Annual festival brings KGO community together under the Lawrence Avenue Bridge for a fifth year
“Scarborough Arts is excited to announce the fifth edition of the Bridging Festival, an annual event that brings Scarborough’s Kingston-Galloway/Orton Park community together under the Lawrence Avenue Bridge for music, performances, food, workshops, and more. In addition, the festival celebrates its fifth year by partnering with the inaugural Cultural Hotspot project, along with various other community organizations. The festival runs August 22 and 23, 2014.
The festival kicks off with its Variety Night on Friday, August 22 at 5 p.m. The evening will feature a DJ, musical and spoken word performances, and short films—all outside, at the East Scarborough Festival Market. On August 23, the Arts, Culture and Environmental Festival takes over the space under Lawrence Avenue Bridge from 2-6 p.m. The day will be full of activities, performances, music, vendors—and free food!
“The Bridging Festival truly is a unique event,” says Jen D. Fabico, Interim Executive Director of Scarborough Arts. “It uses an unconventional space to activate a community with music, arts, food, the environment—the list goes on. Each year, we’ve tweaked things to keep the festival fresh and exciting. Our fifth year is extra-special because not only do we continue to shine a light on the KGO community, we also have opened up many doors for communities outside of KGO to come and celebrate with us. We’ve welcomed new partners and participants to ‘bridge’ all of Scarborough. We’re very excited to be a part of the first-ever Cultural Hotspot and to celebrate this milestone.”
The Bridging Festival 2014 is presented by Scarborough Arts in partnership with the City of Toronto – Arts and Culture, East Scarborough Storefront, East Scarborough Festival Market, Scarborough Historical Museum, and Toronto and Region Conservation Authority.
WHAT: The 5th Annual Bridging Festival
WHEN: August 22, 2014 at 5 p.m. and August 23, 2014 at 2 p.m.
WHERE: East Scarborough Festival Market, 4130 Lawrence Ave. E (Aug 22) and East Scarborough Storefront, 4040 Lawrence Ave. E (Aug 23)
COST: FREE
Scarborough Arts develops, delivers, and promotes arts programming and cultural initiatives in collaboration and partnership with the community. We bring artists to the community and community to the arts.
Cultural Hotspot is a project of City of Toronto’s Arts & Culture, and its aim is to shine a light on arts, culture and community in different Toronto neighbourhoods. The inaugural year spotlights south Scarborough, bordered by Lawrence Avenue East south to the lake, Victoria Park Avenue east to Highland Creek Village. The Hotspot runs from May through October 2014.”
-from Scarborough Arts press release
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