PRIDE TORONTO IS NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR ARTISTS & PERFORMERS FOR THE 2012 FESTIVAL!

 Pride week 2012: Friday June 22nd to Sunday July 1st

Deadline for applications:  24 February 2012

 Pride Toronto, returning for its 32nd fabulous year, is seeking submissions from artists of all disciplines to perform at its 2012 festival happening Friday June 22nd to Sunday July 1st. Whether you’re a DJ, band, drag queen/king, dancer, comedian, community group or theatrical troupe, we want to hear from you!

 Pride Week in Toronto is the third largest Pride celebration in the world and the largest festival in Canada.It takes place over 22 city blocks on 7 stages with hundreds of artists, 3 parades and hundreds of events at venues throughout downtown Toronto. The 2011 festival saw approximately a million people celebrating and supporting the lives and stories of Toronto's queer communities.

 Pride Week is produced by Pride Toronto, a not-for-profit, community organization. It’s a FREE event supported and made possible by a large base of volunteers, corporate sponsorship, public grants and Pride Toronto’s fundraising initiatives. The festival features 10 days of arts and cultural programming, community activities, one of the world’s largest street festivals, the Pride Parade, Dyke March, Trans Pride March, Family programming and much more. Past performers include Cyndi Lauper, Kelly Rowland, Deborah Cox, Mel C, Esthero, Islands, Lesbians on Ecstasy, RuPaul, Divine Brown, Jully Black, Thelma Houston, Indigo Girls, Uh Huh Her, Dragonette, The Cliks, Kinnie Star, Carole Pope, Sandra Bernhard, Bitch, Crystal Waters, MEN, Suzanne Palmer, Martha Wash, Ultra Nate, ABC, Wang Chung, Cutting Crew, Missing Persons, Saidah Baba Talibah, Jonathan Peters, Lady Miss Kier, David Morales and Josie Cotton among hundreds of others!

Performers participating in the Pride Toronto festival have the opportunity to be included in the Official Pride Guide, the Pride Toronto website (which averages 23.8 million hits in the four weeks leading up to the festival), coverage through our print, radio and TV partners and targeted marketing by our publicity professionals.   If you would like to be part of the BEST free event in Toronto go to:  www.pridetoronto.com/applications/ to fill in an online application form!

The deadline for submissions is February 24, 2012, so don’t wait!

ONLINE APPLICATIONS AVAILABLE AT THE FOLLOWING LINKS: 

DJ:  http://www.pridetoronto.com/applications/2012-performersdjsapp.html 

Live Music:  http://www.pridetoronto.com/applications/2012-performersliveapp.html 

Performing Arts:  http://www.pridetoronto.com/applications/2012-performing-arts-application.html

FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:

TK

Arts & Culture Manager

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