Wavelength Music warms up winter with the 15th annual Wavelength Music Festival running from February 13 to 15, 2015 in downtown Toronto, Canada. #WL15 is a three-night live curated mixtape of the best independent music coming out of Canada. This year’s line-up includes Lowell, Mozart’s Sister, Art Bergmann, controller.controller, Last Ex, The Acorn, Fresh Snow, Del Bel, Most People, and New Fries. Tickets for the festival are priced individually and range from $10 to $18. An all access festival pass is now available for sale online at ticketfly.com for $33 and are available in Toronto, at Rotate This (801 Queen Street West, Toronto) and Soundscapes (572 College Street, Toronto). This year, with a programming arc of “Past, Present and Future,” #WL15 Festival highlights include a showcase celebrating Wavelength’s past at its long-time former home Sneaky Dee’s with Canadian punk legend Art Bergmann, reunion shows by controller.controller and Brides, and special tribute sets of classic Wavelength/Toronto songs played by today’s indie stars; a Valentine’s Day party with the best of the music scene’s present at unique alternative space the Polish Combatants Hall headlined by buzzy Arts & Crafts up-and-comer Lowell plus a record-release performance by Del Bel; and a triumphant finish looking towards the future with Montreal avant-disco-pop queen Mozart’s Sister and Wavelength Incubator artists Fresh Snow. To complement the festival, the Wavelength Pop-Up Gallery launches this January as a temporary community hub. Based at HuntClub Studios (709 College St.) the space will be active from January 22 to February 15 and will feature a “Wavelength: Past, Present and Future” art exhibition, as well as small, intimate concerts, and a special free Wavelength Talk Series on Sunday afternoons. About #WL15 Filling venues in Toronto’s west end, #WL15 is Toronto’s spotlight on the absolute best music from the independent music scene. A community hub and a legacy-building festival, Wavelength has the earned reputation of being a catalyst music series, having brought the world important early concerts by Broken Social Scene, Owen Pallett, Peaches and F#$@ed Up. Wavelength Music Festival 15 is supported by the Ontario Music Fund, Ontario Trillium Foundation, Ontario Arts Council, Toronto Arts Council, Department of Canadian Heritage, The SOCAN Foundation, Business for the Arts, Red Bull Canada, Steam Whistle Brewing, Autoshare, Blog TO, Exclaim!, Indie 88 FM, Long & McQuade, NOW Magazine, Tawse Winery and Yam Chops. Réagissez à cet article / Comment this article commentaires / comments
