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: Cafritz Foundation Theatre

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

Location: Iribe Center
 
5:00 PM: NextNOW Fest: Exhibition Opening for Dewey Crumpler: Life Studies

Location: David C. Driskell Center

6:00 PM: NextNOW Fest: Thrift Marketplace

Location: Front Plaza

6:00 PM: NextNOW Fest: Submergence by Squidsoup

Location: Grand Pavilion

6:00 PM: NextNOW Fest: Costume Shop Sale

Location: Student Lounge
 
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: Exhibition Opening for Dewey Crumpler: Life Studies

Location: David C. Driskell Center

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: Photo Booth

Location: Upper Pavilion

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

Location: Applause Café

6:30 PM: NextNOW Fest: 72-Hour Composition Challenge

Location: Gildenhorn Recital Hall

6:30 PM: NextNOW Fest: NoSo

Location: Clarice Courtyard

6:30 PM: NextNOW Fest: NextDANCE

Location: Dance Theatre

6:30 PM: NextNOW Fest: UMD Swing Dance Class

Location: Dance Studio 2

7:30 PM: NextNOW Fest: Charlotte Richardson-Deppe: I Resist This

Location: Kogod Theatre

8:00 PM: NextNOW Fest: Dreamer Isioma

Location: Clarice Courtyard

8:00 PM: NextNOW Fest: An Evening With Elizabeth Gillies

Location: Dekelboum Concert Hall

8:00 PM: NextNOW Fest: Latin Dance Class

Location: Dance Studio 2

8:30 PM: NextNOW Fest: Sketchup

Location: Dance Theatre

8:30 PM: NextNOW Fest: Gamer Symphony Orchestra: Mario Kart Tournament

Location: Gildenhorn Recital Hall

9:30 PM: NextNOW Fest: Afrochique Dance Class

Location: Dance Studio 2

9:30 PM: NextNOW Fest: Jordan Ward

Location: Clarice Courtyard

9:30 PM: NextNOW Fest: Erasable Inc.

Location: Kogod Theatre

10:30 PM: NextNOW Fest: Mario Kart Open Play

Location: Gildenhorn Recital Hall

10:30 PM: NextNOW Fest: DJ Set: Chase On Aux

Location: Grand Pavilion