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NORTH BY NORTHEAST FESTIVAL (NXNE)  800 bands playing in the       
clubs and venues throughout the downtown over 7 days                     

June 10 - June 16     Various Venues

SELAH SUE   /    BUSHWALA                                                             
 
June 14     (New Venue!) El Mocambo

TAYLOR SWIFT    /    ED SHEERAN                                                    
 June 14 & 15     Rogers Centre

WILLIE NELSON & FAMILY                                                               
 
June 20     Massey Hall

TD TORONTO JAZZ FESTIVAL                                                           
June 20 - June 29     Nathan Phillips Square, Various Venues

ATLAS GENIUS                                                                              
June 23     The Opera House

PINK MARTINI w/ TSO                                                                   
June 26     Roy Thomson Hall

DIGITAL DREAMS MUSIC FESTIVAL                                                   
June 29 & 30     The Flats at Molson Amphitheatre



|     J  U  L  Y     |



BRUNO MARS                                                                               
July 3     Molson Amphitheatre

FEM KUTI & THE POSITIVE FORCE                                                   
July 3     The Opera House

JAZZ ON THE MOUNTAIN AT BLUE                                                    
July 5 - 7     Blue Mountain, Collingwood  ON

BRUNO MARS                                                                               
July 6     Molson Amphitheatre

ANDREW McMAHON   /  ALLEN STONE                                              
July 8     Phoenix Concert Theatre

CODY SIMPSON  /    RYAN BEATTY                                                    
July 8     Massey Hall

PHISH                                                                                          
July 9     Molson Amphitheatre

ONE DIRECTION                                                                            
July 9 & 10     Air Canada Centre

ORCHESTRAL MANOEUVRES IN THE DARK  / DIAMOND RIN GS               
 
July 11     Danforth Music Hall

WEEZER   /   PASSION PIT                                                              
July 13     The Flats at Downsview Park

SUBLIME WITH ROME   /   PENNYWISE                                             
 
July 7     Echo Beach, Molson Amphitheatre

MARIANAS TRENCH                                                                       
July 12     Miolson Amphitheatre

GREAT BIG SEA                                                                             
July 13     Molson Amphitheatre

SOLANGE                                                                                     
July 13     Kool Haus

TRAIN   /  MICHAEL FRANTI & SPEARHEAD  /   GAVIN DEGRAW           
 
July 14     Molson Amphtiheatre

BOB DYLAN & HIS BAND   /   WILCO   /   MY MORNING JACKET            
 
July 15     Molson Amphitheatre

BJORK                                                                                         
Julty 16     Echo Beach, Molson Amphitheatre

JAY Z   /  JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE                                                       
 
July 17     Rogers Centre

JONAS BROTHERS                                                                         
July 18     Molson Amphitheatre

ORCHESTRAL MANOEUVRES IN THE DARK  / DIAMOND RINGS               
July 19     Danforth Music Hall

BERUNA CHRISTIAN MUSIC FESTIVAL                                               
July 19 & 20      The Flats at Molson Amphitheatre

BEYONCE                                                                                     
 
July 21    Air Canada Centre

STEELY DAN                                                                                 
 
July 21     Molson Amphitheatre

HEART   /   JASON BONHAM'S LED ZEPPELIN EXPERIENCE                    
July 23      Moloson Amphitheatre

TIM McGRAW  / BRANTLEY GILBERT  /  LOVE AND THEFT                   
July 25     Molson Amphitheatre

JUSTIN BEIBER                                                                             
July 25 & 26     Air Canada Centre

KISS   /   SHINEDOWN                                                                   
July 26     Molson Amphitheatre

NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK   /   BOYZ TO MEN   /   98 DEGREES            
 
July 28     Air Canada Centre

SUGAR RAY   /    SMASHMOUTH                                                       
July 28      Echo Beach, Molson Amphitheatre

IMAGINE DRAGONS                                                                       
July 29     Echo Beach, Molson Amphitheatre

EDGEFEST 2013; THE LUMINEERS / BAND OF HORSES / WAKE OWL      
MOTHER MOTHER  /  THE NEIGHBOURHOOD  /  MONSTER TRUCK  /     
DINOSAUR BONES / CAPITOL CITIES / TWIN FORKS  and many more
    
July 31     Downsview Park



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KENDRICK LAMAR                                                                         
Aug. 2     Sound Academy

Boots And Hearts Country Music Festival:   JASON ALDEAN / RASCAL      
FLATTS   /   MIRANDA LAMBERT   /  THE BAND PERRY   /  DEAN BRODY 
TATE STEVENS / EMERSON DRIVE  / CASSADEE POPE  / DIERKS BENTLEY
DUCK DYNASTY AND Many more artsits to be announced
  
Aug. 1 - Aug. 4     Bowmanville, ON

MACKLEMORE & RYAN                                                                   
Aug. 2     Echo Beach, Molson Amphitheatre

The Grove Music Festival:    HOT CHIP   /   PHOENIX  /  GIRL TALK        
THE GASLIGHT ANTHEM   /   EARL SWEATSHIRT   /   ICONA POP   /      
WAVVES   /   PALMA VIOLETS   /   YOUNG EMPIRES   /   NIGHTBOX
      
Aug. 3     Fort York Garrison Common

BACKSTREET BOYS                                                                        
Aug. 7     Molson Amphitheatre

The Summer Slaughter Tour: DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN   /  PERIPHERY  /
ANIMALS AS LEADERS  /  NORMA JEAN  /  CATTLE DECAPITATION  /  THE
OCEAN  /  REVOCATION  /  AEON  /  RINGS OF SATURN  /  THY ART IS
MURDER                                                                                      
Aug. 8     The Sound Academy

WIZ KHALIFA  /  A$AP ROCKY   /   B.o.B.   / TRINIDAD JAME$  /        
JOEY BADAS$ & PRO ERA 
/   BERNER                                             
Aug. 10     Molson Amphitheatre

Wakestock 2013 -  SILVERSUN PICKUPS / DEATH FROM ABOVE 1979    
SHEEPDOGS  / LESS THAN JAKE  /  THE REASON  and much more         

Aug. 9 - Aug. 11     Millenium Park, Collingwood ON

Gigantour 2013:  MEGADEATH  /  BLACK LABEL SOCIETY  /  DEVICE  /   
HELLYEAH  /  NEWSTEAD  /  DEATH DIVISION                                    

Aug. 11     Molson Amphitheatre

JOHN MAYER                                                                                
                                                  
Aug. 14     Molson Amphitheatre

BLACK SABBATH                                                                            
Aug. 14     Air Canada Centre

KENNY CHESNEY  /  ELI YOUNG BAND  / KACEY MUSGRAVES              
Aug. 15     Molson Amphitheatre

BLUE RODEO                                                                                
 
Aug. 17     Molson Amphitheatre

ALICE IN CHAINS  / JANE'S ADDICTION / COHEED AND CAMBRIA / CIRCA
SURVIVE                                                                                        
Aug.. 20    Molson Amphitheatre

SELENA GOMEZ                                                                             
Aug. 24     Air Canada Centre

AMERICAN IDOL TOUR                                                                   
Aug. 27     Air Canada Centre

MAROON 5   /  KELLY CLARKSON                                                    
Aug. 29     Molson Amphitheatre

ZAC BROWN BAND                                                                         
Aug. 30     Molson Amphitheatre



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DEPECHE MODE                                                                            
Sept. 1     Molson Amphitheatre

IL VOLO                                                                                       
Sept. 7     Molson Amphitheatre

QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE                                                           
Sept. 10     Air Canada Centre

SARAH BRIGHTMAN          (rescheduled from Jan. 30)                         
 
Sept. 15     Air Canada Centre

DROPKICK MURPHYS  /   THE MAHONES                                            
Sept. 15     Sound Academy

FALL OUT BOY   PANIC! AT THE DISCO                                           
Sept. 15     Echo Beach, Molson Amphitheatre

KT TUNSTALL                                                                                
Sept. 20     Danforth Music Hall

PET SHOP BOYS                                                                            
Sept. 25     Sony Centre

JOHN CLEESE LIVE                                                                         
Sept. 26, 27 & 28     Winter Garden Theatre 



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NINE INCH NAILS                                                                          
Oct. 4     Air Canada Centre

ZAPPA PLAYS ZAPPA                                                                       
Oct. 19     Queen Elizabeth Theatre

JOSH GROBAN                                                                              
Oct. 25     Air Canada Centre


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BON JOVI                                                                                     
Nov. 1     Air Canada Centre

HANSON                                                                                      
Nov. 9     Danforth Music Hall

PINK                                                                                           
 
Nov. 30     Air Canada Centre



|     D  E  C  E  M  B  E  R     |



PINK                                                                                           
Dec. 2     Air Canada Centre

BRIAN REGAN                                                                               
Dec. 5     Queen Elizabeth Theatre

ROD STEWART   /  STEVE WINWOOD                                                
(rescheduled from May 1)   Dec. 15     Air Canada Centre
 

 

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North By NorthEast Festival

   NORTH BY NORTHEAST (NXNE) announces the second wave of programming for the 19th edition of the festival, taking over Toronto June 10-16, 2013. Tickets are now available online at www.nxne.com/tickets.

  NXNE Music has confirmed that rock 'n' roll legends Social Distortion and Outkast rapper Big Boi will headline free shows at Yonge-Dundas Square (YDS).

   The NXNE Music line-up also includes performances at YDS and in the clubs by Toronto hardcore darlings Fucked Up , Montreal-based chanteuse Coeur De Pirate, hip hop duo Smif N' Wessun, genre-crossing experimentalists WHY?, San Francisco post-punkers The Soft Moon, British guitar band Peace , melodic punks White Lung, chillwave quartet DIANA, noise rock trio Nü Sensae, heavy psych group Destruction Unit, synth pop artists Majical Cloudz, pop shoegazers Still Corners , Copenhagen punk band Lower, electro-rockers Moon King, jazz-rock fusionists Lean Left featuring Andy Moor, Terrie Ex, Ken Vandermark and Paal Nilssen-Love, and indie rockers Blinker the Star performing for the first time in ten years.
  For the current list of confirmed NXNE Music programming visit www.nxne.com/artists.

  Previously announced acts for NXNE Music include The National , Joey Bada$$, Merchandise, Iceage, Mikal Cronin, Milk Music, Buke & Gase, Mickey Avalon, Supersuckers, Imperial State Electric and Genetic Control.
   The NXNE Spotlight Series will feature FLAG (original members Keith Morris, Chuck Dukowski, Bill Stevenson, Dez Cadena with Stephen Egerton performing The Music of Black Flag) at The Opera House on Friday, June 14.
  Calexico
will rock the Mod Club on Wednesday, June 12 and Millencolin will perform at The Phoenix on Saturday, June 15. To guarantee admission to any NXNE Spotlight Series show, fans must purchase tickets online at www.nxne.com/tickets.
 
 NXNE (NXNE Interactive) will present over 80 inspiring presentations and panels including Habits of Highly Effective YouTubers by Ipsa Desai of Google.
  Desai will highlight the most effective methods and techniques to build an audience on YouTube.
  Previously announced NXNEi presentations include How to Start and Grow a Unique Idea/Passion/Biz with Little to No Startup Money by Johnny Cupcakes and CineCoup: the trials and tribulations of launching a disruptive film start-up by J. Joly. Learn more at www.nxne.com/interactive.

June 11 - June 16  Various Venues throughout downtown, Yonge Dundas Square

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Jason Aldean to Headline Boots and Hearts 2013
Rascal Flatts, Miranda Lambert, Dierks Bentley, The Band Perry &
Dean Brody Added To The Line-up

   Country music's hottest festival, Boots and Hearts, announced earlier today that Jason Aldean will be headlining the country music festival which takes place in August at the Canadian Tire Motorsport Park in Bowmanville,.
  Aldean's appearance at Boots and Hearts will be his only Ontario gig in 2013 and early bird tickets are on sale now at
www.bootsandhearts.com with a special rate of $169.99 for the three day general admission ticket.
  Also, the festival has announced that Rascal Flatts, Miranda Lambert, The Band Perry and CCMA Award winner Dean Brody have been added to the festival line-up with more artists expected to be announced in the lead up to the three day event.

  The 2013 Festival which will feature a similar line up of international talent. Boots and Hearts features 2 stages, a Family Zone, BOOMTOWN Entertainment area, midway, market stalls, food vendors and much more. Camping facilities are available and children under 12 years of age receive free admission.

 
JUST ANNOUNCED:   Boots and Hearts Music Festival are pleased to announce that not only have they confirmed that Emerson Drive, X-Factor Season 2 winner Tate Stevens, David Nail, Tebey and Tim Hicks are all performing at this year's festival, but that a fourth night of festivities has been added with a Thursday night kick off party hosted by the festival's official cerveza partner, Corona Extra.
  The kick off party will take place Thursday night with a performance from Emerson Drive and Tim Hicks and organizers want to ensure fans know that this fourth night is included free of charge for anyone that has purchased a three-day general admission ticket.
 
  Organizers have also announced that Willie and Jase Robertson, from the cast of Duck Dynasty, will be performing at Boots and Hearts Music Festival.
  Cassadee Pope, winner of The Voice (Season 3), who's unique vocals and powerful performances drew the national spotlight, was also confirmed today to be making an appearance at Canada's premiere country music festival.
  Additional Canadian artists including Autumn Hill, Devin Cuddy, Melissa Payne, Lindsay Broughton, The Stone Sparrows, Washboard Hank, and Catfish Willie and the Buckle Busters were also added to the festival line up that includes headliners Jason Aldean, Rascal Flatts, Miranda Lambert, Dierks Bentley, The Band Perry and Dean Brody.
  " We're huge fans of the Voice and Duck Dynasty, so to have Willie and Jase coming to party with us this summer, and to have Cassadee Pope's first ever Canadian show is something we couldn't be more fired up about," said Shannon McNevan, Executive Director and Founder, Republic Live. "We've also added some amazing rising stars and local favorites to our side stage line up with Autumn Hill, who's single Anything At All has been in the Top 10, recent CMAO rising star winner Lindsay Broughton, incredible singer-songwriters Devin Cuddy and Melissa Payne, Bowmanville's own Stone Sparrows, and veteran entertainers Washboard Hank and Catfish Willie and the Buckle Busters. As we said from day one, in addition to having the hottest acts in country music, Boots and Hearts is also about creating the best Festival experience possible for country music fans
."

  Three-day general admission tickets are currently available for $269.99. Today also marks the release of a limited number of day tickets for Boots and Hearts for $114.99 for a Friday, Saturday or Sunday ticket and all are available exclusively at
www.bootsandhearts.com

Aug. 1- Aug. 4   Mosport Park, Bowmanville (about an hour outside Toronto)    |   To purchase tickets and for more information please
Click Here

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The Grove Music Festival

   Phoenix, Girl Talk and Hot Chip top the lineup for the inaugural edition of The Grove Music Festival, a one-day boutique musical experience now set to take place Saturday, August 3, 2013 at Toronto's Fort York Garrison Common.

  Conceived through a partnership between world-renowned promoter Goldenvoice and Canada's preeminent independent music company Arts & Crafts, The Grove promises a diverse, world-class festival adventure.

  Combining elements of larger, multi-day events like Goldenvoice's world-famous festivals with the feel of smaller, community-based cultural festivals, The Grove places emphasis on themes of discovery and diversity.

  The carefully curated lineup features established global talents alongside progressive voices in the new music space. Indie giants Phoenix and Hot Chip and mashup king Girl Talk will share the single stage with blue collar rock heroes The Gaslight Anthem, Odd Future standout Earl Sweatshirt, breakout Swedish DJ duo Icona Pop, breakout garage acts Wavves and Palma Violets and local entries Young Empires and Nightbox.
This eclectic and engaging mixture makes The Grove a best-of-both-worlds experience where fans can enjoy every moment of every set on one carefully curated stage in its new, highly-accessible downtown Toronto location.

  General Admission and VIP tickets are on sale now via Ticketmaster and select Toronto and Buffalo independent music retailers. VIP tickets include access to a VIP area with optimal main stage viewing, bleacher seating, VIP bar, shaded area, premium food vendors, VIP washrooms and fast pass VIP entry. Those who desire refunds based on the new location can access at the point of purchase. All previously purchased tickets will be honoured, with the price difference refunded automatically by Ticketmaster.

GENERAL ADMISSION TICKETS: $59.50 + Facility & Service Fees

VIP TICKETS: $99.50 + Facility & Service Fees   Visit
TheGroveFest.com for full festival and ticket information.

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WORLD ELECTRONIC MUSIC FESTIVAL
AUGUST 16th TO 18TH

   Destiny Events and Electronic Nation are pleased to announce that the World Electronic Music Festival will take place August 16th to 18th in South Algonquin, Ontario, our most requested location.
  As always, tickets include BYOB camping, daytime fun and all-night mayhem!

  Tickets for the festival are on sale now by
clicking here   and www.ticketmaster.ca, or let Rogers pay the service fees on tickets purchased through the wireless box office (Rogers Wireless Box Office is a NO SERVICE FEE mobile ticketing service available exclusively to Rogers Wireless customers. Visit www.urmusic.ca/tickets or text TICKETS to 4849 for full event listings.
  Tickets will also be available at Play De Record in Toronto.

  All tickets are valid for UNLIMITED IN and OUTS on ALL THREE DAYS and include B.Y.O.B. CAMPING. WEMF is produced for a mature audience. Recommend age is 18+ and you MUST be at least 16 years of age to attend. You must be 19+ with valid ID to bring or consume alcohol at your campsite.
  ALL patrons will be required to sign an event participation waiver prior to entry that will be available ahead of time on the website at
www.wemf.com.
  Those under 18 MUST have the waiver form signed by a parent or legal guardian.

Aug. 16 - Aug. 18   South Alquonquin

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Photos form the 2011 TIFF red carpet