

kit wilson-yang performs at the 2010 Bicycle Music Festival. Photo by karol o.

What: Toronto Bicycle Music Festival the pedal-powered, mobile music festival

When: Sunday, September 18, 2011 from 2:00 pm to 7:30 pm

Where: Trinity Bellwoods Park at 2:00 pm, Fred Hamilton Park at 3:30 pm, Dufferin Grove Park at 5:30 pm (schedule)

How: Bring your bicycle to travel between venues with the performers and then take turns pedalling to power the portable sound system. The Toronto Bicycle Music Festival is a free community festival. This year’s festival is produced with support from the Toronto Arts Council and the Ontario Arts Council.

Who: Bicycle-touring pioneer and Juno-nominated musician Jeremy Fisher will headline the second annual Toronto Bicycle Music Festival. Fisher, who has toured extensively by bike including a cross-Canada trip, will wrap up a two-week Bike to Work Tour of Southern Ontario at the festival. Also appearing at the festival are local cabaret chanteuse Lenni Jabour; emerging bluegrass/folk sensations The Strumbellas; sweet-voiced songbird Abigail Lapelle; and French jazz/swing quintet Amélie & Les Singes Bleus.

More: torontobicyclemusicfestival.com



Tomboyfriend at the 2010 Bicycle Music Festival. Photo by karol o.