Get Outside 9/11: Justin and Jason at the Junction Arts Festival this weekend
September 11, 2009You know why there aren’t more live music shows in the Junction? Because until 1997, the west end neighbourhood on the other side of the train tracks was dry. No booze = no clubs. It’s changed plenty since then (goodbye junk shops, hello antique shops and raw food restaurant) and artists of various stripes have been moving there in droves. Not surprisingly, the Junction Arts Festival gets bigger and better ever year.
Tomorrow night (Saturday September 12), City Sonic artists Jason Collett and Justin Rutledge will headline the festival’s mainstage (8:15 and 9:30, respectively), along with Dakota Tavern houseband the Beauties. It’s a free show and you can even get alcoholic drinks afterwards at next door at Margrets, one of the city’s best kept secret nocturnal hang-outs.
Of course there’s a good chance you’re spending the entire weekend indoors at TIFF movies. If so, keep an eye out for Sarah Slean, who has a cameo on the short film The Translator, part of Short Cuts Canada programme this weekend. Screening times and info here.
