Over 130 Harbourfront Centre
premiere's (with more than 30 Toronto debuts) from more than 20
countries
(Hi-res jpegs, discipline overviews
and event releases available at: www.harbourfrontcentre.com/summerfestivals/mediakit.php)
TORONTO,
May 20, 2004-To debut or to premiere? That is the question Harbourfront
Centre delightfully answers this summer in announcing more
than 30 Toronto debuts, and more than 100 Harbourfront Centre
premieres, with its summer festival lineup.
Over 130 new
performances from more than 20 countries - in the disciplines of music,
dance, film and theatre - ignite the Harbourfront Centre site from late
June through Labour Day at ten festivals (including four new
festivals). Audiences will also enjoy improved access to the lakefront
as construction on the Harbourfront Centre Water's Edge project pauses
for the popular summer season.
Harbourfront
Centre Summer 2004 events take place at
Harbourfront Centre, located at 235 Queens Quay West in Toronto. All
events are free admission. For further information the public
can call 416-973-4000 or visit online at www.harbourfrontcentre.com
The depth and breadth
of the debuts move from a free concert from Rock icons Los
Lobos to rare cabaret performances from Can-Lit icon Tomson
Highway. Music highlights also include Grammy Award
winning World Jazz legend David Murray going
Guadeluepe with The Gwo-Ka Masters, Mexican songstress
Lila Downs (of Frida film fame), a new
Electronic music festival and much much more! A solo performance by
acclaimed Mexican dancer Serafin Aponte meshes with Wonderful
World
of Circus, which features former members of the
Moscow Circus and Cirque du Soleil. The ever
popular Free Flicks (presented by Stella Artois)
returns with a line-up
of musical flicks and animated films with the final offering of the
series including
pre-film bingo! Anything is indeed possible this summer - there are
plays in the pond and a ferris wheel that has cars instead of seats.
Even the literary world gets grooving when New York City's One
Ring Zero performs its selection of authored lyrics.
Four new
festivals launch at Harbourfront Centre this summer: Beats, Breaks
& Culture (July 9-11, presented by NOW Magazine) reroutes
the wattage of what
Electronic music means by presenting all live Electronic music
acts instead of DJs. As audiences dance at a site visually redesigned
to complement the music - grafitti artists create a huge art
installation, breakdancers compete and DJs remix kung-fu flicks. The Planet
IndigenUs festival (August 13-22) is an absolutely Aboriginal
affair presenting Indigenous artists from around the globe in all
disciplines. Co-presented by the Woodland Cultural Centre, Planet
IndigenUs is the largest festival of its kind ever staged in North
America, with events also occurring at seven
major arts institutions throughout the GTA. Omiala: A Festival
of New
Black Culture (July 23-25) gathers and provides a home for the
African-Canadian diaspora through celebration and expression. Ibutsa
Rwanda: Commemoration and Celebration (June 25-27) conjures
cathARTic release for all those directly and indirectly affected by the
horrific 1994 Rwandan genocide through profile panel
discussions, music, dance and documentary film
Returning festivals are
also redeveloped. Stella Artois World's Fare: A
Global Feast (July 2-4) incorporates Eastern European arts
and performers while Ritmo
y Color (July 16-18) partners with the some of Toronto's
most innovative Latin arts presenters like the Latin Alternative Music
Conference and the AluCine Film and Video Festival. The Stella
Artois Hot & Spicy
Food Festival moves to a new weekend (July 30 to August 2)
with The Island Soul Edition featuring the delicious food and
art of Islands worldwide. Masala! Mehndi! Masti!
(August 4-8, presented by OMNI Television) expands from three to five
days while Gobsmacked:
a revel of offbeat expression (ironically
derailed last year by that
strange blackout) returns to the world of the
wild, wacky and wonderful on August 27-29 (presented
by NOW Magazine). Ashkenaz: A Festival of New
Yiddish Culture
completes the lineup (September 3-6) with stellar International
and Canadian performers.
In addition to
the summer festivals, there are always a wide range of events occurring
at Harbourfront Centre in the summer. The Toronto Music Garden features
Classical and World music and dance performances every Thursday night
and Sunday afternoon while The Power Plant presents
exciting exhibitions (and the ferris wheel) by artist-architect John
Kormeling and Janet Cardiff: Forty Part Motet. Every
weekend audiences
can enjoy shopping at the International Marketplace
and casual dining at the World Cafe. Four profile
events continue at Harbourfront Centre this summer. Barbados
on the Water (June 11-13) is Canada's largest Bajan festival
featuring craft and limbo workshops, improvisational
comedians, art exhibits, energetic jump-up music and colourful dancing.
On
June 24, celebrate St. Jean Baptiste Day with Franco-fête
- a special evening concert
featuring dance and
Québécois chanson with leading talent direct from
'la belle province'.
Ballet
by the Water (August 24-26) features
The
National Ballet of Canada giving fans a rare free
admission opportunity
to partake in the pleasures of Canada’s leading ballet company in the
open air. The Altamira Summer Opera Concerts return August
31 to September 2 and features The
Canadian Opera Company Orchestra presenting
three free evenings of
arias and overtures.
Harbourfront
Centre Summer 2004 events take place at
Harbourfront Centre, 235 Queens Quay West in Toronto. All events are free
admission. For further information the public can call 416-973-4000
or visit online at www.harbourfrontcentre.com
Last,
and definitely not least - Harbourfront Centre
announces three Pier Party concerts at the CIBC Stage.
On June 19, World music vocalist extraordinaire Angélique
Kidjo performs on the heels of her new Caribbean
flavoured album Oyaya! ($20 advance/ $25 day of). On July
6, one of Africa's most influential performers (and a frequent
collaborator with Peter Gabriel) Youssou N'Dour makes a rare
Toronto appearance ($25 advance/ $30 day of). On July 27, the
first family of New Orleans The Neville Brothers perform in
Toronto for the first time in a decade. Consisting of Art, Charles,
Cyril, Aaron, and Ivan Neville, the group takes audiences on a tour de
force of R&B, Funk and Soul ($30 advance/ $35 day of). For
all concerts - doors open at 7 p.m.,
opening acts perform at 8 p.m. Headline acts play from 9:30
p.m. to 11 p.m. Tickets are now on sale at the Harbourfront Centre Box
Office at 416-973-4000 and on-line at www.harbourfrontcentre.com
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Attention
Media: More events to be announced as well as
individual festival releases
(Hi-res jpegs, discipline overviews
and event releases available at: www.harbourfrontcentre.com/summerfestivals/mediakit.php)
Media
Contacts:
Shane Gerard, 416-973-4655, sgerard@harbourfrontcentre.com
Rebecca Webster, 416-973-4397, rwebster@harbourfrontcentre.com
Bill Bobek, 416-973-4428, wbobek@harbourfrontcentre.com
A Premiere Summer at Harbourfront Centre! - Complete Event Listings
Shane Gerard, 416-973-4655, sgerard@harbourfrontcentre.com
Rebecca Webster, 416-973-4397, rwebster@harbourfrontcentre.com
Bill Bobek, 416-973-4428, wbobek@harbourfrontcentre.com
A Premiere Summer at Harbourfront Centre! - Complete Event Listings
Over 130 Harbourfront Centre
premiere's (with more than 30 Toronto debuts) from more than 20
countries
(Hi-res jpegs, discipline overviews
and event releases available at: www.harbourfrontcentre.com/summerfestivals/mediakit.php)
TORONTO,
May 20, 2004-To debut or to premiere? That is the question Harbourfront
Centre delightfully answers this summer in announcing more
than 30 Toronto debuts, and more than 100 Harbourfront Centre
premieres, with its summer festival lineup. More
than 130 new
performances from more than 20 countries - in the disciplines of music,
dance, film and theatre - ignite the Harbourfront Centre site from late
June through Labour Day at ten festivals (including four new
festivals). Harbourfront
Centre Summer 2004 events take place at
Harbourfront Centre, located at 235 Queens Quay West in Toronto. All
events are free admission. For further information the public
can call 416-973-4000 or visit online at www.harbourfrontcentre.com
Harbourfront Centre Summer 2004 - Premiere and Debut Event Listings
Ibutsa Rwanda: Commemoration and Celebration - June 25 to June 27
Toronto premiere:
Film - Date/Time TBA - Condemned to Live
Harbourfront Centre premiere:
Film - Date/Time TBA - Rwanda: In Search of Hope (followed by director Q&A)
Film - Date/Time TBA - Valentina's Story
Film - Date/Time TBA - Why Did They Kill Their Neighbours?
Film - Date/Time TBA - Kisangani Diary
Labatt Blue Canada Day: Then and Now - July 1
Toronto debut:
Theatre - July 1 (3 p.m. - Lakeside Terrace) - Maya Theatre play reading of Throw Ma From The Plane
Harboufront Centre Debuts:
Music - July 1 (1 p.m. & 5 p.m. - Toronto Star Stage) - The Backstabbers (Toronto)
Film - July 1 (3 p.m. - Studio Theatre) Planet in Focus presents:
My Bubba (Canada), Woodland Grove Hills (Canada) and Legend of the Spirit Bear (Canada)
Film - July 1 (6:30 p.m. - Studio Theatre) Planet in Focus presents Earth to Mouth (Canada), Temagami (Canada)
Music - July 1 (8 p.m. - CIBC Stage) - Leroy Brown (Toronto)
Music - July 1 (9:30 p.m. - CIBC Stage) - Rheostatics 25th Anniversary concert (Toronto)
Music - July 1 (11 p.m. - Brigantine Room) - Shannon Lyon (Toronto) and DJ Country Stranger (Toronto)
Stella Artois World’s Fare: A Global Feast - July 2 to July 4
Toronto Debuts:
Music - July 2 (9:30 p.m. - CIBC Stage) - Besh o droM (Budapest, Hungary)
Music - July 2 (11 p.m. - Lakeside Terrace) - Nurse Kaya String Quartet (New York City)
Music - July 3 (8 p.m. - CIBC Stage) - David Murray & The Gwo-Ka Masters (New York City/Guadeloupe)
Music - July 4 (4:30 p.m. - CIBC Stage) - Warsaw Village Band (Warsaw, Poland)
Harbourfront Centre Debuts:
Dance - July 2 (9 p.m.) and July 3 (2:30 p.m.) - Weeded
Music - July 3 (2 p.m. - CIBC Stage) - Tandava (Vancouver)
Dance - July 3 (1:30 p.m. and 5 p.m.) Nice Cuppa Tea
Dance - July 3 (3 p.m. - CIBC Stage) Desna Ukrainian Dance Company
Music - July 3 (11 p.m. - Brigantine Room) - Celso Machado (Vancouver)
Music - July 3 (9:30 p.m. - CIBC Stage) - Rizwan-Muazzam Qawwali (Pakistan) - presented by Knorr Basmati Rice
Theatre - July 3 (6:30 p.m. - Studio Theatre) Gorgonetrevich Corps de Ballet Nationale presents Bethany's Gate
Theatre - July 4 (5 p.m. - Toronto Star Stage) Gorgonetrevich Corps de Ballet Nationale presents Bethany's Gate
Music - July 4 (1 p.m. - Toronto Star Stage) - Zeellia (Winnipeg)
Dance - July 4 (2 p.m. and 5 p.m.) Tabled Manners
Dance - July 4 (4:30 p.m. - Toronto Star Stage) Wonderful World of Circus
Music - July 4 (6 p.m. - Toronto Star Stage)- Vasil Popadiuk (Toronto)
Film - July 2, 3 & 4 - ReelWorld Film Festival presents Cultures Colliding: Proceed with Caution!
July 2 (8 p.m. - Studio Theatre) American Aloha: Hula Beyond Hawai'i
July 3 (5 p.m. - Studio Theatre) One of Many and July 4 (2 p.m. - Studio Theatre) Introspective shorts
Beats, Breaks and Culture: Toronto Electronic Music Festival - July 9 to July 11
(presented by NOW Magazine) - July 9 to July 11
Toronto debuts:
Music - July 9 (8 p.m. - CIBC Stage) - Jaga Jazzist (Norway)
Music - July 11 (4:30 p.m. - CIBC Stage) - Osunlade band (NYC/Puerto Rico)
Harbourfront Centre debuts:
Music - July 9 (3 p.m. - CIBC Stage) - Tortured Soul (NYC)
Music - July 9 (9:30 p.m. - CIBC Stage) - Manitoba (Toronto)
Music - July 9 (11 p.m. - Brigantine Room) - Moonstarr and Friends Broke 'n' Down
Music - July 9 (11 p.m. - Lakeside Terrace) - Peroxide featuring Will Munro and Les Georges Leningrad (Montreal)
Music - July 10 (5 p.m. - Toronto Star Stage) - Adam Marshall (Toronto)
Music - July 10 (8 p.m. - CIBC Stage) - Buscemi (Belgium)
Music - July 10 (9:30 p.m. - CIBC Stage) - Fertile Ground (Baltimore)
Music - July 10 (11 p.m. - Lakeside Terrace) - Mono featuring Greg Gow, Caspian Rabone and Arthur Oskan (Toronto)
Music - July 10 (11 p.m. - Brigantine Room) - Little Brother (North Carolina) with DJ Serious (Toronto)
Music - July 11 (2 p.m. - Toronto Star Stage) - Rustic Hut (Toronto)
Music - July 11 (5:30 p.m. - Toronto Star Stage) - Repair (Toronto)
Ritmo y Color: A Latin American Arts Festival - July 16 to July 18
Toronto debuts:
Dance - July 16 (9 p.m.), July 17 (7:30 p.m.), July 18 (6 p.m.)
Angels of The World (featuring Tamara Podemski and Norma Araiza)
Music - July 16 (8 p.m. - CIBC Stage) - Yousy Barbara (Cuba/Montreal)
Music - July 17 (8 p.m. - CIBC Stage) - Plena Libre (Puerto Rico)
Dance - July 17 & 18 (1:30 p.m. - Studio Theatre) Inocencio X featuring Serafín Aponte
Music - July 18 (4:30 p.m. - CIBC Stage) - Azúcar Negra (Cuba)
Music - July 18 (3 p.m. - CIBC Stage) - Mandinga (Montreal)
Harbourfront Centre debuts:
Music - July 17 (9:30 p.m. - CIBC Stage) - Los Lobos (Los Angeles)
Music - July 16 (9:30 p.m. - CIBC Stage) - Los Amigos Invisibles (Venezuela)
Music - July 17 (3:30 p.m. - Toronto Star Stage) - Maracatu Nunca Antes (Toronto)
Music - July 18 (1:30 p.m. - Lakeside Terrace) - New Cuban Generation (Toronto)
Dance - July 18 (2:30 p.m. - Toronto Star Stage) Yoruba Havana featuring Roberto Torres
Film (July 16, 17, 18) - AluCine Film and Video Festival (A Southern Currents Production) presents:
July 16 (7 p.m,) Choropampa, El Precio Del Oro Choropampa (Chorompampa, The Price of Gold - Canada/Peru)
July 17 (4:30 p.m. - Brigantine Room) Pass de Mic (USA) - presented with LAMC
July 17 (5 p.m.- Studio Theatre) AluCine Film and Video Festival short film program presents:
L’Homme Sans Tête (The Man Without a Head) (France); O Arco e A Lira (The Bow and The Lyre) (Brazil); Ricardo against Ricardo (Canada); Ligerita (Light) (Mexico); Tempo de Ira (Wrath Times) (Brazil); Hasta los Huesos/ (Down to the bones) (Mexico); Cycle (Canada/Colombia); Serie Inmoviles (Immobile Series) (Colombia); Cows (Canada/Argentina); A Través de tus Ojos (Through Your Eyes) (Canada/Argentina); Papi (Canada/Venezuela)
July 18 (1 p.m. - Brigantine Room) Resistance: Hip Hop In Colombia (UK/Colombia) - presented with LAMC
July 18 (2 p.m.- Studio Theatre) Piñero (USA)
Omiala: A Festival of New Black Culture - July 23 to July 25
Toronto debuts:
Music - July 24 (9:30 p.m. - CIBC Stage) - Terry Callier (Chicago) and Emeline Michel (8 p.m.)
Music - July 25 (3:30 p.m. - CIBC Stage) - Lee Boys (Florida) with Calvin Cooke (Detroit)
Date/Time TBA - Vancouver spoken word aritst Wayde Compton and Home/Word event
Harbourfront Centre premieres:
Music - July 24 (3:30 p.m. - CIBC Stage) - Melanie Durrant (Toronto)
Date/Time TBA - Home/Range film program and Home/Town: video installation
Stella Artois Hot & Spicy Food Festival: The Island Soul Edition - July 30 to August 2
Toronto debuts:
Music - July 30 (8 p.m. - CIBC Stage) - Cibelle (Brazil)
Music - August 1 (8 p.m. - CIBC Stage) - Daúde (Brazil)
Music - August 1 (9:30 p.m. - CIBC Stage) - Jaojoby (Madagascar)
Music - August 1 (4:30 p.m. - CIBC Stage) - Jab Jab (Montreal)
Music - August 2 (4:30 p.m. - CIBC Stage) - Amp Fiddler (Detroit)
Harbourfront Centre debuts:
Music - July 30 (9:30 p.m. - CIBC Stage) - Breakestra (Los Angeles)
Film - July 31 (3 p.m.- Studio Theatre) All Food Film Series: Big Night (USA)
Film - July 31 (6 p.m.- Studio Theatre) All Food Film Series: What's Cooking (USA/UK)
Film - July 31 (9:30pm - CIBC Stage) TIFF presents Undercover Brother (USA)
Film - August 1 (3 p.m.- Studio Theatre) All Food Film Series: Mostly Martha (Italy/Austria/Germany/Switzerland)
Film - August 1 (6 p.m.- Studio Theatre) All Food Film Series: Woman on Top (USA)
Music - August 2 (3 p.m. - CIBC Stage) - Afrodizz (Montreal)
Film - August 2 (3 p.m. - Studio Theatre) All Food Film Series: Chocolat (UK/USA)
Masala! Mehndi! Masti! (presented by OMNI Television) - August 4 to August 8
Toronto debuts:
Music - August 5 (8 p.m. - CIBC Stage) - The Rishi Rich Project (UK)
Music - August 7 (3:30 p.m.- CIBC Stage) - Dya Singh (Australia)
Music (Wednesday August 4 - Brigantine Room) - South Asian Alt-Rock showcase
featuring Controller, Controller, Anjali and Kazak ($5 admission)
Film - Date/Time TBA - Filmi South Asian Film Festival
Planet IndigenUs: An International Indigenous Arts Festival - August 13 to August 22
Toronto debuts:
Music - August 13 (9:30 p.m. - CIBC Stage) - Lila Downs (Mexico)
Music - August 21 (8 p.m. - CIBC Stage) - Martha Redbone (New York)
Music - August 21 (9:30 p.m. - CIBC Stage) - Wai (New Zealand)
Harbourfront Centre debuts:
Music/Theatre: August 13 & 14 (11 p.m. - Brigantine Room) Tomson Highway and Friends
Dance - August 20 & 21 (8:30pm - Pond) Agua-Water by Earth in Motion World Indigenous Dance Company
Dance - August 21 (6 p.m.) & August 22 (4 p.m.) Angels of the World featuring Tamara Podemski and Norma Araiza
Music - August 21 (2 p.m. - CIBC Stage) - Leela Gilday (Yellowknife)
Toronto debut:
Music - Date/Time TBA - lit-Rock outfit One Ring Zero (New York)
Harbourfront Centre premiere:
Date/Time TBA - Cabaret Theatre event hosted by Evalyn Parry (Toronto)
Film - Date/Time TBA - On The Fly: "Best of the Fest" 5 year retrospective
Ashkenaz: A Festival of New Yiddish Culture - September 3 to September 6
Toronto debuts
Music - Date/Time TBA - Ot Azoj (Amsterdam), Khupe (Berlin), Manouche (Montreal)
Theatre - Date/Time TBA - It sound better in Amarahic
Film - Date/Time TBA - East and West (Marilyn Lerner live performance of original music to accompany silent film from Austria)
Free Flicks (presented by Stella Artois):
Toons & Tunes - Every Wednesday at 9 p.m. at the CIBC Stage
Film - July 7 to August 18 - Harbourfront Centre premieres:
July 7, Hairspray (USA); July 14, Viva Las Vegas (USA)
July 21, Singin’ In The Rain (USA): July 28 ,Chicken Run (UK)
August 4, Shrek (USA); Spirited Away (JPN); August 18, Smoke Signals (Canada/USA)
Harbourfront Centre Summer 2004 - Premiere and Debut Event Listings
Ibutsa Rwanda: Commemoration and Celebration - June 25 to June 27
Toronto premiere:
Film - Date/Time TBA - Condemned to Live
Harbourfront Centre premiere:
Film - Date/Time TBA - Rwanda: In Search of Hope (followed by director Q&A)
Film - Date/Time TBA - Valentina's Story
Film - Date/Time TBA - Why Did They Kill Their Neighbours?
Film - Date/Time TBA - Kisangani Diary
Labatt Blue Canada Day: Then and Now - July 1
Toronto debut:
Theatre - July 1 (3 p.m. - Lakeside Terrace) - Maya Theatre play reading of Throw Ma From The Plane
Harboufront Centre Debuts:
Music - July 1 (1 p.m. & 5 p.m. - Toronto Star Stage) - The Backstabbers (Toronto)
Film - July 1 (3 p.m. - Studio Theatre) Planet in Focus presents:
My Bubba (Canada), Woodland Grove Hills (Canada) and Legend of the Spirit Bear (Canada)
Film - July 1 (6:30 p.m. - Studio Theatre) Planet in Focus presents Earth to Mouth (Canada), Temagami (Canada)
Music - July 1 (8 p.m. - CIBC Stage) - Leroy Brown (Toronto)
Music - July 1 (9:30 p.m. - CIBC Stage) - Rheostatics 25th Anniversary concert (Toronto)
Music - July 1 (11 p.m. - Brigantine Room) - Shannon Lyon (Toronto) and DJ Country Stranger (Toronto)
Stella Artois World’s Fare: A Global Feast - July 2 to July 4
Toronto Debuts:
Music - July 2 (9:30 p.m. - CIBC Stage) - Besh o droM (Budapest, Hungary)
Music - July 2 (11 p.m. - Lakeside Terrace) - Nurse Kaya String Quartet (New York City)
Music - July 3 (8 p.m. - CIBC Stage) - David Murray & The Gwo-Ka Masters (New York City/Guadeloupe)
Music - July 4 (4:30 p.m. - CIBC Stage) - Warsaw Village Band (Warsaw, Poland)
Harbourfront Centre Debuts:
Dance - July 2 (9 p.m.) and July 3 (2:30 p.m.) - Weeded
Music - July 3 (2 p.m. - CIBC Stage) - Tandava (Vancouver)
Dance - July 3 (1:30 p.m. and 5 p.m.) Nice Cuppa Tea
Dance - July 3 (3 p.m. - CIBC Stage) Desna Ukrainian Dance Company
Music - July 3 (11 p.m. - Brigantine Room) - Celso Machado (Vancouver)
Music - July 3 (9:30 p.m. - CIBC Stage) - Rizwan-Muazzam Qawwali (Pakistan) - presented by Knorr Basmati Rice
Theatre - July 3 (6:30 p.m. - Studio Theatre) Gorgonetrevich Corps de Ballet Nationale presents Bethany's Gate
Theatre - July 4 (5 p.m. - Toronto Star Stage) Gorgonetrevich Corps de Ballet Nationale presents Bethany's Gate
Music - July 4 (1 p.m. - Toronto Star Stage) - Zeellia (Winnipeg)
Dance - July 4 (2 p.m. and 5 p.m.) Tabled Manners
Dance - July 4 (4:30 p.m. - Toronto Star Stage) Wonderful World of Circus
Music - July 4 (6 p.m. - Toronto Star Stage)- Vasil Popadiuk (Toronto)
Film - July 2, 3 & 4 - ReelWorld Film Festival presents Cultures Colliding: Proceed with Caution!
July 2 (8 p.m. - Studio Theatre) American Aloha: Hula Beyond Hawai'i
July 3 (5 p.m. - Studio Theatre) One of Many and July 4 (2 p.m. - Studio Theatre) Introspective shorts
Beats, Breaks and Culture: Toronto Electronic Music Festival - July 9 to July 11
(presented by NOW Magazine) - July 9 to July 11
Toronto debuts:
Music - July 9 (8 p.m. - CIBC Stage) - Jaga Jazzist (Norway)
Music - July 11 (4:30 p.m. - CIBC Stage) - Osunlade band (NYC/Puerto Rico)
Harbourfront Centre debuts:
Music - July 9 (3 p.m. - CIBC Stage) - Tortured Soul (NYC)
Music - July 9 (9:30 p.m. - CIBC Stage) - Manitoba (Toronto)
Music - July 9 (11 p.m. - Brigantine Room) - Moonstarr and Friends Broke 'n' Down
Music - July 9 (11 p.m. - Lakeside Terrace) - Peroxide featuring Will Munro and Les Georges Leningrad (Montreal)
Music - July 10 (5 p.m. - Toronto Star Stage) - Adam Marshall (Toronto)
Music - July 10 (8 p.m. - CIBC Stage) - Buscemi (Belgium)
Music - July 10 (9:30 p.m. - CIBC Stage) - Fertile Ground (Baltimore)
Music - July 10 (11 p.m. - Lakeside Terrace) - Mono featuring Greg Gow, Caspian Rabone and Arthur Oskan (Toronto)
Music - July 10 (11 p.m. - Brigantine Room) - Little Brother (North Carolina) with DJ Serious (Toronto)
Music - July 11 (2 p.m. - Toronto Star Stage) - Rustic Hut (Toronto)
Music - July 11 (5:30 p.m. - Toronto Star Stage) - Repair (Toronto)
Ritmo y Color: A Latin American Arts Festival - July 16 to July 18
Toronto debuts:
Dance - July 16 (9 p.m.), July 17 (7:30 p.m.), July 18 (6 p.m.)
Angels of The World (featuring Tamara Podemski and Norma Araiza)
Music - July 16 (8 p.m. - CIBC Stage) - Yousy Barbara (Cuba/Montreal)
Music - July 17 (8 p.m. - CIBC Stage) - Plena Libre (Puerto Rico)
Dance - July 17 & 18 (1:30 p.m. - Studio Theatre) Inocencio X featuring Serafín Aponte
Music - July 18 (4:30 p.m. - CIBC Stage) - Azúcar Negra (Cuba)
Music - July 18 (3 p.m. - CIBC Stage) - Mandinga (Montreal)
Harbourfront Centre debuts:
Music - July 17 (9:30 p.m. - CIBC Stage) - Los Lobos (Los Angeles)
Music - July 16 (9:30 p.m. - CIBC Stage) - Los Amigos Invisibles (Venezuela)
Music - July 17 (3:30 p.m. - Toronto Star Stage) - Maracatu Nunca Antes (Toronto)
Music - July 18 (1:30 p.m. - Lakeside Terrace) - New Cuban Generation (Toronto)
Dance - July 18 (2:30 p.m. - Toronto Star Stage) Yoruba Havana featuring Roberto Torres
Film (July 16, 17, 18) - AluCine Film and Video Festival (A Southern Currents Production) presents:
July 16 (7 p.m,) Choropampa, El Precio Del Oro Choropampa (Chorompampa, The Price of Gold - Canada/Peru)
July 17 (4:30 p.m. - Brigantine Room) Pass de Mic (USA) - presented with LAMC
July 17 (5 p.m.- Studio Theatre) AluCine Film and Video Festival short film program presents:
L’Homme Sans Tête (The Man Without a Head) (France); O Arco e A Lira (The Bow and The Lyre) (Brazil); Ricardo against Ricardo (Canada); Ligerita (Light) (Mexico); Tempo de Ira (Wrath Times) (Brazil); Hasta los Huesos/ (Down to the bones) (Mexico); Cycle (Canada/Colombia); Serie Inmoviles (Immobile Series) (Colombia); Cows (Canada/Argentina); A Través de tus Ojos (Through Your Eyes) (Canada/Argentina); Papi (Canada/Venezuela)
July 18 (1 p.m. - Brigantine Room) Resistance: Hip Hop In Colombia (UK/Colombia) - presented with LAMC
July 18 (2 p.m.- Studio Theatre) Piñero (USA)
Omiala: A Festival of New Black Culture - July 23 to July 25
Toronto debuts:
Music - July 24 (9:30 p.m. - CIBC Stage) - Terry Callier (Chicago) and Emeline Michel (8 p.m.)
Music - July 25 (3:30 p.m. - CIBC Stage) - Lee Boys (Florida) with Calvin Cooke (Detroit)
Date/Time TBA - Vancouver spoken word aritst Wayde Compton and Home/Word event
Harbourfront Centre premieres:
Music - July 24 (3:30 p.m. - CIBC Stage) - Melanie Durrant (Toronto)
Date/Time TBA - Home/Range film program and Home/Town: video installation
Stella Artois Hot & Spicy Food Festival: The Island Soul Edition - July 30 to August 2
Toronto debuts:
Music - July 30 (8 p.m. - CIBC Stage) - Cibelle (Brazil)
Music - August 1 (8 p.m. - CIBC Stage) - Daúde (Brazil)
Music - August 1 (9:30 p.m. - CIBC Stage) - Jaojoby (Madagascar)
Music - August 1 (4:30 p.m. - CIBC Stage) - Jab Jab (Montreal)
Music - August 2 (4:30 p.m. - CIBC Stage) - Amp Fiddler (Detroit)
Harbourfront Centre debuts:
Music - July 30 (9:30 p.m. - CIBC Stage) - Breakestra (Los Angeles)
Film - July 31 (3 p.m.- Studio Theatre) All Food Film Series: Big Night (USA)
Film - July 31 (6 p.m.- Studio Theatre) All Food Film Series: What's Cooking (USA/UK)
Film - July 31 (9:30pm - CIBC Stage) TIFF presents Undercover Brother (USA)
Film - August 1 (3 p.m.- Studio Theatre) All Food Film Series: Mostly Martha (Italy/Austria/Germany/Switzerland)
Film - August 1 (6 p.m.- Studio Theatre) All Food Film Series: Woman on Top (USA)
Music - August 2 (3 p.m. - CIBC Stage) - Afrodizz (Montreal)
Film - August 2 (3 p.m. - Studio Theatre) All Food Film Series: Chocolat (UK/USA)
Masala! Mehndi! Masti! (presented by OMNI Television) - August 4 to August 8
Toronto debuts:
Music - August 5 (8 p.m. - CIBC Stage) - The Rishi Rich Project (UK)
Music - August 7 (3:30 p.m.- CIBC Stage) - Dya Singh (Australia)
Music (Wednesday August 4 - Brigantine Room) - South Asian Alt-Rock showcase
featuring Controller, Controller, Anjali and Kazak ($5 admission)
Film - Date/Time TBA - Filmi South Asian Film Festival
Planet IndigenUs: An International Indigenous Arts Festival - August 13 to August 22
Toronto debuts:
Music - August 13 (9:30 p.m. - CIBC Stage) - Lila Downs (Mexico)
Music - August 21 (8 p.m. - CIBC Stage) - Martha Redbone (New York)
Music - August 21 (9:30 p.m. - CIBC Stage) - Wai (New Zealand)
Harbourfront Centre debuts:
Music/Theatre: August 13 & 14 (11 p.m. - Brigantine Room) Tomson Highway and Friends
Dance - August 20 & 21 (8:30pm - Pond) Agua-Water by Earth in Motion World Indigenous Dance Company
Dance - August 21 (6 p.m.) & August 22 (4 p.m.) Angels of the World featuring Tamara Podemski and Norma Araiza
Music - August 21 (2 p.m. - CIBC Stage) - Leela Gilday (Yellowknife)
Music - August 21 (11
p.m. - Brigantine room) - Kinnie
Starr (Vancouver)
Gobsmacked!
a revel of offbeat expression (presented by NOW Magazine)
- August 27 to August
29Toronto debut:
Music - Date/Time TBA - lit-Rock outfit One Ring Zero (New York)
Harbourfront Centre premiere:
Date/Time TBA - Cabaret Theatre event hosted by Evalyn Parry (Toronto)
Film - Date/Time TBA - On The Fly: "Best of the Fest" 5 year retrospective
Ashkenaz: A Festival of New Yiddish Culture - September 3 to September 6
Toronto debuts
Music - Date/Time TBA - Ot Azoj (Amsterdam), Khupe (Berlin), Manouche (Montreal)
Theatre - Date/Time TBA - It sound better in Amarahic
Film - Date/Time TBA - East and West (Marilyn Lerner live performance of original music to accompany silent film from Austria)
Free Flicks (presented by Stella Artois):
Toons & Tunes - Every Wednesday at 9 p.m. at the CIBC Stage
Film - July 7 to August 18 - Harbourfront Centre premieres:
July 7, Hairspray (USA); July 14, Viva Las Vegas (USA)
July 21, Singin’ In The Rain (USA): July 28 ,Chicken Run (UK)
August 4, Shrek (USA); Spirited Away (JPN); August 18, Smoke Signals (Canada/USA)
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Media: More events to be announced as well
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individual festival releases
Hi-res jpegs, discipline overviews
and event releases available at: www.harbourfrontcentre.com/summerfestivals/mediakit.php
Media
Contacts:
Shane Gerard, 416-973-4655, sgerard@harbourfrontcentre.com
Rebecca Webster, 416-973-4397, rwebster@harbourfrontcentre.com
Bill Bobek, 416-973-4428, wbobek@harbourfrontcentre.com
Shane Gerard, 416-973-4655, sgerard@harbourfrontcentre.com
Rebecca Webster, 416-973-4397, rwebster@harbourfrontcentre.com
Bill Bobek, 416-973-4428, wbobek@harbourfrontcentre.com