Long Winter, Toronto’s annual all-ages, pay-what-you-can inter-arts series returns for its eighth year. This season’s festival will kick off November 22nd at Tranzac, featuring musical performances by DJ/ Producer Raf Reza, ‘soft, pink, punk’ act Pretty Matty, ZOE, R&B artist R.Flex and more. Long Winter will transform the Tranzac into an immersive, collaborative environment featuring the Memory Palace Project by Toronto-based installation artist Victoria Wang, an interactive Nintendo tarot reading by Trevor Dunseith, live drawing by sonny bean, a dance piece by Dequan Clarke, and a drag performance by Deus Sex Machina.
In addition to the Toronto season launch, for the first time, Long Winter will present a free showcase at M for Montreal in partnership with the City of Toronto to collaborate with Montreal arts and event participants featuring performances by Sydanie, Tremayne, Charlie Noiir and Maky Lavender. The co-showcase follows Long Winter’s first-ever international bi-city collaboration with co-presenters Collectif MU at La Station-Gare des Mines in Paris, France. Their September 20-21, 2019 festival and conference featured over 15 Toronto musical acts and artwork, alongside a Paris-based roster. Check out the full program available here.
LONG WINTER PARIS marked the first of two cross-national co-presentations, with the second being hosted in Toronto in November 2020 as kick-off to Long Winter’s 2020-2021 season. Details and 2019-2020 event dates and venues listed below.
November 22 @ Tranzac
MUSIC
R. Flex
Pretty Matty
ZOE
Raf Reza
Leucrocuta
Roach
Scorpio Rising
Quezal
Annacetaminophen
Relly
Aaron Dolman
Mingjia
ART
Memory Palace Project
Trevor Dunseith
Dequan Clarke
sonny bean
Deus Sex Machina and more…
TALK SHOW
+ Long Night with Vish Khanna featuring Zalika Reid-Benta, house band The Bicycles, and more TBA.
Tickets: ticketscene.ca/events/27384/
All ages
Long Winter 8.1 is made possible through the support of:
Canada Council for the Arts
Toronto Arts Council
Ontario Creates
Long and McQuade
The Tranzac
Long Winter 8.2
December 13
Long Winter and Harbourfront Centre present: The Arctic Night
Long Winter 8.3
January 11
Gladstone Hotel
Long Winter 8.4
February 21
Co-production with Workman Arts
Long Winter 8.5
March 21
Co-production with Workman Arts
For more information on Long Winter, visit torontolongwinter.com.
