The UK is known for its wild and well-attended music festival. One of these, the Isle of Wight-based Bestival, is making its way across the pond and into the North American market this summer. And its point of entry? None other than Toronto.
The new festival will be held in the Toronto Islands on June 12 and 13, and while a lineup isn't ready yet, festival organizers promise it will mix illustrious electronic acts with rock, pop, and rap. In true British music festival fashion, Bestival also promises to be massive and kooky.
“No disrespect to the festivals in North America, but a lot of them are very much stages, bars, food tents,” founder Rob da Bank said in
The New York Times. “This festival will look very different. It will have theatricality, ambition.”
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The New York Times