SoundClash Music Festival at Harbourfront Centre in Toronto

Weekend of July 12 - 14, 2013

WHAT:       
Harbourfront Centre’s second annual SoundClash Music Festival (July 12-14). An innovative music-based celebration that recalibrates perceptions about live music and digital music formats.

WHERE:
Harbourfront Centre, 235 Queens Quay West, Toronto, M5J 2G8

WHEN:
Friday, July 12 from 7 to 11 p.m.
Saturday, July 13 from 12 to 11 p.m.
Sunday, July 14 from 1:30 to 6:30 p.m.

HIGHLIGHT EVENTS:

• Chairlift
  Friday, July 12 from 9:30 to 11 p.m. – WestJet Stage
  Over 18 months between the back of an antique store in Brooklyn and the basement of a family home in Streatham, London, Chairlift created their sophomore album, Something. This female-fronted duo from NYC has a celebratory electronic pop soundthat recalls the anthemic driving albums of the mid-'90s.

• SoundClash Music Award Nominee Showcase
  Saturday, July 13 from 1:30-9pm. – WestJet Stage
  Harbourfront Centre’s annual live music competition for independent artists from the GTA who perform diverse, contemporary and cutting-edge music forms is on. Winners are selected by a combination of jury and public voting and will be awarded $10,000 in cash prizes! Finalists include KASHKA and Grounders, named by The Grid as a band to watch for July 2013.

• Canadian Premiere: We are Modeselektor
  Saturday, July 13 from 8 to 9:15 p.m. – Studio Theatre
  In 72 minutes, filmmakers Romi Agel and Holger Wick draw a portrait of Modeselektor, the famously acclaimed German electronic music group. It is more than just a biography; it’s a movie about Germany after the wall came down, travel reportage and a story about the duo’s friendship.

• DanceClash
  Sunday, July 14 from 3:30 to 5 p.m. – WestJet StageDanceClash brings together some of Toronto's hottest dance crews to square off in an all-styles battle for ultimate street dance supremacy. Hosted and judged by Toronto's top dance judges such as Jon Drops, Piecez, Mariano Abarca and Addy Chan, and featuring DJ Lucie Tic on the wheels of steel!

• FashionClash: UforChange & Remix Project Fashion Showcase
  Sunday, July 14 from 2:30 to 3 p.m. – Ann Tindal Lawn
  Local youth arts incubators UforChange and The Remix Project bring their top fashion students to Harbourfront Centre for a FashionClash. From evening gowns to street wear, audiences will be treated to the future of Toronto’s fashion elite.

• Plus much, much more!

For more information the public may call 416-973-4000 or visit harbourfrontcentre.com

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