Jump on Wavo’s launchpad and perform at Time Festival in Toronto
Embrace and Wavo are excited to announce the Wavo Launchpad, a once-in-a-lifetime chance for unsigned artists to kick their careers into overdrive, by translating the power of social media to the real world. Beginning with Toronto's annual Time Festival, the Wavo Launchpad gives upcoming producers and musicians the chance to jumpstart their career at one of the summers hottest events by harnessing the power of Wavo's online music platform. The launchpad is more than a "DJ contest" it's *the* place to meet industry professionals, unsigned artists and Time Festival performers including: Grimes, Death Grips, Flume, Action Bronson, Jon Hopkins, Kaytranada and more! Located backstage, the Wavo Launchpad lounge offers our winners a chance to schmooze media and speak to industry professionals while enjoying the festival in VIP style.
29 hospitalized after Avicii concert in Toronto
Just over a week since local officials overturned an EDM ban in Toronto's Exhibition Place, the city will once again face scrutiny after 29 concertgoers were hospitalized at an Avicii show on Saturday night. Held at The Rogers Centre, the sold-out show was an all ages event with approximately 20,000 people packing the sold out venue. According to the Toronto Sun, one person was arrested and at least one other was treated for drug use, but the vast majority of those hospitalized were all due to varying degrees of alcohol consumption.
Toronto’s EDM ban fails, voted down 31-4
Electronic music once again prevails in the face of legislation from city officials, this time at Toronto's Exhibition Place. It was recently reported that Toronto had banned all electronic music events at the venue but yesterday the city council voted 31-4 to overturn the ban citing that it was a "deliberately manufactured moral panic" in what Councillor Gord Perk described as a "business competitive issue," noting that recent studies have shown that EDM events at Exhibition Place are much safer than their illegal warehouse counterparts.