106 and York UrbanArts Youth Festival @ York Woods Theatre, Toronto, ON - Fri Aug 31st!

On Friday August 31st, 106 and York UrbanArts Youth Festival will celebrate 5 years of bringing together the city's top artists on stage.  Headliners for this year’s events include JD Era, (protege of the legendary Raekwon), Juno-nominated Producer/MC Rich Kidd, one of Toronto’s most exciting new vocalists, Shi Wisdom, lyrical master Jelly TooFly, and many more. 

106 & York UrbanArts Festival

Friday August 31st, 2012

Doors open at 4 

Show Starts at 6pm

Cover: $5 at the Door

York Woods Theater - 1785 Finch Avenue West  

Performers include JD Era, Rich Kidd, Shi Wisdom, Jelly TooFly, JD Keyz, theatre group, Nomanzland, an appearance by the Sweetie Piez dance crew, and more!

Also includes a Hot 16s Cypher, featuring Peter Jackson, Lola Bunz, Church Chizzle, Kamikaze and Gramz G 

All-Ages/Families Welcome

From 4-6pm the event will host outdoor kids activities running in collaboration with the Pan American Games. It will include face painting, and an inflatable basketball and archery station.

In addition to performances, community merchandise/info tables allow local organizations and entrepreneurs to get involved by displaying information about their group.  Some of the groups represented at our festival are: Urbanology Magazine, HipHopCanada.com, Stolen from Africa, and other vendors will be selling their art and merchandise, so please feel free to bring the family to enjoy the entertainment, and support this all ages event.

 

About 106 and York:  106 and York is a youth-led collaborative that supports youth in the urban arts through various initiatives. This multi-disciplinary youth urban arts festival is proudly presented in collaboration with other youth-led organizations such as Highclass and N.I.S.E. Clothing and larger organizations such as UrbanArts and Manifesto.  For more information, please follow us: Twitter: @106andyork Website: www.106andYork.com