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North by Northeast
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North by Northeast (or NXNE) is an annual three-day live music festival and music conference in Toronto, Ontario held the second weekend each June.
NXNE 2008 runs June 12 to 15. Band submissions open November 1st 2007 for the 12th year of the music festival.
It began in 1996 and was patterned on the South by Southwest festival in Austin, Texas. Each year, three-dozen music venues host hundreds of bands from Canada, the United States and all over the world. Each music venue hosts five bands a night (9PM onward), and the majority of the venues are grouped along downtown Toronto's Queen St. West, College St. West, and the Bloor St. Annex.
The music conference at NXNE runs for three days at the Holiday Inn on King Hotel which serves as Festival HQ. NXNE delegates, panalists and bands playing the festival are able to participate in discussions, songwriter round tables, keynotes, demo listening and peer critiquing, legal clinics and the very helpful peer mentor sessions. The NXNE conference panels are held Friday and Saturday, and aim to foster a professional environment where musicians, artists and music industry reps can network and share ideas within their field.
A film festival was added in 2001 to run concurrently with the weekend music festival and industry conference, in conjunction with the National Film Board of Canada. Films are primarily music related documentaries and videos.
North by Northeast is a volunteer driven music festival. The dedication and enthusiasm of NXNE volunteers caught the eye of Andrew Loog Oldham (the 2002 keynote speaker), who remarked that NXNE volunteers reminded him of why he originally entered into the music business.
NOW Magazine is a major sponsor, and its owners hold an ownership interest in the festival.
NXNE celebrated its tenth anniversary in 2004.
Sketchy is the unofficial mascott of NXNE (since 2006). A few extremely rare stuffed Sketchy rabbits have since appeared on stage at gigs in the UK and North America. Bands have been encouraged to submit photos to Flickr and tag them 'nxnerabbit'.
NXNE 2007 took place on June 7 - 10. The Music Festival spaned four days and nights of activities and takes place at more than 40 live music venues in Toronto. Among this year's performers were Soundtrack of our Lives, Urge Overkill, Buffalo Tom, Seawolf, Armies of You, Charlemagne, Die Mannequin, Dinosaur Jr, The Manvils, Dr. Draw, the Elizabeth Shepherd Trio, Birds of Wales, God Made Me Funky, Mark Bragg, Mardeen, Royal Wood, the Harlots, The Nymphets, Justin Rutledge, The Suede Brothers, Kathleen Edwards, The United Steel Workers of Montreal, You Say Party! We Say Die!DJ Peko and Australian exports: Konqistador, The Kill Devil Hills, 84, Lindsey Phillips and Liam Griffith.
The NXNE 2007 Film Festival premiered the first screening of 'Glastonbury', a look behind the famous outdoor musical extravaganza. Glastonbury is a film by acclaimed British director Julian Temple. BBC Radio 1 DJ Don Letts premiered three films, 'Rock it to Rio' (follows Franz Ferdinand on their South American tour), 'George Clinton: Tales of Dr. Funkenstein' and 'The Good, The Bad and The Queen'.