The Music Gallery in Toronto has announced plans for the 17th edition of its X Avant Festival. The event runs Oct. 12-16.

“X Avant XVII: LifeWorld dives deep into various global and local cultures and encourages collaboration,” according to a press release. “It is intergenerational. It is traditional. It is experimental. It dreams of a world where we can hold the past, present, and future at the same time.”

This is the second edition of the series to be programmed by artistic director Sanjeet Takhar.