Now in its 18th year, North by Northeast Festivals and Conference (NXNE)has become the Canadian festival destination for emerging artists and major-label headliners, for music filmmakers, and for digital interactive innovators bridging the gap between technology and the arts. Seen as the most anticipated summer music event in Canada, NXNE Music, NXNE Film, and NXNE Interactive are an essential gathering for artists, industry, and fans. We’re based in Toronto, but bring a global perspective to our programming. NXNE’s mission is to
- provide a forum for the best new music, in which fans can catch emerging artists – tomorrow’s stars – and today’s most popular acts at intimate club venues
- screen the year’s most exciting music-themed films
- explore and develop common ground between the creative industries and the interactive world
- present Toronto with an annual marquee tourist destination festival by showcasing international headline performers at huge free outdoor concerts
For five days and nights, NXNE Music offers the hottest music and the freshest music-related ideas—all within a few km of each other. NXNE 2011 presented over 625 international, national and local acts at 50 official festival stages in downtown Toronto’s famous club district.
Many performers have played NXNE on their way to major worldwide breakthroughs. Hotly tipped buzz bands and soon-to-be-discovered gems join international touring acts, making NXNE eclectic and exciting. Festival alumni include:
Iggy and The Stooges, Stars, De La Soul, DEVO, Fucked Up, Descendents, The Raveonettes, The Pharcyde, Broken Social Scene, Mudhoney, Feist, X, Digable Planets, Les Savy Fav, GZA, Matt and Kim, Dinosaur Jr., Deerhoof, Eagles of Death Metal, No Age, Kid Cudi, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Black Lips, Japandroids, Sufjan Stevens, Dodos, HEALTH, K-os, Warpaint, Cold Cave, Best Coast, Thee Oh Sees, Kid Sister, Surfer Blood, The Sonics, King Khan & The Shrines, Diamond Rings, Swervedriver, Peaches, Ron Sexsmith, MC5, Television, The Soundtrack of Our Lives, Sloan, New York Dolls, DFA 1979, Buzzcocks, The Dears, The Cool Kids, Wavves, Ted Leo & The Pharmacists, Men Without Hats, Monotonix, Man or Astroman?, The Soft Pack, AA Bondy, Avi Buffalo, Dillinger Four, Mika Miko, Pere Ubu,The Duke Spirit, Evan Dando, My Morning Jacket, Golden Triangle, These are Powers, Japanther, The Death Set, Ninjasonik, Youth Brigade, Redd Kross, We Are Wolves, The Homosexuals, Billy Talent, XDS, Tyvek, Pterodactyl, Aids Wolf, The Stills, Blue Rodeo, Great Lake Swimmers, Fake Blood, Hidden Cameras, Hercules & Love Affair, Mooney Zuzuki, Apostle of Hustle, Peanut Butter Wolf, Money Mark, Bran Van 3000, Sheek Louch, DD/MM/YYYY, Brant Bjork, Alejandro Escovedo, Silversun Pickups, Lightspeed Champion, Mr Lif, Xavier Rudd, K’naan, Kathleen Edwards, Rock Plaza Central, Freeway, and thousands more.
NXNE Film screens 40+ of the year’s best music-themed features, documentaries, shorts, and experimental films from around the world. Directors ( like (Don Letts, Guy Maddin), producers, actors and musicians attend many of the screenings – many of which are world or Canadian premieres. NXNE 2011 showed 69 of the most interesting music-related films you’ll find anywhere.
NXNE Interactive (NXNEi) is a digital interactive media conference like no other. It brings together content-creating artists, tech entrepreneurs, digital marketing gurus, web business experts, and social media aficionados for four days of workshops, presentations, and panels that explore the newest ideas in bridging the gap between creativity and the interactive world. NXNEi’s afternoon sessions combine the Music and Film focus in an event that engage the industry delegates who attend NXNE. Past guests include interactive speakers like Ze Frank, Adora Svitak, Scott Stratten and Scott Belsky, plus Music Conference speakers like Police drummer Stewart Copeland, head Sex Pistol Johnny Rotten, songwriters Steve Earle and Bruce Cockburn, Peaches, Patti Smith, Thomas Dolby and Stones’ ex-guru Andrew Loog Oldham.
Correspondents from international media like the BBC, pitchfork.com, Vanity Fair, the New York Times, brooklyn vegan, and Fused UK cover festival showcases alongside influential music bloggers, television stations, radio programmers, podcasters, filmmakers, and Canadian journalists. Over 450 accredited media covered last year’s NXNE festival.
Testimonials:
“NXNE is an exciting combination of indie music and a film lover’s gourmet feast. We had a great time and we would love to come back.” - Stewart Copeland
“The NXNE experience was one of the most magical events for The Soundtrack of our lives… Toronto is always the place to be when it comes to interesting entertainment. And the people are almost as beautiful as the Swedes…” - Ebbot, The Soundtrack of our Lives
“You guys ruled! Thanks for all the love. NXNE is the jumpoff fa sho!” - Heathcliff Berru, manager, GZA
“It was perfect” - Melissa Auf Der Maur
“It was great to be able to participate in NXNE, as a performer and as the celebrity interview.” - Bruce Cockburn
“Thousands of artists showcased by NXNE directly to key music and film executives. This is where you bring your entertainment vehicle if you want serious industry attention.” - Rob Halford, Judas Priest
“Toronto’s multicultural mix provides the perfect backdrop for NXNE’s eclectic choice of music films.” - Don Letts, director, Rock it to Rio
“North by Northeast is one of the best gatherings on music and music people I’ve ever attended.” - Danny Goldberg, former manager of Nirvana, Hole, the Beastie Boys
Press:
“NXNE is now one of the premier festivals in all of North America…a calendar event that you make time for. You might have seen as many great bands from Wednesday to Sunday as you will see in the next six months. The organizers have turned this festival into something very special.” – The National Post
“the best in new music and film from the indie scene” – BBC Radio 2 (UK)
“Other than SXSW and the CMJ Music Marathon, few other festivals offer music fans more opportunities to find great new bands than NXNE.” – Paste Magazine
“…simply too much cool stuff going on…” – the Toronto Star
“North by Northeast thrived gloriously” – The Globe & Mail
“A musical smorgasbord of cutting edge music washed down with Bloody Caesar cocktails. Sound fun? You better believe it is!” – Fused Magazine (UK)
“Music did take over.” – The Austinist
“(a) bar-hopping bonanza” – the Toronto Sun
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