North by Northeast Festival
June 10 to 16, 2013 | Various venues | NXNE.com
7 DAYS – 950 BANDS – 30 FILMS
North by Northeast (NXNE) has become the Canadian festival destination for emerging artists and major-label headliners, for music filmmakers, and for digital interactive innovators bridging the gap between technology and the arts. Seen as the most anticipated summer music event in Canada, NXNE Music, NXNE Film, NXNE Interactive, and NXNE Comedy are an essential gathering for artists, industry, and fans.
For seven sleepless days and nights, NXNE Music offers the hottest music and the freshest music-related ideas—all within a few kilometres of each other. NXNE 2013 presents over 950 international, national and local acts at 50 official festival stages in downtown Toronto, plus 80 interactive sessions, 75 comedians and many art installations.
NXNE Film screens 30+ of the year’s best music-themed features, documentaries, shorts, and experimental films from around the world. Directors ( like (Don Letts, Guy Maddin), producers, actors and musicians attend many of the screenings – many of which are world or Canadian premieres.
NXNE Interactive (NXNEi) is a digital interactive media conference like no other. It brings together content-creating artists, tech entrepreneurs, digital marketing gurus, web business experts, and social media aficionados for four days of workshops, presentations, and panels that explore the newest ideas in bridging the gap between creativity and the interactive world.
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- NXNE has a mix of free shows & events (like 2012′s massive opening night with The Flaming Lips in Dundas Square) and ticketed shows. Get wristbands & tickets.
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