PARKDALE FESTIVAL

S: (n) festival (a day or period of time set aside for feasting and celebration)
S: (n) festival, fete (an organized series of acts and performances usually in one place)

The first annual Parkdale Festival took place on Saturday August 27th from 2:00 P.M. to 8:00 P.M. at Masaryk-Cowan Park, Queen and Cowan. It was a day of music and art to raise awareness and funds for various Parkdale youth services.

There’s definitely a need for awareness of available service organizations within the Parkdale area, whether this be for help in finding a job, finding a place to stay, or getting the next meal. The goal of the Festival is to create awareness by providing a fun interactive community based event. The end result is to create an accessible reference database of services that are available to youth.

The Festival was comprised of various components, including an "Interactive Art Zone" where individuals contributed to a “mural of street art". At the end of the day these pieces were offered to various community organizations in hopes that they are proudly displayed. Throughout the day there was a rotation of DJ’s at the DJ Station spinning an array of musical genres, a variety of performances, the Rainbow Web, face painting and wading pool, a Marketplace of local artisans and vendors, and a Community Information Fair with displays of materials from various youth organizations.

Money raised through donations and raffles went directly to the various youth organizations.

Official sponsors were NOW Magazine, Woolfitt’s Art Supplies, MerchGuy Showprint, Crucial Pins, Parkdale Liberty Economic Development Corporation and Parkdale BIA.

With support from Parkdale Liberty Newspaper, Gleaner Publications, Masaryk-Cowan Community Centre, 4-Unity Productions, Councilor Watson, and Triple-X Productions.

Parkdale Festival 2006...Last Saturday in August

Performance Schedule

Community and Marketplace Partners

Media

Contact Festival Innovator

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------