4:30pm and Bubkus at 6:00pm. See you there!

09/24/2026

You better believe we have arrived!

We kick off tonight with the Strange Maker Showcase, which is just the beginning of four days of fun with over 20 artists in three venues all under one roof. 💕

09/22/2026

https://classicalfm.ca/ludwig-van/toronto/2026/09/22/interview-steven-morton-brings-his-drag-me-to-the-opera-to-toronto-as-part-of-what-the-festival

Calgary's Steven Morton is the creator and performer of Drag Me To The Opera, a show he’s bring to Toronto on September 25 and 27 as part of What The Festival.

09/22/2026

What can you expect at What The Festival?

☀️ A warm welcome in the lobby of Youngplace
🍭 A concession stand with sweet and savoury treats, non-alcoholic refreshments, and loot bags full of surprises
💗 A mask friendly environment
❤️‍🔥 Live entertainment that makes you go ‘WTF’ - in a good way
🤡 Over 20 artists in three feature shows, two cabarets, one workshop, and one community discussion. Just a ton of fun in four days in three venues - all in one building.

09/21/2026

Our third annual festival returns THIS WEEK!

We could not have done it without our Festival Partners. From the bottom of our weird hearts and big butts we would like to thank:
Toronto Arts Council
Art Works TO
Sweet Action Theatre Company
Small World Music
Social Art Studio Space
Youngplace
Legacy Cabaret
Toronto International Buskerfest
Queen West Art Crawl
Q Print

09/17/2026

We can’t wait until Vancouver Fringe gives Two 2 Mango back to us!

Hansal & Geetal by Sachin Sharma and Shreya Parashar is playful, tender, and warmly nostalgic - a gentle reminder that getting a little lost is sometimes part of finding your way home. Loosely inspired by the classic fairytale Hansel & Gretel, this show trades breadcrumbs for belly laughs and heartaches, offering a clownish take on childhood fear of abandonment.

👯September 26 & 27 at Sweet Action Theatre 💕