Today marks the beginning of this year's North by Northeast Music. Film. Interactive. Conference running from now through this Sunday in Toronto, ON. Originally designed in conception from the South by Southwest Festival in Austin, TX, today marks the 18th year of North by Northeast's existence. The purpose of the conference is to provide a converging place for emerging musicians, top-flight headlining musicians, filmmakers, and innovators in the digitally interactive world to come together and network; sharing ideas and connections that can bridge the gap from the digital world to the arts. The event, which runs this entire week will feature 780 bands on 50 stages, 40 films, and 80 interactive sessions in various venues localized to downtown Toronto. NXNE attracts over 300,000 attendees from all over the world.
photo by Andrija Dimitrijevic
MUSIC
This year will feature diversity with major musical headliners such as THE FLAMING LIPS, RAEKWON & GHOSTFACE KILLAH, BAD RELIGION, and Canadian Rocker MATTHEW GOOD. Secondarily there will be many musical acts of indie popularity and fame such as OF MONTREAL, PURITY RING and PORTUGAL.THE MAN. The "main stage" or the festival central location is at Young and Dundas square and will feature some of the more main acts preforming outdoors for FREE to the Public on Saturday and Sunday. Night time shows, lineups, and showcases are all inside various participating venues across the city from starting through Sunday. For those performances you will need to purchase a ticket or a NXNE wristband.
FILM
The NXNE Film festival will screen more than 40 films, including 6 Canadian-premiers, and 8 World-premiers. The venues will include the NFB Mediatheque, Royal Cinema, and Toronto Underground Cinema. Check out the trailer below for what kinds of films will be presented at this year's NXNE film feature.
INTERACTIVE
The Interactive conference portion of the NXNE event is the most intriguing aspect of the festival. This is where presentations and workshops happen for musicians, filmmakers, PR professionals, Marketing professionals, editors, and writers. The topics are centered around accessibility in the digital age. And the attendees are encouranged to connect and share their ideas for advancement. This portion of NXNE is localized to the Hyatt Regency Toronto and Conference Center, the acting HQ for all of NXNE. HERE you'll find a list of the presentations happening throughout the week.
photo by Andrija Dimitrijevic
North by North East is about to start a vortex of creative ideas in downtown Toronto as it has done for the last several years. This is not just bands playing at a festival, or film screenings, this is instead a collective of ideas and pursuit in the artistic world.
buffaBLOG writer James Wild will be in Toronto to cover happenings of NXNE 2012 from this Thursday through Sunday. Beginning with the I BLAME YOKO showcase on Thursday afternoon which you can find more information on HERE. Follow his ramblings and discoveries at the NXNE Music. Film. Interactive. later this week on your local music blog, buffaBLOG.
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