The largest multi-disciplinary South Asian Arts festival outside of South Asia, Masala! Mehndi! Masti! has celebrated annually for 10 years presenting South Asian culture and South Asian inspired culture in a professional, fun and mainstream environment, downtown Toronto.

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):

Friday | Saturday | Sunday

Friday, August 19, 2011

Time	Venue	Event Performance	Genre	Duration
6:00pm	Sculpture Court	Meena Bazaar offers a little something for everyone featuring products like saris and silks, CDs and books, incense and handicrafts, mehndi artists and jewellery, paintings and home furnishings and so much more! See who’s coming!	Bazaar	6 hours
6:00pm	World Café	Masala Bazaar features mouth watering South Asian dishes! See who’s cooking!	Food	6 hours
7:00pm	Marilyn Brewer Community Space	ROM’s Ornamenting the Ordinary: Crafts of South Asia Discover the beauty of ornament. Learn about the artistic styles, craftsmanship and craft traditions of South Asia’s many culturally diverse regions.	Visual Arts	4 hours
7:00pm	Marilyn Brewer Community Space	M!M!M! Artists’ Walkway Inspired by South Asia’s depth, colors, emotions … all woven together as a beautiful tapestry… these featured artists bring to life their vision of South Asia through paint, sculpture and photography. Showcasing Andrew Adams, Farhad Nargol-O’Neill & Vishal Misra.	Visual Arts	4 hours
7:00pm	Redpath Stage	Radha Academy of Carnatic Violin South Indian classical music featuring the esteemed violinist Subhadra Vijaykumar.	Music	1 hour
7:00pm	Studio Theatre	MMMovies! Abhay Deol Retrospective: Dev D After breaking up with his childhood sweetheart, a young man (Deol) finds solace in alcohol and drugs. Meanwhile, a teenage girl is caught in the world of prostitution, which eventually brings the two together. Will they be destroyed, or will they find redemption? Based on Devdas.	Film	2.5 hours
8:00pm	WestJet Stage	Waheed Soroor & Kice aka Kastro: Afghan-Canadian singer, songwriter, composer and producer Waheed Soroor is loved by Central Asian fans all over the world. Kice aka Kastro is the first Canadian/Afghan pop artist to hit the music scene with his unique sound and style. See them both on our WestJet Stage!	Music	1 hour
9:00pm	Redpath Stage	Radha Academy of Carnatic Violin See above at 7:00pm for more information.	Music	30 mins
9:30pm	WestJet Stage	Bhanging by the Lake: From the park to the lake! Manny Brar, Rav Double AA, Paul “The Drummer” Nanuwa, Dhol Circle, Jasraj Music, MC JD & SGPD are joined by Toronto’s very own Jus Reign to present the best in Bhangra at M!M!M!. This branded Bhangra blowout has become a M!M!M! trademark event with partners Desiwear. Part traditional, part contemporary, part fusion Bhangra and 100% high energy MMMasti!	Music	1.5 hours
11:00pm	Studio Theatre	MMMovies! Abhay Deol Retrospective: Honeymoon Travels A young, new-age and hilarious meditation on marriage and the most shocking and unexpected surprises that come with it. Not to be missed!	Film	2.5 hours
11:00pm	Brigantine Room	22º of Beatitude (Vancouver) From the producer of Delhi 2 Dublin, Tarun Nayar, comes a journey through modern Asian sounds. Ten years in the making, and incorporating recording sessions with artists worldwide.	Music	1.5 hours

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