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As is tradition, the celebrated Canadian Music Festival is once again coming to Toronto stringing along with it a host of live performances by some of the most popular artists yet. Artists that had been confirmed much earlier and whose names had been rotating as the festivals headliners include Mac DeMarco, Ron Sexsmith, Two Hours Traffic, Bad Seeds with Sharon Van Etten, Nick Cave, and Rihanna with A$AP Rocky. Some other performers will include Coheed and Cambria, The Place to Bury Strangers, Suuns, City of Glass, Amos the Transparent, North Lakes, Marcus Foster, and Wake Owl. Apart from these, Ben Caplan, As I Lay Dying, Javelin, Chvrches, Sweatshop Union, Sean Rowe, Kashka, Boats, Hunter Valentine, Colin James, Royal Canoe, Rah Rah, Stars and Grade are also performing.
The festival is organized by the Canadian Music Week which has added more exciting events surrounding the festival such as a music conference, a jazz series, Electronic Nation’s Bassweek, and showcases from many organizations for example Exclaim!. It will also be featuring Indie Awards, comedy and film components alongside a special feature on performers from Scandinavia, Japan and Korea. The festival has already caught overwhelming attention from music fans with its promise of more than a thousand artists performing at sixty different venues within six nights and the audience can attend as many shows as they like with only one wristband. Owing to the awaited annual festival’s many thrilling features, Canadian Music Festival tickets are the most sought-after treat among music lovers these days.
Canadian Music Week which organizes the Canadian Music Festival is an industry conference that was started in 1981. Since its inception it has been growing tremendously becoming one among Canada’s biggest and most prominent influential music and media conferences. It has drawn the best known industry professionals, making them participate in the extensive program of activities within just a count few days. The Week was originally designed to help stimulate exchange within market intelligence, provide network opportunities and to increase dialogue. The CMW continues to provide the perfect platform for over two thousand international and national delegates.
In 2010, Canadian Music Festival celebrated its twenty-eighth anniversary and the fact that it has continued to be the longest celebrated multi-day Canadian media and music event. It has managed to bring together thousands of industry’s most prominent figures to participate in the week’s events, including combining award shows, conferences, as well as Canada’s most enormous music festival. Throughout the week, artists perform in various venues spanning across halls and bars, all the way to fashionable cafes and clothing stores. Various upcoming bands have benefitted from the festival as a platform from which to jump into the spotlight, gaining attention from A&R reps who attend the festival in large number. Since 2009, the CMW has addressed its festival component of the week as ‘Canadian Music Fest that has now really gained prominence as Canada’s biggest new music festival.
Several prominent acts that have previously performed at the Canadian Music Festival include the likes of Slash, indie rock band Bullmoose, musician Jordan Galland, Sir George Martin, Mathew Knowles, Mark Hudson, Don Was, Glen Ballard, indie rock band The Exies, rock band Wolfmother, hip hop band Public Enemy, nu metal rock act Trapt, Seymour Stein, ambient post-rock group Hollowphonic, Alan Parsons, Chuck D, Dennis DeYoung, David Foster, and Gene Simmons. Events surround the festival includes welcoming artists into the Canadian Hall of Fame during the performance week, for instance Alanis Morisette was inducted in 2008. Also part of the week is the ceremony of honoring significant alternative and independent artists in the yearly Canadian Indies Hall for Fame.
Artists previously welcomed include the band Rough Trade, Martha and her Muffins, Pursuit of Happiness and Parachute Club. The week also offers cultural spotlight to performers from other countries, for instance in 2010 the festival showcased artists from India featuring many South-Asian-Canadian performers like J’sin who played songs from his debut album titled Fatlab. This is a festival that one just has to be part of so hurry on to grab some Canadian Music Festival tickets and be part of a massive music celebration.
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