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Today Masaryk-Cowan Park will host the third annual Parkdale Festival, rain or shine. Set to kick off at 12 p.m., the festival is going to have a smorgasbord of activities.
Whether it be employment, food, shelter, or counselling, the festival's main goal is to promote awareness for a number of youth services within the city. Participating youth service organizations include: Smart Sckool, Soulpepper Theatre, P.E.A.C.E, Gay and Lesbian Youth Line, and many more.
Combining entertainment with awareness, one of the activities is an "interactive art zone," designed for individuals to contribute to a "mural of street art." At the end of the day Parkdale Festivalites will give it away (in pieces) to different community organizations "in hopes that they are proudly displayed." In addition, a children's activity area and wading pool will be set up, along with a marketplace of local artisans and vendors, and of course, performances throughout the day. Performers include The Ugly Bug Band, Spacecraft 7, The WG's, Triple S, The Apollo Effect, and many others. If you can't make it to the festival, the University of Toronto's CIUT-FM will be broadcasting live-to-air during the festival. You can tune into 89.5 FM or join them on their website to hear all the performances.
Although the festival ends at 6 p.m., there will be an after party all night long—continuing the Parkdale Festival tradition—presented by Triple-X Productions, with DJ sets and performances, including Put The Rifle Down and Dirty 30. The after party starts at 9 p.m. and costs $10. More details here.
Photo by spotmaticfanatic in the Torontoist Flickr Pool.
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Gee. It sure is helpful when you tell me about events the day they are happening. I know I shouldn't look a gift horse in the mouth but if you are going to provide announcements as a service try a week in advance. I commend your announcing some great events, but that makes it all the more frustrating when I find out I already have plans that day. Maybe it's up to the ist mother ship, but maybe a calendar interface would be useful.
Guest, in general we encourage our writers to write about events at least a day or two in advance, if not more––but occasionally that doesn't quite work out. You are absolutely right that same-day notification of an event is not enough time.
As for a calendar, there's that lengthy "What's On" sidebar (that is right beside these comments) which is updated once a day, but we only add events to that once they've been written about on Torontoist.