That was fun.
See you next year. Up Here 11 runs August 15-17, 2025, in weird and wonderful Sudbury, Canada.
Up Here is an independent urban art & emerging music festival.
Up Here takes place on the traditional lands of the Atikameksheng Anishnawbek in N'Swakamok, also known as the city of Greater Sudbury, which includes the traditional lands of the Wahnapitae First Nation. We pay tribute to all First Nations, Inuit, and Métis peoples who are the caretakers of the past, present, and future of this land.
Every summer, Up Here brings together dozens of muralists, musicians, and installation artists to transform downtown Sudbury into an urban art gallery.
Up Here is a project of We Live Up Here, a volunteer-run, non-profit organization founded in 2012 around the simple idea that art can playfully reshape our community.
What’s up?
Download FEST. Follow Up Here.
Discover this year’s lineup, find the murals around Sudbury, build your own schedule, and be the first to find out about pop-up shows and other surprises.
Designed to be your festival buddy, FEST brings a whole bunch of different festivals together into one convenient, easy-to-navigate ecosystem.
Weird and wonderful Sudbury, Ontario.
Weird and wonderful Sudbury, Ontario.
Get weird in Sudbury.
Sudbury is a strange and wonderful place. We’ve teamed up with some rad hotels to help you take it all in.
Get comfy.
If you mention Up Here when you call to reserve your room, you will get a special rate. Jump on the bed for us (just don't tell 'em we told you it was OK).
Quality Inn Sudbury
$95 + applicable taxes, per night
705-675-1273
Radisson Sudbury
$139 + applicable taxes, per night (use link for direct preferred rate booking)
Travelway Inn Sudbury
Book with promo code UPHERE to get $20 off
1-800-461-4883
Clarion Hotel
From $130 + applicable taxes, per night
705-674-7517
Get up here.
Need a lift? Coming and got room? Well, then, connect! Talk! Get to know each other! Join the official ride-sharing Facebook group for Up Here festival.
Stay a little while.
Want to show up earlier or stay a little later after the festival, there's tons of cool things to do in the Nickel City.
Go cliff diving at Silver Lake, go win meat at Porketta Bingo, go pet the porcupine at Science North, or go take that mandatory photo in front of the big chunk of change.
Snag some swag.
Soft t-shirts, cozy sweaters, local stickers, bucket hats, mural postcards, stupid little buttons, and more.
Listen to the Up Here 10 Spotify playlist
Discover great new music. Become obsessed like we’ve been for the past few months. Learn all the lyrics.
Legal Graffiti Wall
From locals shaking a can of spray paint for the first time to seasoned street artists ripping burners as they pass through town, Sudbury’s only legal graffiti wall has seen a lot of action since 2018.
Up Here is a laboratory for the creation and presentation of new works of art.
Up Here is a town animated into a boutique festival, with the live creation of large-scale murals, the presentation of over 50 concerts by emerging artists, and pop-up shows in surprising locations.
It is an intimate multi-venue experience on a human scale and an immersive urban adventure distinct from traditional festivals. Up Here is powered by one hell of a generous and passionate community.
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