The largest multi-disciplinary South Asian Arts festival outside of South Asia, Masala! Mehndi! Masti! has celebrated annually for 9 years presenting South Asian culture and South Asian inspired culture in a professional, fun and mainstream environment, downtown Toronto (originally at Harbourfront Centre and now at the CNE grounds).
M!M!M! will showcase the greatest talent that Toronto has to offer in Comedy, Dance, Fashion, Film, Literary Arts, Music, Spoken Word, Theatre, Visual Arts and Workshop Seminars.
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Below is our Festival Schedule (select day to view full schedule):
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Saturday, July 24, 2010
| Time | Venue | Event Performance | Genre | Duration |
| 12:00pm | Bandshell Park |
Food Vendors: Udupi Palace, Chandni Chowk, and more | Food | 11 hours |
| 12:00pm | BLC | State Farm Meena Bazaar and Community Lane | Bazaar | 11 hours |
| 12:00pm | BLC | Mobilicity Artists’ Walkway: Andrew Adams, Shawn Barry, Kuljit Chahal, Javid J, Parveen Kaur, Vishal Misra, Shelly Sarkar, Ramita Singh, Vicky Talwar, Anu Vittal, and Vicky Vyas | Visual Arts | 11 hours |
| 12:00pm | QE Theatre | Crafts of South Asia presented by Royal Ontario Museum | Visual Arts | 11 hours |
| 12:15 pm | BLC Artist Café Stage |
MMM Seniors Desi Idol: senior citizens music competition supported by HRDC, Swar Sadhana and Raheel Raza | Music | 90 min |
| 12:45pm | QE Theatre | MMMovies! Boman Irani Retrospective co-presented by Etihad Airways: Khosla Ka Ghosla, Dir: Dibakar Banerjee | Film | 135 min |
| 1:00pm | BLC | Art Gallery of Ontario celebrates the Maharaja Exhibition at MMM! Children’s arts & crafts | Visual Arts | 10 hours |
| 1:15pm | Bandshell Stage | M!M!M! Bachcha Party featuring various children’s dance showcases | Dance | 45 min |
| 1:15pm | Fountain Room | Janice Goveas: readings from original literary works | Literary Arts | 30 min |
| 2:00pm | BLC Artist Café Stage |
Natya Tapasya: Bharatnatyam dance performance | Dance | 30 min |
| 2:00pm | Fountain Room | In Conversation with Salman Ahmed: founder of rock band Junoon, UN Goodwill Ambassador, hosted by CBC Radio’s Aparita Bhandari: . Book 7 CD launch: Rock & Roll Jehad | Literary Arts | 30 min |
| 2:15pm | Bandshell Stage |
Destiny Band: Soca, Chutney, R&B, Reggae & Bollywood Indo-Caribbean style! | Music | 30 min |
| 3:00pm | BLC Artist Café Stage |
Aditya Verma: Canada’s own Sarod maestro co-presented by Raag Mala Society of Toronto | Music | 45 min |
| 3:15pm | QE Theatre | MMMovies! Boman Irani Retrospective co-presented by Etihad Airways: 3 Idiots, Dir: Rajkumar Hirani, followed by Q&A with Boman Irani | Film | 160 min |
| 3:15pm | Bandshell Stage |
Swar Sadhana Dandia-Raas: An audience participatory event featuring Gujarat’s biggest cultural export | Music/Dance | 60 min |
| 4:15pm | Bandshell Park | Talana Blu Cru: join these fantastic percussionists as they work their way through the grounds entertaining you up close | Music | 15 min |
| 4:15pm | Fountain Room | Fenulla Jiwani: readings from original literary works | Literary Arts | 30 min |
| 4:30pm | BLC Artist CafĂ© Stage | “Derwaza: The Door”: Paromita Kar & Jasmyn Fyffe: collaborative dance showcasing Indian traditional and modern dance | Dance | 30 min |
| 5:00pm | Fountain Room | Music Seminar: a panel discussion with Vikas Kohli, DJ Jiten, Jazz Virk & Suzanne D’Mello | Seminar | 45 min |
| 5:45pm | Bandshell Stage | MMM Urban Grooves presents Deesha and Jay Deala | Music | 45 min |
| 6:00pm | Fountain Room | Vivek Shraya: readings from original literary works | Literary Arts | 30 min |
| 7:00pm | BLC Artist CafĂ© Stage | MMM Devis & Divas: Bageshree Vaze Canada’s own desi diva | Music | 30 min |
| 7:00pm | Fountain Room | In Conversation with Suzanne D’Mello: Bollywood playback singer of Slumdog Millionaire, Ghajini, Singh Is King fame, hosted by Vikas Kohli of Fatlabs | Music/Dance | 45 min |
| 7:30pm | Bandshell Stage | Toronto Tabla Ensemble: MMM’s first ever headliners in 2001 return with Chhandam Dance Company | Music/Dance | 45 min |
| 7:45pm | QE Theatre | MMMovies! Boman Irani Retrospective: In Conversation with Boman Irani hosted by OMNI TV’s Bollywood Boulevard host Mohit Rajhans: up close and personal with Bollywood’s colossally talented actor in this talk show style event | Film | 60 min |
| 8:00pm | BLC Artist Café Stage |
MMM Chillout: feat Mandippal, Rekha Patel, Richard Wilson (UAE), Hanif Shariff (Montreal), Husein Madhavji A diverse range of musical talent presented cabaret style | Music | 105 min |
| 8:00pm | Fountain Room | Sheniz Janmohamed: readings from original literary works | Literary Arts | 30 min |
| 8:45pm | Bandshell Stage | Salman Ahmed (Junoon) in Concert (Pakistan/USA): Founder of South Asia’s legendary rock band, UN Goodwill Ambassador, author of “Rock and Roll Jehad” co-presented by Canada Pakistan Business Council | Music | 45 min |
| 9:00pm | QE Theatre | MMMovies! Boman Irani Retrospective co-presented by Etihad Airways: Let’s Talk, Dir: Ram Madhvani, followed by Q&A with Boman Irani | Film | 98 min |
| 9:00pm | Fountain Room | Meri Kahani: My Story: A powerful theatre piece by Umbereen Inayat | Theatre | 60 min |
| 9:45pm | Bandshell Stage | Suzanne D’Mello in Concert: Bollywood’s rising star with performances on the Slumdog Millionaire, Ghajini and Singh Is King soundtracks | Music | 75 min |
| 10:00pm | Revival 783 College St (offsite) |
Luv To Bhang & Besharam: the MMM 10th ANNIVERSARY PARTY ($20, age:25+) | Party | 4 hours |
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