By Jill Angelstad
NXNE begins today and we are aware that there is so much to see and do that we will provide you with some tips during the festival! Enjoy:
NXNE MUSIC
As part of CFNY’s Sugar Beach Sessions. Free but we suggest you arrive early.
Where:
Corus Quay
25 Dockside Drive (on the west side)
Toronto, ON
NXNE FILM
Triple Bill:
COME ON – PREACHER’S SUN (Canadian Premiere)
Music video featuring A gorgeous renegade bride hits a notorious Dublin inner city pub.
HAPPILY DYSFUNCTIONAL: THE STORY OF TRANSISTOR 66 RECORDS (World Premiere)
The story of one of Canada’s best kept secrets: a Winnipeg, Manitoba-based record label with a roster full of genre-defying artists and a renegade owner who refuses to acknowledge trends, fashions or market considerations.
GOING DEAF FOR NOTHING – THE STORY OF A ROCK N’ ROLL BAND (World Premiere)
This is the story of the music business as seen through the life of a real band. A must see for anyone interested in rock ‘n’ roll and 25-year-old piss.
8pm, National Film Board 150 John Street
Directors in attendance
NXNE PHOTOGRAPHY
THE EXHIBITION ABOUT YOU: THE AUDIENCE
The Great Hall’s Conversation Room 1087 Queen Street West
David Waldman (aka Kid With Camera) presents The Exhibition About You: The Audience featuring Waldman’s favourite audience moments from the hundreds of shows he has shot since 2000.