Awalem

Neighborhood House

20 North American Street, 19106, Philadelphia, PA, United States

Cannonball Festival

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CANNONBALL FESTIVAL is an independently produced performing arts festival that presents risk-taking independent artists in back-to-back performances next to delicious lounge spaces, fostering creative collisions and community conversation.Cannonball disrupts traditional arts presenting models by centering artist-to-artist curation, pooling and redistributing resources to provide small-scale, high-impact production opportunities for wild, under-resourced performances, and building a sustainable arts ecosystem from the ground up.In its inaugural year in 2021, Cannonball produced 28 unique works over 21 days for 150 performances in a single venue during the Philadelphia Fringe, welcoming over 2500 audience members and winning 12 weekly audience picks and three overall Fringie Awards. In 2022, Cannonball presented 60+ shows for 300+ performances over 30 days for 6800+ attendees in two venues.MINIBALL is a micro-version of the Cannonball Festival featuring new works and encores of previous Cannonball shows that keep the spirit of Cannonball sailing strong throughout the year. The first Miniball in April 2022 featured 20+ performances of seven different shows over six days.