A winter gathering for art and ideas
Sundog fills The Foundry for two days in February with sound, talks and hands on making. Come for one day or stay for the whole weekend.
Two days 34 sessions Passes from $45
Sound
Ideas
Craft
Workshops
Late sets
Makers market
Short film
Open studio
The weekend
Two days of sound, ideas and things made by hand
Sundog started in a print shop with forty people and a borrowed projector. It is now two days across six rooms, and it still runs on volunteers.
34
Sessions across two days, from morning workshops to late sets.
Seats each night
1,200
"We came for one talk on the Saturday and ended up staying until the lights came up on Sunday."
Past attendee, 2026
Hours of programme
18
Every room runs from ten in the morning until late, both days.
Third winter
03
Back at The Foundry, with two more rooms than last year.
Programme
Three tracks running side by side
One pass gets you into all of them. Nothing is ticketed separately, so wander.
See the full schedule
01
Sound
Two stages, twelve sets. Quiet rooms in the afternoon, loud ones after supper.
02
Ideas
Short talks and panels on the things people here actually build, at thirty minutes each.
03
Craft
Open benches for print, mending and repair. Drop in, no booking, tools provided.
How it runs
Four things worth knowing before you come
The weekend is built so you can arrive at any hour and still find something starting.
Saturday, main room
10:00 to late nothing clashes for long
Rolling start times
Sessions begin on the half hour, so a late train never costs you a whole block.
The Foundry, ground floor
Main
Studio
Bar
Print
Market
Quiet
Six rooms all on one level
One building, one level
Every room opens off the same hall. No stairs between sessions and no separate venues.
Sundog 2027
Weekend pass
Both days, all rooms
One pass, every room
Collect a badge at the door on your first morning and keep it for the weekend.
Marit Oyen
Dev Rasker
Nia Cardel
Tobias Wren
41 contributors most of them local
Made by the people here
Forty one artists, builders and speakers, and almost all of them live within an hour of the hall.
Schedule
Both days, hour by hour
Times are firm, rooms are not. If a room fills, the session repeats later the same day.
10:00All
Doors, coffee and the market opens
Main hall
11:15Sound
Field recording walk along the tracks
Meet at the north door
12:30Ideas
Short talks: what we built this year
Studio
14:00Ideas
Panel: making things in a cold month
Main room
15:30Craft
Open bench: screen printing
Print studio, drop in
17:00Ideas
Short film block, six pieces
Quiet room
19:00All
Supper in the hall, pay what you can
Main hall
20:30Sound
Late set, three acts
Main room
10:00Craft
Slow morning, coffee and repair bench
Main hall
11:00Craft
Mending workshop, bring something torn
Studio, drop in
12:30Sound
Listening room: tape and radio
Quiet room
14:00Ideas
Talks: working without a grant
Main room
15:30All
Market last call and swap table
Main hall
17:00Sound
Closing set and thank yous
Main room
Passes
Come for a day or take the weekend
Every pass gets you into every room. If the price is the reason you would stay home, write to us and we will sort it out.
One day, whichever one suits you. Decide at the door.
$45per day
- All six rooms, all day
- Makers market and open benches
- Printed programme
- Supper at cost
Both days, in and out as you like, badge kept for the weekend.
$85both days
- Everything in the day pass
- Both days, re entry any time
- Reserved seat at the closing set
- Early notice for next winter
Covers your weekend and pays for someone else's. Names go on the wall.
$180both days
- Everything in the weekend pass
- Pays forward one free pass
- Your name on the hall wall
- Saturday morning walkthrough
Passes are transferable. Students and elders pay $30 for a day and $55 for the weekend at the door, no paperwork.
Last winter
What people said afterwards
Three notes from the feedback cards left on the table by the door.
Visiting
Good to know before Friday
Everything below is on the printed programme too, so you do not have to remember it.
Two days. Six rooms. Bring somebody with you.
Passes are on sale now and the weekend has sold out both previous years. If cost is in the way, write to us first.