{"id":27125,"date":"2017-10-16T12:15:24","date_gmt":"2017-10-16T16:15:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=27125"},"modified":"2017-10-15T11:44:26","modified_gmt":"2017-10-15T15:44:26","slug":"nxne-announces-2018-dates-returns-yonge-dundas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=27125","title":{"rendered":"NXNE announces 2018 dates and returns to Yonge-Dundas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-27126\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/e4546a37-95b5-4c74-a2c0-5ca5c5056272.jpg?resize=600%2C400\" alt=\"NXNE 2018\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/e4546a37-95b5-4c74-a2c0-5ca5c5056272.jpg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/e4546a37-95b5-4c74-a2c0-5ca5c5056272.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>North by Northeast (NXNE) has announced the 2018 edition will be held June 8-17. Now in its 24<sup>th<\/sup> year, the festival returns to Toronto&#8217;s downtown epicenter, Yonge-Dundas with free outdoor programming June 15-17. They will transform Yonge Street into a festival village throughout the weekend to host free concerts, talk sessions and comedy shows.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, the festival will expand the Club Land &#8211; Curator Series throughout the week. Leading Canadian musicians will host and curate showcases across the city at dozens of venues and clubs.<\/p>\n<p>Game Land kicks off the festival returning June 8-10, and will take place in a unique Toronto venue. The three-day live eSports extravaganza will have hundreds in attendance and\u00a0tens of thousands viewing online via NXNE&#8217;s Twitch channel.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;We at North by Northeast have always loved presenting amazing new music at Canada&#8217;s most exciting intersection, free of charge. And NXNE&#8217;s fans and supporters have been clear they love shows on Yonge Street, even miss them. So we&#8217;re bringing the music back to the centre of the city, bigger and better,&#8221;<\/em> says Michael Hollett.<\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned for additional announcements regarding North By Northeast in the upcoming months.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on North By Northeast, visit\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/worklate.us13.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=a7d6a54a367ebb43324db5071&amp;id=99dc7827fc&amp;e=850ad26e28\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">nxne.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>North by Northeast (NXNE) has announced the 2018 edition will be held June 8-17. Now in its 24th year, the festival returns to Toronto&#8217;s downtown <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=27125\" title=\"NXNE announces 2018 dates and returns to Yonge-Dundas\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":27126,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[25,28,1907],"tags":[6597,1426,2006,1239],"class_list":["post-27125","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-live","category-music","category-news","tag-6597","tag-festival","tag-nxne","tag-toronto-2"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/e4546a37-95b5-4c74-a2c0-5ca5c5056272.jpg?fit=600%2C400&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2B2TV-73v","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":23998,"url":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=23998","url_meta":{"origin":27125,"position":0},"title":"NXNE returns June 16-25, 2017","author":"cultureaddicts","date":"November 15, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"The 23rd Annual\u00a0NORTH BY NORTHEAST (NXNE)\u00a0is expanding to ten days, with a dynamic selection of music, gaming, comedy, and more June 16 - 25, 2017 in Toronto, Ontario. 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