MUST SEE SHOWCASES AT NXNE 09

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For Immediate Release: May 20, 2009 • Please include in your listings and announcements

MUST SEE SHOWCASES AT NXNE 09

Wednesday, June 17 & Thursday, June 18 – The Courthouse, 57 Adelaide Street East
FRED PERRY presents THE ARTS & CRAFTS SHOWCASE:

Wednesday: This Book Is Broken book launch
Featuring performances by
Apostle of Hustle
Happiness Project
Years
Jason Collett
Very Special Guests

Thursday: Surprise Guest Headliner
Still Life Still
The Most Serene Republic
Timber Timbre
Zeus

Thursday, June 18 – The Drake, 1150 Queen Street West
I HEART MUSIC presents: Amos The Transparent
Black Hat Brigade
Oh No Forest Fires
The Balconies
The Urban Aesthetics

Thursday, June 18 – The Bovine Sex Club, 542 Queen Street West
CHUNKLET presents: Easy Action
Tyvek
The Coathangers
TBA
TBA
Youth Brigade

Friday, June 19 – The Dakota Tavern, 249 Ossington Avenue
PAQUIN presents: Coeur de Pirate
$100
Deep Dark Woods
Hooded Fang
The Coast
Mark Berube & The Patriotic Few

Friday, June 19 – The Opera House, 735 Queen Street East
JUST ENTERTAINMENT presents: (doors will open at 9:00 PM)
Freeway
Mr.Lif
Pumpkinhead
Fundament
iLLite
King Jus
Writtenhouse
Ghettosocks
Angerville

Friday, June 19 – Reverb, 651 Queen Street West
NOW presents: 84.85
TBA
Parallels
The Magic
TBA
Superstitions
TBA

Friday, June 19 – Wrongbar, 1279 Queen Street West
CONVERSE presents: Matt & Kim
Japanther
Team Robespierre
Totally Michael
Cerebral Ballzy

Friday, June 19 – Sneaky Dee’s, 431 College Street
PANACHE presents: The Homosexuals
Mika Miko
Jonathan Toubin
Aids Wolf
The Coathangers
Pterodactyl

Saturday, June 20 – Horshoe Tavern, 368 Queen Street West
SIRIUS & CBC RADIO 3 presents: (doors will open at 8:30 PM)
Woodpigeon
DD/MM/YYYY
Ruby Coast
Jason Collett
Hot Panda
Lovely Feathers
Saturday, June 20 – Whippersnapper, 587A College Street
HAND DRAWN DRACULA presents (with DJ Graham Walsh {Holy Fuck} between sets)
Brian Borcherdt
By Divine Right
Julie Fader
Casey Mecija (Ohbijou) & Evening Hymns
Off The International Radar

Fans can attend the festival with 5-day or 1-day wristbands, Priority Passes or VIP Super
Passes; prices range from $25 – $250. Visit www.nxne.com to buy passes & wristbands and for
more festival info.

15 Years, 500 Bands, 50 Stages, 30 Films, 25 Panels, 5 Days. The North by Northeast Music & Film Festival and
Conference (NXNE ) runs June 17-June 21, 2009 in Toronto. The Music Festival is recognized worldwide as the place
for fans to see breakout performances at intimate venues and for musicians to get vital international exposure. Alumni
include Feist, The Dears, New York Dolls, Ron Sexsmith, K’naan, Jason Collett, Television, Sheek Louch, and The
Soundtrack of Our Lives. The Film Festival features the most compelling music-related films, shorts and documentaries
from around the world, and the Conference puts music insiders and veterans alongside the next generation of innovators
defining the industry for the digital age. Past Conference speakers include Stewart Copeland, Rob Halford, Don Letts,
Johnny Rotten and Thomas Dolby. Be sure to check out NXNE on Facebook, MySpace, and YouTube, and follow
NXNE on Twitter.

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