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[Image Description: An illustrated poster for “The Disability Arts Festival” hosted by The Disability Collective. The background is a light blue sky with white clouds and colourful tassel garlands hanging across the top. The lower half shows a cheerful outdoor festival scene on green grass with trees, games, children playing, a popcorn stand, a craft vendor booth, and artists painting. Several people are represented, including a wheelchair user and a person walking with a white cane. Event details read: “Saturday, August 8, 2026 | Tarragon Theatre" & "Sunday, August 9, 2026 | Wychwood Barns". Funder logos appear along the bottom edge including: TD Ready Commitment, Ontario Arts Council, the Government of Ontario, ArtHubs Events, Canada Council for the Arts, the City of Toronto, and Toronto Arts Council]
The Disability Arts Festival
Saturday, August 8
The Disability Arts Festival is growing! This summer festival brings the community together through live performances, film screenings, and artisan market, community activities, food vendors, and more!
This year, we're combining our beloved Arts Festival with our disability-led drag and burlesque show, CRIPtonite, and a new partnership with Voices with Impact to offer film screenings highlighting disability and mental illness.
More information coming soon!
Tarragon Theatre
30 Bridgman Avenue, Toronto
Sunday, August 9
Wychwood Barns
601 Christie Street, Toronto
[Image Description: A promotional poster for Dial 1 for UK, a play written and performed by Mohit Mathur presented by The Disability Collective. Against a blue background, a smiling South Asian man wearing a headset stands at the centre, surrounded by London landmarks, a red telephone box, a double-decker bus, a smartphone, a Bitcoin symbol, sticky notes, and black-and-white photographs connected by red telephone lines. The title "Dial 1 for UK" appears prominently near the bottom, with credits for writer and performer Mohit Mathur and director Phil Willmott. Logos for the Canada Council for the Arts, the Ontario Arts Council, the Government of Ontario, and TD Ready Commitment line the bottom of the poster]
Dial 1 for UK
Every night in New Delhi, Uday Kumar (UK) answers panicked calls to the Goldmine Crypto GB Helpline fantasising about being British himself, filling his YouTube channel with visions of a sophisticated new life of affluence, fish and chips and tea with the royals. Then a chance conversation one tea break reveals how he might make it all a reality. And at dawn a mere week later, he leaves the call centre for ever and boards his first ever flight, to take his place amongst the English.
What happens next is the subject of Mohit Mathur’s hilarious and poignant one-man play of high hopes humbled in Hounslow and an Influencer stripped of influence amidst the brutal reality of the UK care sector, asking how and why, each year, hundreds of young men like UK vanish without trace.
A rare chance to rethink much you’ve assumed about those who hope to live amongst us in a first piece from an exciting new playwright and West End performer, in collaboration with one the UK’s most experienced theatre makers.
Tickets on sale soon!
September 10-13
Tarragon Theatre
30 Bridgman Avenue, Toronto
September 18-20
Vertigo Theatre
161, 115 – 9 Avenue SE, Calgary
September 24-27
Presentation House Theatre
333 Chesterfield Avenue, North Vancouver
[Image Description: An event poster for The Disability Collective’s 2026 DIScover Conference. The background features a digital wave pattern of purple dots on black. At the top, The Disability Collective logo appears in a white outlined box. Event details are listed underneath: “MERIDIAN ARTS CENTRE • OCTOBER 14 AND 15.” The bold tagline “DISRUPT. DISMANTLE. DISCOVER 2026” is central in large white and gradient purple text. A subtitle reads: “A two-day leadership conference on advancing accessibility and disability inclusion in the arts”. At the bottom left are three accessibility icons in purple: American Sign Language interpretation, open captioning, and face masks required. At the bottom is a slightly transparent white strip with the Canada Council for the Arts, Ontario Arts Council, Government of Ontario, and TD Ready Commitment logos]
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Wednesday, October 14 & Thursday, October 15
Meridian Arts Centre
5040 Yonge Street, North York
Are you a part of an arts organization looking to improve accessibility and inclusion? Then this is the conference for you!
After an incredibly successful launch in 2025, The Disability Collective is thrilled to announce that the DIScover Conference is coming back in October 2026! Join us on October 14th and 15th at Meridian Arts Centre for this two-day leadership event bringing together arts professionals, accessibility advocates, and community members to focus on advancing accessibility and disability inclusion in the arts.
Through practical sessions and engaging discussions, the DIScover Conference equips arts organizations and artistic leaders with tools to foster inclusivity and elevate disability representation, setting a new benchmark for accessibility practices. This collaborative event aims to make Toronto’s arts community more inclusive and responsive to the diverse needs of its members.
[Image Description: A festive poster promoting "The Disability Holiday Festival" organized by The Disability Collective. It features a cheerful winter scene on a light blue background with snowflakes and festive floral decorations. Illustrated figures are enjoying a snowy market, including people buying hot chocolate, children building a snowman, and people skating. There are stalls selling gifts, food, and hot chocolate, as well as a food truck. Text on the poster reads: “Crafts | Food & Drinks | Gifts | Free Admission,” and provides event details — Sunday, December 6, 2026, from 11 AM to 5 PM at Wychwood Barns. The event is supported by TD Ready Commitment, the Ontario Arts Council, the Government of Ontario, ArtHubs Events, and the Canada Council for the Arts]
The Disability Holiday Festival
Sunday, December 6
11 AM - 5 PM EST
Wychwood Barns
601 Christie Street, Toronto
Join us for the fifth annual Disability Holiday Festival! The Festival will feature work created by disabled artists while celebrating the diversity of the holiday season in Toronto. Stop by to shop arts and crafts made by local disabled artists, participate in multiple community-building events such as a free photo booth and a card making station, listen to live music from disabled musicians, and enjoy food & drinks from community vendors to keep you warm and cozy!
The Disability Holiday Festival will allow disabled artists to showcase and sell their work in a fun and community-driven environment, while celebrating the holiday spirit. This family-friendly event will be a fun and festive opportunity for the community to come together, experience and engage in art, and enjoy the holiday season.
Join us for FREE on Sunday, December 6 at Wychwood Barns!
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