The biggest and most innovative hip hop festival in Canada, MANIFESTO returns for its Third Annual Festival of Community & Culture from September 16 – 20! Toronto will host events around the GTA showcasing the very best in hip hop culture. While other corporate festivals this year are seeing crowd and sale slumps from the recession, MANIFESTO survives and continues to grow showing the resilience of the Toronto the hip hop community.
Sean Deez has been talking about this event non stop, so I wanted to share with all of you in the T-Dot area. Reflection Eternal are the headliners, with other performers including 9th Wonder, Colin Monroe, Scratch from The Roots, and a bunch of local talent. Hit the jump for all the details…
Check out videos of some of the magic Manifesto has created over the past two years and highlights from Canada’s biggest and most innovative hip hop festival:
http://vimeo.com/themanifesto
http://www.youtube.com/user/ManifestoFestival
MANIFESTO EVENT LISTINGS:
• Film Festival & Opening Night – Wednesday, September 16th 6:00pm
• Dance Competition – Thursday, September 17th 8:00pm – 2:00am
• Art Exhibition Opening– Friday, September 18th 8:00pm – 2:00am
• Parkdale Youth Festival – Saturday, September 19th 12:00pm – 7:00pm
• 106 & York Urban Arts Festival – Saturday, September 19th 6:00pm – 10:00pm.
• 9th Wonder Party – Saturday, September 19th 10:00pm – 2:00am
• Main Event, Nathan Phillips Square – Sunday, September 20th 12:00pm – 10:00pm
• Manifesto After Party – Sunday, September 20th 10:00pm – 2:00am
VIEW THE FULL FESTIVAL GUIDEBOOK & MAGAZINE
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