Olympic Island Festival
The Olympic Island Festival is an annual rock concert that takes place on Toronto's Olympic Island. It was started in 2004 by Jay Ferguson of the band Sloan, when only Canadian musicians performed. In subsequent years, the festival has featured bands from other countries.
Lineups
2004
- Death from Above 1979
- Arcade Fire
- Buck 65
- The Constantines
- Pilate (now known as Pilot Speed)
- The Stills
- Broken Social Scene
- Sam Roberts
- Sloan
2005
June 26, 2005
- Keren Ann
- Triumph of Lethargy
- The Most Serene Republic
- Do Make Say Think
- Metric
- Broken Social Scene
- Modest Mouse
2006
June 24, 2006
2008
June 7, 2008
2009
The 2009 festival was cancelled in early May 2009.[1] The event was cancelled because a strike by Toronto's municipal outside workers closed ferry service to the Toronto Islands. Broken Social Scene played a free show at Harbourfront on July 11, 2009 as an apology for the event's cancellation; this show was documented in Bruce McDonald's 2010 concert film This Movie Is Broken.
- Broken Social Scene
- Explosions in the Sky
- Apostle of Hustle
- Beach House
- Thunderheist
- Rattlesnake Choir
2010
June 19, 2010
- Broken Social Scene
- Pavement
- Band of Horses
- Beach House
- Timber Timbre
- Toronto Revue
August 14, 2010
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