Side Step Festival 2026

Side Step Festival 2026 brings five international contemporary dance works and four short art films to the Cable Factory, and and creates discussion and exchange of experiences around them.

The 2026 festival will feature works by choreographers Mounia Nassangar & cie.nassangar, Harald Beharie, Kidows Kim, Zora Snake and Alma Söderberg.

The festival will close with a special screening of all the four Zodiak Visions short films. The films are created by choreographer and film maker duos Jenni-Elina von Bagh & Anna Antsalo, Karolina Ginman & Hertta Kiiski, Janina Rajakangas & Sinem Kayacan and Elina Pirinen & Sinem Kayacan.

The admission free Side programme of the festival will be published in January 2026.

The 2026 festival is curated by a team consisting of Zodiak's artistic director Jenni-Elina von Bagh, and choreographers Sonja Jokiniemi and Peter Mills.

Single tickets

Zodiak Stage: 16–32 eur
Dance House Helsinki, Erkko Hall: 16–44 eur
Dance House Helsinki, Pannu Hall: 22–44 eur
Zodiak Visions film screening: 10 / 15 eur
Early bird tickets: -15% of the regular price. Available until Jan 6, 2026.

Festival passes

Regular pass, 3–5 performances: 86,40–166,40 eur 
Discount pass (professionals), 3–5 performances: 43,20–83,20 eur

Zodiak Visions Film Screening is not included in the festival pass.

The discount passes are first available for those who have registered as theater and dance professionals. The remaining discount passes come to open sale on Mon, Jan 12th, 2026.

If you are interested in indentifying as a professional in the field, please contact lipunmyynti@zodiak.fi.

Zodiak's performance tickets can be moved once for free to a new date of the same work, if there is still room. The change is made on the same page where the paid tickets can be downloaded as a pdf or a mobile ticket.