As some of you may know, there is a festival held annually every June in Toronto, Canada called NXNE, which is a Music, Film, Interactive, Art and Comedy Festival.
You may have heard of the festival held every year in Houston, Texas called SXSW which is the same thing as NXNE, but held in Canada.
NXNE has been happening in Toronto since 1995, and has been getting bigger and bigger every year while bringing many artist to the city of Toronto. Some artist that have performed at NXNE are: Ludacris, A$AP Ferg, Danny Brown, Run The Jewel, and Spoon, just to name a few. The festival brings about 13,000 people from outside of the GTA (Greater Toronto Area) to Downtown Toronto to come and see performances or conferences.
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| Krazy Drayz |
This year I was able to sign up as a Volunteer at the Festival and was placed at one of their bigger venues. Younge-Dundas Square is the heart of Toronto and is where NXNE keeps their free performances for the city to watch, which usually holds well-known performers from around the world.
As a volunteer I was selling merchandise and interacting with the guest who attended. I would recommend everyone to volunteer at music festivals, you get to meet the coolest people who you wouldn't meet on an everyday basis and you also get to discover bands and artists who you never knew about before.
You also get to see some cool Toronto native merchandise and clothing.
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| Merchandise from Aloha and other artists |
PLUS, a bonus for volunteering and going to music festivals is you never know who you'll run into. You guys remember ASTRO from America's Got talent..? well he preformed at NXNE at YDS and guess who got a picture with him?... ME!
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| Me and Astro |
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