Published August 31, 2023, 3:32 pm ET
Members of the band Nickelback, consisting of (left to right) Ryan Peake, Chad Kroeger, Daniel Adair and Mike Kroeger, attend a Canadian Music Hall of Fame plaque ceremony in Calgary on Sunday, June 25, 2023. Canadian rockers Nickelback, South African rapper Sho Madjozi and Finn Wolfhard’s band The Aubreys are among the artists set to perform at the annual Toronto International Film Festival street party. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
TORONTO – Canadian rockers Nickelback, South African rapper Sho Madjozi and Finn Wolfhard’s band The Aubreys are among the artists set to perform at the Toronto International Film Festival’s annual street party.
Free concerts and outdoor screenings on the first four days of the film marathon include an outdoor show by Nickelback on September 8, following the afternoon premiere of their documentary “Hate to Love: Nickelback.”
Wolfhard’s band The Aubreys will perform in the late afternoon of September 9, one day before the “Stranger Things” star makes his directorial debut with the slasher film “Hell of a Summer.”
Sho Madjozi will perform later on the evening of September 9th, and Canada’s rap veteran Michie Mee will close out the festivities on September 10th with a show that also celebrates the 50th anniversary of the birth of hip hop.
The four-block stretch along King Street West will also host food vendors and outdoor performances, including a Paul Reubens memorial of “Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure” and a 30th anniversary screening of “Addams Family Values.” .
The Toronto International Film Festival takes place from September 7th to 17th.
This report from The Canadian Press was first published on August 31, 2023.
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