Where Creativity and Community Converge at the Clarice & Beyond

Started in 2014, Clarice Presents’ annual NextNOW Fest is an inspiring arts experience that celebrates imagination, creativity and community. In addition to the core festival nights at The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, we’re thrilled to continue partnerships with student-led groups, academic departments and university-based arts venues to hold festival events throughout campus.

NextNOW Fest is a signature event in University of Maryland's Arts for All initiative, which leverages the combined power of the arts, technology and social justice to address the grand challenges of our time.

Schedule of Events:

12:00 PM: NextNOW Fest: VOTE (fearlessly)!

Location: Tawes Plaza

4:00 PM: NextNOW Fest: Immersive Media Design New Works Incubator Showcase

Location: Iribe Center

6:00 PM: NextNOW Fest: Costume Shop Sale

Location: Student Lounge

6:00 PM: NextNOW Fest: Phunktions Dance Class

Location: Dance Studio 2

6:00 PM: NextNOW Fest: Immersive Media Design New Works Incubator Showcase

Location: Cafritz Foundation Theatre

6:00 PM: NextNOW Fest: Photography by Max Waldman

Location: Michelle Smith Performing Arts Library

6:00 PM: NextNOW Fest: WMUC 90.5 FM DJ Sets

Location: Front Plaza

6:00 PM: NextNOW Fest: Trace Feed: Portal #2

Location: Upper Pavilion

6:00 PM: NextNOW Fest: Mini-Arcade

Location: Upper Pavilion

6:00 PM: NextNOW Fest: Puzzle & Journaling Space

Location: Applause Café

6:00 PM: NextNOW Fest: WMUC Fest: God Forgive This Dog

Location: Clarice Courtyard

6:00 PM: NextNOW Fest: Photo Booth

Location: Upper Pavilion

6:00 PM: NextNOW Fest: House of Culture Student Artwork Exhibition

Location: Applause Café

6:00 PM: NextNOW Fest: Thrift Marketplace

Location: Front Plaza
 
6:00 PM: NextNOW Fest: Submergence by Squidsoup

Location: Grand Pavilion

6:30 PM: NextNOW Fest: NextDANCE

Location: Dance Theatre
 
6:45 PM: NextNOW Fest: WMUC Fest: They Are Gutting A Body of Water

Location: Clarice Courtyard

7:00 PM: NextNOW Fest: Maryland Night Live

Location: Dekelboum Concert Hall

7:00 PM: NextNOW Fest: My Neighbor Totoro

Location: Gildenhorn Recital Hall

7:30 PM: NextNOW Fest: Maryland Manzar Southie Dance Workshop

Location: Dance Studio 2

7:45 PM: NextNOW Fest: WMUC Fest: feeble little horse

Location: Clarice Courtyard

9:00 PM: NextNOW Fest: Silent Disc-Glo

Location: Clarice Courtyard