Event Name: The 2009 Junction Arts Festival:  Weaving Mosaics!
Starts: September 9 – 13
Organizer: Junction Forum for Art & Culture
Venue: Dundas Street West between Keele Street and Quebec Avenue (weekend street closure: September 12 and 13).
Location: Toronto, Ontario
Cost: free
Event website: http://www.junctionartsfest.com
More Info: The Junction Arts Festival presents five free days of eclectic culture and a multitude of unique dance, visual, literary and musical arts in many different forms.
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GET DOWN TO IT:
<li>The Junction City Square: At Dundas Street West and Pacific Avenue, it is the centre to the five-day celebration, the spot for the weekend beer tent and the place to find the train platform (specially built for the 2008 Junction Centennial); the 2009 Main Stage.</li>
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<li> Visual Arts: A festival foundation, the Juried Art Exhibit and Junction and impromptu galleries along Dundas West go for the full five days.  The new Artist Laneway, featuring visual, sculpture and installation artistry, will be there to discover (during weekend street closure only, Sept. 12 & 13).</li>
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<li> Musical Arts: The Junction City Squares train platform will act as the Main Stage for live music and headlining performances (dates TBA). Musicians will also play in unexpected settings in local shops (Sept. 12 & 13).</li>
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<li> Literary Arts: Back for the second year with an increased presence, the literary component will feature writers and poets in unusual venues and experimental ways; sponsored by Junction publishing company BookThug, www.bookthug.ca (Sept. 12 & 13).</li>
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<li> Performance Arts: There’ll be dancing in the streets & dance, theatre and comedy performers wind there way in and out of Dundas West shops and buildings (Sept. 12 & 13).</li>
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<li>The Green Village: The third annual Green Village is a specific area during the weekend street closure presenting materials, speakers and workshops on environmental initiatives such as building green, painting green and rooftop gardens (Sept. 12 & 13).</li>
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<li>The KidZone: Is a FunZone with kid-friendly arts and crafts, face painting, games, rides and more (weekend only, Sept. 12 & 13).</li>
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<li>Artist Vendor Market: Creative types, artisans and yummy food and drink vendors make for interesting and fun weekend shopping (Sept. 12 & 13).</li>
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Note: More details are coming soon and for schedule updates please visit regularly at www.junctionartsfest.com.
New to the festival website is the Junction Arts Festival Blog, which will be updated almost daily by Michael Menegon or the JFAC board with insights into the creative and planning process.