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This past weekend one of Toronto's most vibrant events, the Festival of India, was forced from its traditional venue on picturesque Centre Island by the ongoing city workers' strike. Unable to transport as many as forty thousand people across to the island, organizers relocated the festival to a car park at the foot of Yonge Street on the lakefront. The hard asphalt ground, pock marked with cracks and repairs, and the sometimes sickly sweet smell of the nearby Redpath sugar factory, both did nothing to diminish the enthusiasm of attendees.

MUSIC: Monthly all-capabilities DJ night Everyone’s a DJ joins forces with youth-based gallery Whippersnapper to raise funds for the heroic East Metro Youth Services centre. EMYS is a community-based children’s mental health centre that works together with at-risk youth, their families, and health professionals to help the kids reach their full potential. Some of these kids will be showing off their hot track abilities at the all-ages benefit this afternoon. Whippersnapper Gallery (587A College Street), 2:30 p.m., by donation ($5 minimum).

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