important: venue change for all ages show - saturday
important: due to water damage as a result of the
fire, the
all ages/visual art show with rae spoon, forest city lovers and more, has been moved to
St. Stephen's (102 Bellevue, off College west of Augusta). it is happening from 1-6pm and is $5 of free with a festival pass. we hope that this will not cause any inconvenience. our thoughts are with the kapisanan philippine centre.
also happening tomorrow, we have
workshops at st. stephen's beginning at 11am to stimulate your mind,
smut at the brunswick theatre (296 brunswick, south of bloor) at 7pm to stimulate your body, and partyline, shitt hott and
more at sneaky dee's (college and bathurst) at 9pm to stimulate your ears.
thank you to everyone who attended, performed and/or volunteered friday evening at the film and music shows! ladyfest hearts you.
Ladyfest begins tonight!
We are extremely excited that tonight (Thursday September 27), Ladyfest Toronto 2007 will begin with our kick-off party, at the Tranzac (292 Brunswick Ave). Doors are at 7pm, the cost is $5-10 sliding scale (or free with Ladyfest pass) and it is 19+.
Julie Doiron, Laura Barrett, LGBT Dance Club, Shameless Dames, D-Lishus, Bianca Sidaravicious, Cry Rumble and Lisa Bozikovic will be providing music, burlesque and spoken word.
Also, we have a few more schedule changes to announce. Katie Stelmanis, formerly of galaxy, will now be performing Sunday evening!
We are sad to report that Ikbal Singh will not be exhibiting her painting 'and hair' at the Saturday afternoon show due to damage to the piece.
Due to circumstances beyond her control, Alanna Stuart will no longer be performing on Sunday evening.
Please
click here for our full schedule.
Looking forward to seeing you tonight!
some minor schedule changes...
Just a note to let you know that due to a death in the family, the workshop "What makes a Lady? And am I welcome at your fest?" has been sadly cancelled.
As well, Shirin Yousefi and Meagan O'Shea will no longer be performing on Thursday. Shirin will perform Sunday afternoon as part of PS Kensington, and Meagan will perform Friday evening, in front of The Boat before the show.
Check out the
schedule for artist biographies, film information, workshop details, etc.
Ladyfest is very soon!
Even better....
We have updated our
schedule with some new performers (Rae Spoon, Sarah D. and more), workshops (Unpacking White Privilege: How to be an Anti-Racist Ally), artists (Tamiko Winter, Maureen Da Silva and more) and DJs!
Thank you to everyone who came out to the Kimya Dawson show. We love Kimya, and we love you!
Ladyfest Presents: Kimya Dawson (Ex-Moldy Peaches) as part of a LFTO Fundraiser
Kimya Dawson will be in Toronto this coming weekend for TIFF (as she did the soundtrack for the movie Juno by Jason Reitman), and will be playing a show as part of a Ladyfest fundraiser. How rad is that!!! There will be a couple of openers as well, Sarah D from Guelph, and our lovely host Jordan will be performing with his friend Kristina!
The show will be on Sunday, September 9th at 117 Oxford(just south of College and east of Bathurst). In the backyard. Show is at 3pm. All ages.
The cost of the show is going to be minimal, and beer and other refreshments will be sold as well as other treats!! Get there early as it will most definitely be a packed backyard.
See you Sunday!!
Kimya Dawson in Toronto!!!!
