By celebrating dance, visual arts, music production and DJing, JOAT events invite audiences to enjoy an authentic and complete street dance experience while encouraging artists to freely express their plural and multidisciplinary artistic identity. The JOAT Festival quickly gained worldwide recognition, and several JOAT activities, including the iconic JOAT Battles, are now organized in the United States, the United Kingdom, Japan, India, Singapore and Taiwan.
The JOAT International Street Dance Festival offers a week of performances and activities open to artists and audiences of all ages, making it the largest event of its kind in Canada. The 2022 festival attracted nearly 15,000 people to its varied program of JOAT Battles, JOAT KidzBattles, the JOAT Art exhibition, introductory workshops, master classes, and other indoor and outdoor activities. By showcasing street dance ecosystem in all its diversity, JOAT aims to be a representation of our reality, a reflection of our society and our intertwined communities.
