Blackout Anniversary: Three Parties - One Celebration
8 p.m. to 10 p.m.
Thursday August 14, 2008 is the 5th anniversary of the great blackout, when our city rediscovered itself as “Toronto the Good”.
Remember when life spilled out into the streets; remember talking to strangers; remember when magic zapped out the mundane.
Join local merry-makers:
- Streets are for People!
- NewMindSpace
- Promise
- Reclaim the Streets
- Drummers in Exile
- Bike Pirates
- Take the Tooker
- Urban Repair Squad
- Samba Elegua and the Kensington Horns for three parties and one big celebration.
PARTY OPTION #1 - PARADE
8 p.m. - assemble Central Tech bleachers, (Harbord just east of Bathurst)
BRING - horns, drums, instruments of all kinds, noise makers, lanterns, costumes (anything silly)
9 p.m. we depart
PARTY OPTION #2 - CRITICAL MASS BIKE RIDE
8 p.m. - assemble - Bloor and Spadina
BRING - the usual fun
8:15 depart
9 p.m. return to Bloor and Spadina
PARTY OPTION #3 - SILENT STREET RAVE
8 p.m. - assemble - 666 Spadina (at Sussex Ave.)
BRING - music player, glo-sticks, costumes, the usual fun
9:30 - Don’t miss the Secret Grand Finale when three parties become one.
