Music 4 Change Toronto

Thank you, Toronto, for M4C 2006!!!!

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A huge thank you goes out to all our volunteers, artists, sponsors, donors, supporters, and attendees. Music4Change Toronto 2006 was a smashing success!! An especially big, warm, fuzzy thanks to Anna La - the head organizer who worked tirelessly to make all this possible and did a stupendous job. FYI, the volunteer after-party will be held at 6:30 pm on August 24th at the Oxfam office.

Oxfam Canada ROCKS, FLOWS and SPINS at Music4Change Toronto

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Local Actions...Global Change

Stand up in the fight against HIV/AIDS

This summer Toronto will be home to Oxfam

Canada

’s Music4Change Initiative: three live performance events to raise awareness of Oxfam

Canada

’s work and engage Toronto in the struggle against the HIV/AIDS pandemic.

Highlighting Toronto’s own music scene, Music4Change is uniquely designed to blend hedonism with humanitarianism against the backdrop of music! We’ve taken the lead from the successful Music4Life events created by Oxfam Great Britain, which are now resident happenings at Notting Hill Arts Club in London. Music4Change will be a place to locally engage young minds and bodies in the issues that affect us globally.

Over 40 million people are living with HIV and AIDS world-wide. It is a global emergency claiming approximately 8,000 lives everyday in some of the poorest countries. The spread of HIV and AIDS is fuelled by poverty, conflict, migration and inequality between women and men. Oxfam’s mission is to build lasting solutions to poverty and injustice – tackling the pandemic therefore, is central to our concerns.

Toronto will play host to the 16^th International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2006) this August. With 24,000 delegates from around the globe anticipated to be attending AIDS 2006, Music4Change, which is officially affiliated with the AIDS conference, will help welcome the world and Torontonians to experience great music for a great cause. Lend your ears and minds to Music 4 Change!

Music4Change Rocks
Saturday, August 12^th, The Kathedral
651 Queen St. W.
Doors open at 8pm

Music4Change Flows
Thursday, August 17^that The Opera House
735 Queen St. E.
Doors open at 8pm

Music4Change Spins
Saturday, August 19^that Dragonfly
1279 Queen St. W.
Doors open at 9pm

All tickets $12 (students $10)

Tickets available at

Soundscapes, 572 College St.
Oxfam, 215 Spadina Ave., Suite 200
Johnny Rockomet, 360 Danforth Ave.

For more information, please e-mail toronto@music4change.ca, or contact Anna La, Oxfam Canada 416-535-2335 extension 205.

For more information on Oxfam Canada please visit http://www.oxfam.ca/
For more information on AIDS 2006, please visit the conference website at http://www.aids2006.org/

MUSIC4CHANGE ROCKS

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Music4Change Rocks is our rock night, where you can dance the evening away to the intense, dynamic beats of:

MC Friendly Rich
The Diableros
Kelly and the Kelly Girls
The Coast
These Electric Lives
In Support of Living

MUSIC4CHANGE FLOWS

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Music4Change Flows is our hip hop night, so grab a friend and come down to the Opera House for an exciting montage of creative beats and slick styles, featuring:

MC Mindbender
Mix-Tape Massacre
Amanda Davids and DJ Xplisit
Pangea Project
NYCEONE
Promise
Infidel Crew
Dope Poets Society
Belladonna
Rhythmicru
Shad K.

MUSIC4CHANGE SPINS

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Music4Change Spins is our club night, for which we have brought together a hip, eclectic mix of Toronto’s best, sure to get the crowd moving. These are:

Matt Gracie
Big League Chu
Incognico
Carlos Pimentel
Jason Meyers
Lady Linzee

For more information on artists performing at Music4Change Toronto, go here.

Locations

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Venue Locations

The Kathedral
651 Queen St. W., Toronto, ON M5V 2B7
Directions: QEW/Gardiner Expwy to Spadina Ave. exit. Proceed North on Spadina to Queen Street. The Kathedral is west of Spadina on the southeast corner of bathurst St. and Queen St. W.
Parking: Limited metred parking is available on Queen St.Many public pay lots also in area.
Public Transportation: University/Spadina Subway line to Queen or Osgoode Station. Then take 501 Streetcar West to Bathurst. Or take Bloor/Danforth Subway line to Bathurst Station, then take bathurst streetcar south to Queen. The Kathedral is on the southeast corner of Bathurst Street and Queen Street West.

The Opera House
735 Queen St. E., Toronto, ON M4M 1H1
Directions: Located just east of Broadview Ave, on the south side of Queen Street East.
Parking: Limited metred parking is available on Queen St. Many public pay lots also in area.
Public Transportation: University/Spadina Subway line to Queen or Osgoode Station. Then take 501 Queen Streetcar east to Broadview.
OR
Take Bloor/Danforth Subway line to Broadview Station, then take 504 King streetcar south to Queen.

Dragonfly
1279 Queen St. W., Toronto, ON M6K 1L6
Directions: Located on Queen St. W., between Lansdowne and Dufferin.
If you are coming from the West end, get off the Gardiner Expressway at Jameson, go north on Jameson, and turn right on Queen. St.
Public Transportation:

From downtown, take the Queen West streetcar to Gwynne Ave. The venue is a bit further west than the stop and on the south side of Queen St. W.
From the west, take the Queen streetcar east to Gwynne Ave. The venue is slightly west of the stop.
From mid-town, take the Dufferin bus south to Queen St. W. and walk west. The venue is between Gwynne Ave and Brock Ave.
From the south, go up Dufferin or Jameson to Queen West and walk east or west respectively.
Note: All streetcars along Queen are 24 hours, as are buses along Dufferin. It is possible to take them east/west after the event ends, to connect with buses going north/south on bathurst and yonge.

Parking: There are two public parking lots located west of the venue. Street parking is also available and free after 9 pm.

For more information please contact the TTC at 416.393.INFO (4636).

Ticket Purchase Locations

Oxfam
215 Spadina Ave., Suite 200
416-535-2335
Mon - Fri: 9am - 5pm

Soundscapes
572 College St.
416-537-1620
Sun - Wed: 10am - 11pm
Thurs - Sat: 10am - 12am (midnight)

Johnny Rockomet
360 Danforth Ave.
416-469-8371
Mon - Thurs: 11am-6pm
Fri & Sat: 11am -7pm
Sun: 12am - 6pm

Or tickets can be purchased at the door.

Note: Hours of operation are not guaranteed. Please call ahead to confirm.