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Toronto’s North By Northeast – NXNE – is back from june 12 - 15!

May 28th, 2008

Independent music, fabulous music related feature films, documentaries, and shorts, and a music industry conference – that what NXNE is all about. Since its first year in 1995 this fantastic festival has continued to increase in size, scope, and importance. This year, Canada’s showcase for new independent new music is expecting over 100,000 people to attend.

This year’s NXNE is showcasing:

• Over 500 local, national, and international performers in all genres - Rock, Garage, Punk, Reggae, DJ, Folk, Hip Hop, Goth, Americana, Dance, Ambient, Metal, Bluegrass, Electronic, Singer-Songwriter, R&B, Acoustic, Alternative, and more
• Shows at over 40 venues
• The year’s best music-related films in all categories
• An industry conference where music luminaries will be on hand for discussions and interviews - over 2,000 delegates who are artists and music industry professionals sit in on and take part in interviews, round-table discussions, demo listening, and mentoring sessions

Follow the link below for a complete list of venues and their locations.
http://www.nxne.com/venues

The NXNE Conference is headquartered – delegate registration, pass pick-up, conference panel, and interviews - at the Holiday Inn on King, 370 King Street West.  Use the booking code NTHE8 and get a deal on your room, if there is any space left.

Like all festivals NXNE depends on volunteers to do lots of interesting jobs. Best of all you will have an amazing chance to have a behind the scenes look at what’s involved in putting on a show like this. Interested?

NXNE is an amazing party! Toronto’s bars will be staying open until 4:00 AM during the festival. One-day passes, three-day passes, priority passes, and VIP super passes are available. For information in Festival tickets follow the link below.
http://www.nxne.com/tickets-0