Organizers for the 35-day Toronto 2015 Pan Am/Parapan Am Games arts and culture festival, PANAMANIA, revealed a rich and star-studded entertainment lineup Wednesday.

While international athletes flood into the city this summer, so too will 1,200 global and Canadian artists, who will hold 250 performances and exhibitions on the sidelines of the games, which have been billed as the largest multi-sport event ever hosted in Canada.

"The Games will be a once-in-a-lifetime experience, unlike anything this city has ever seen," said Saad Rafi, CEO of the Toronto 2015 Pan Am/Parapan Am Games organizing committee.

"Not only are we going to have some of the best athletes in the world compete in our backyard, we're going to have 35 days of music, arts and culture that will inspire us and bring the city to life."

Major musical headliners

PANAMANIA will host 250 performances and exhibitions from July 10 to August 15.

American hip hop/soul band, and Jimmy Fallon's back up band, The Roots, will perform a free concert as part of PANAMANIA. The Roots include, from left, James Poyser, Kirk "Captain Kirk" Douglas, Frank "Knuckles" Walker, Tariq "Black Thought" Trotter, Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson, Damon "Tuba Gooding Jr." Bryson, James "Kamal" Gray, Mark Kelley. (Mark Seliger/NBC) Among the events will be free outdoor concerts headlined by award-winning Canadian and international musical artists, such as:

The Flaming Lips

Calle 13

The Roots

A Tribe Called Red

Janelle Monae

Café Tacvba

Brigitte Boisjoli

Chromeo

Jann Arden

Choc Quib Town

Death From Above 1979

Damien Robitaille

Lila Downs

Lights

Luciano

Dragonette

Colin James

USS

Marie-Pierre Arthur

Tanya Tagaq

The Barra McNeils

Other programs feature ticketed and free events from the worlds of visual art, theatre, dance, comedy and fashion.

Diverse spectrum of art

Meaghan Ogilvie's Requiem of Water is a large-scale photography and video exhibition commissioned by the TORONTO 2015 Arts and Culture Festival, PANAMANIA. (Meaghan Ogilvie/PANAMANIA handout) The festival will draw on a diverse spectrum of works from 28 commissioned artists, including:

Dancer-turned-filmmaker Veronica Tennant

​Photographer Edward Burtynsky

​Comedian Sandra Shamas

Spoken word artist Mustafa the Poet

Choreographer and performer Crystal Pite

Canadian theatre icon Robert Lepage​

PANAMANIA will see Lepage premiere his latest one-man show, 887, which explores memory and Quebec's social and political history through the artist's own childhood memories.

Quebec writer/director Robert Lepage will premiere his solo show 887 during PANAMANIA. The project explores memory and Quebec's social and political changes through the artist's own childhood memories. (Robert Lepage/PANAMANIA Handout) "The reason why I wanted to do this show," Lepage explained to CBC, "is because in Quebec license plates bear the words "Quebec: Je me souviens" or "Quebec: I remember." But if you ask Quebecers 'Why is it 'I remember?'' people don't know why."

The piece, which switches between French and English, is set in Quebec City from start of Quebec's Quiet Revolution to the end of the October Crisis.

It also explores the cultural debates as they existed in Lepage's family home.

"I think it's an interesting way of reminding people about the origins of the whole [French/English cultural debate], said Lepage.

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"And it's a very funny show. It's done very lightly. It's also a very moving show."

Fans can also expect an original performance at the Pan Am Games opening ceremony which was designed by famed troupe Cirque du Soleil.

The Toronto 2015 Pan American Games kick off at the Rogers Centre on July 10.

The whole thing wraps with the Parapan Am closing ceremony on Aug. 15 at Nathan Phillips Square.

Tickets and scheduling information can be found on the official PANAMANIA website.