Raising Youth Awareness
Festival Overview
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 third annual Parkdale Youth Festival takes place on Saturday August 25th from 12:00 P.M. to 6:00 P.M. at Masaryk-Cowan Park, Queen and Cowan. It’s a day of family entertainment to raise awareness for various Parkdale youth service organizations.
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 will be comprised of various components, including an "Interactive Art Zone" where individuals can contribute to a “mural of street art". At the end of the day these pieces will be offered to various community organizations in hopes that they are proudly displayed. Throughout the day there will also be a variety of performances, a children’s activity area and wading pool, a Marketplace of local artisans and vendors, and a Community Information Fair with displays of materials from various youth organizations.
This is a free event that will go rain or shine as Masaryk-Cowan Community Centre has generously offered their gymnasium should the event need to be moved indoors. This is the last weekend before youth head back to school which makes it all that much more important to get this information out. Come out and support the leaders of tomorrow and enjoy a great day of entertainment for everyone.
Again this year there will be an after party featuring several performances and DJ’s as part of P-Fest. Additional details of the location and performances will be advised via the website.
Official sponsors include NOW Magazine, Woolfitt’s Art Supplies, Babbleweb, XIX Studio, Enterprise Rent-A-Car, Pizza Pizza, Bandworld Inc, and Parkdale-High Park MPP Cheri Dinovo.
With support from Parkdale Liberty Economic Development
Corporation, Parkdale Liberty Newspaper, Gleaner Publications, Masaryk-Cowan
Community Centre, Toronto Youth Ambassadors, and Triple-X Productions.
Festival Innovator
Bryen Dunn, info@parkdalefestival.com