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17th Annual Regional Alternative Dance Festival (RADFest)

  • March 5 - 8, 2026
  • Downtown Kalamazoo

    Kalamazoo, Michigan
Ticket Price $0.00-$53.65 This event is not available
Description

“RAD Fest puts western Michigan on the cultural map”

— Lauren Warnecke - artintercepts.org
 

TICKET INFORMATION

Tickets are available January 8th for all events. 

This year you can also reserve space at FREE events through the online box office.

We recommend that you view the schedule and plan out your RADFest experience before registering so you get the best deal. We do have multi-ticket discounts and we want you to take advantage of them.

Ticket prices:

  • Professional Performance Series tickets: General Admission= $30; Artist= $20; Youth/Student= $15
  • Youth Performance Series tickets: General Admission= $25; Youth/Student= $15
  • Masterclasses: $18
  • Master class pass $50 / any 3 classes
  • Kick-off party — FREE (Cash Bar)
  • Midday Exchange — FREE (no lunch); $15 (includes boxed lunch)
  • Cocktail hour — FREE (Cash Bar)
  • Afterglow – FREE (Cash Bar)
  • Dance Film Premiere - $10
  • Additional Screendance Showings- FREE
  • Coffee Hour - FREE
  • Durational Artist Performance- FREE
  • Community Dance Jam- FREE
  • Trends in Dance Panel- FREE
  • Director's Circle- FREE

Multi ticket discounts available
Buy 4 tickets to any performances/masterclasses and receive 5% off (applied at checkout)
Buy 6 tickets to any performances/masterclasses and receive 10% off (applied at checkout)
Buy 8 tickets to any performances/masterclasses and receive 15% off (applied at checkout)

Rush: $5 Rush tickets for any unsold seat available 10 minutes before the show

Group discounts available for large groups. Please contact us for more information

For more information, including event descriptions, artist biographies and more, please visit our website

For questions about tickets, please email us or call 269.342.4354.

 

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

THURSDAY, MAR. 5

  • 9:30AM: MORNING MOVEMENT: Wellspring Company Class with Marisa Bianan
  • 5:00PM: DURATIONAL INSTALLATION OPENING: Un/Rerooted  by Dani Oblitas
  • 5:30PM: RADFEST KICKOFF PARTY/DURATIONAL PERFORMANCE
  • 6:30PM: MICHIGAN MADE PRESHOW with Musings & WMU
  • 7:00PM: MICHIGAN MADE PERFORMANCE
  • 8:30PM: POST-SHOW TALKBACK W/ MICHIGAN MAKERS facilitated by Jennifer Glaws

FRIDAY, MAR. 6

  • 9:30AM: MORNING MOVEMENT: Countertechnique with Kelsey Paschich
  • 10:30AM: MEET AND GREET with snacks
  • 11:30AM: TRENDS IN DANCE PANEL with Adjudicators — in-person & live on ZOOM
  • 12:30PM: INFORMAL PLATFORM
  • 2:45PM: MASTER CLASS: Awe & Improvisation for Sparking Creativity with Gina Laurenzi & The Druid Drummer
  • 4:30PM: WEdances (Art Hop 5:00-8:00 p.m.)
  • 5:00PM: DANCE FILM PREMIERE w/post show Producers Talk Back
  • 6:00PM: PRODUCER'S TALKBACK moderated by Amy Wilson
  • 7:00PM: SHORT WORKS LIVE PERFORMANCE SERIES I
  • 8:15PM: ALTERNATIVE SPACE PROGRAM: Lucy Dillon's soft belly/steel
  • 9:00PM: SHORT WORKS LIVE PERFORMANCE SERIES II

SATURDAY, MARCH 7

  • 9:30AM: MORNING MOVEMENT: Yoga for Dancers with Betty Kondo
  • 10:45AM: MASTER CLASS: Jazz/Contemporary Fusion with Elijah Alhadji Gibson
  • 10:45AM: MASTER CLASS: Contemporary Fusion Class: Fragments and Fluidity with Megan Mazarick
  • 11:45AM: BOX LUNCH for purchase
  • 12:15PM: MIDDAY CREATIVE EXCHANGE: A Tribute to Martha Graham Dance Company’s 100th Anniversary in Movement, Music, and Words
  • 1:30PM: MASTER CLASS: Contemporary Flow with Lucy Dillon
  • 1:30PM: MASTER CLASS: Closed Eyes Exploration with Jacob Regan
  • 1:30PM: DURATIONAL INSTALLATION: Un/Rerooted  by Dani Oblitas
  • 3:00PM: COMMUNITY DANCE & DRUMMING JAM with Carolyn Pampalone Rabbers and live music by The Druid Drummer
  • 3:15PM: DANCE FILM SCREENING
  • 5:00PM: SHORT WORKS LIVE PERFORMANCE SERIES III
  • 6:15PM: NETWORKING SOCIAL HOUR
  • 7:00PM: SHORT WORKS LIVE PERFORMANCE SERIES IV
  • 8:15PM: ALTERNATIVE SPACE PROGRAM: Wild Space Dance Company's Beyond the Shimmer
  • 9:00PM: RAD ENCORE PERFORMANCE
  • 10:15PM-11:15PM: AFTER-GLOW RECEPTION  

SUNDAY, MARCH 8

  • 10:00AM: COFFEE TALK with Cori Terry & Peter Sparling
  • 10:00AM: MASTER CLASS: Somatic Contemporary Ballet with Seyong Kim
  • 11:30AM: MASTER CLASS: Release-Based Contemporary with William Brighton
  • 11:30AM: MASTER CLASS: Improv and Phrasework with Wildflower Collective
  • 11:45AM:  BOX LUNCH for purchase
  • 11:45AM: DIRECTOR'S CIRCLE Lunch & Conversation
  • 1:15PM:  DANCE FILM SCREENING
  • 2:30PM: YOUNG ARTIST SERIES I
  • 4:00PM: YOUNG ARTIST SERIES II PRE-SHOW with Wellspring Youth Company
  • 4:30PM: YOUNG ARTIST SERIES II

This event is proudly supported by:

  • The Arts Council of Greater Kalamazoo
  • Discover Kalamazoo
  • The Irving S. Gilmore Foundation
  • The Kalamazoo Community Foundation
  • The Kalamazoo Cultural Center
  • The National Endowment for the Arts
  • Now Kalamazoo
  • WMUK

As well as by:

  • Biggby Coffee
  • Caffe Casa
  • Costco
  • HUB Tavern + Grill
  • KP Cinemas
  • Trader Joe's
Date & Time

Mar 5 - 8, 2026

Venue Details

Downtown Kalamazoo

Kalamazoo, Michigan Downtown Kalamazoo
Wellspring

Wellspring/Cori Terry & Dancers exists to offer a unique and authentic voice in modern dance which serves to inspire, engage and educate our community.

Wellspring/Cori Terry & Dancers is a 501c3 nonprofit organization