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.
Click here for detailed programming and artist information!
Below is our Festival Schedule (select day to view full schedule):
Friday | Saturday | Sunday
Sunday, August 21, 2011
Co-presented by Bollywood Film-fare Canada
| Time | Venue | Event Performance | Genre | Duration |
| 11:00am | 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 | 7 hours |
| 11:00am | 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 | 7 hours |
| 12:00pm | 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 | 8 hours |
| 12:00pm | World Café | Masala Bazaar features mouth watering South Asian dishes! See who’s cooking! | Food | 8 hours |
| 12:00pm | North Orchard | Graffiti Art with Javid: Javid is an Arabic name that means eternal. His work as a painter, graphic designer and muralist is dedicated to revealing the architectural spirit of letters and faces, inspired by the principles of Arabic calligraphy, graffiti art, and portraiture. | Visual Arts | 7 hours |
| 12:30pm | Studio Theatre | MMMovies! Abhay Deol Retrospective: Ek Chalis Ki Last Local Ek Chalis Ki Last Local (That Last Train of 1:40 am) is a fast-paced, dark comedy about a call center executive who misses the last late-night train back home. Ninety minutes later, with just $70 in his pocket, he catches the first morning local and ends up with a fortune and a beautiful damsel (Neha Dhupia). How does he do it? | Film | 2.5 hours |
| 12:30pm | Redpath Stage | Bollycore Puja Amin, founder and director of Sanskriti Arts Ensemble has now created a new type of dance and fitness – Bollycore! | Lifestyle/ Wellness |
30 mins |
| 12:30pm | Lakeside Terrace | Cooking Demo with Chef Roshni TV show ‘Chopped’ Champion 2009, Toronto bred Roshni Mansukhani spices it up! | Food | 1 hour |
| 12:30pm | HarbourKIDS Zone Tent | M!M!M! Kidz Corner Arts n’ Crafts Imagination and colours come alive as children use a variety of wonderful materials to create cultural crafts of South Asia as the teacher explains the significance of their art and creativity. | Family | 5 hours |
| 1:00pm | Redpath Stage | M!M!M! Senior Desi Idol – Finals Once again, M!M!M! presents Senior Desi Idol – an interactive singing competition directed towards seniors. Join us to see the winner of the 2nd annual M!M!M! Senior Desi Idol! Organized by Swar Sadhana. | Music | 30 mins |
| 1:00pm | Brigantine Room | M!M!M! Bachcha Party:Â This special section of M!M!M! celebrates talented youngsters who are just as capable of burning up the dance floor, singing like a rockstar or playing in band like any grownup! Come cheer on the next generation of entertainment! Organized by MasalaMommas. | Dance, Music | 1 hour |
| 1:30pm | Redpath Stage | Devis n Divas: Shirsha Chakraborty: Shirsha has mesmerized audiences across North America with her melodious and expressive renditions of Bollywood, semi-classical (ghazals and thumris) and Western songs. | Music | 30 mins |
| 1:30pm | Boulevard Tent | Bollycore for Kids: Puja Amin, founder and director of Sanskriti Arts Ensemble has now created a new type of dance and fitness – Bollycore! | Lifestyle/Wellness | 30 mins |
| 2:00pm | WestJet Stage | Rhythms of Rajasthan (India) Earthy and rustic music and dance comes to life through the century-old talent of the musicians from the Langar and Manganiar tribes. | Dance | 1 hour |
| 2:30pm | Lakeside Terrace | Cooking Demo with Chef Roshni TV show ‘Chopped’ Champion 2009, Toronto bred Roshni Mansukhani spices it up! | Food | 1 hour |
| 3:00pm | Redpath Stage | Panwar Music Dance Academy featuring Hemant and Vaishali Panwar | Music, Dance | 30 mins |
| 3:00pm | Boulevard Tent | Kids Dance Session Interactive dance class and performances by kids groups | Dance | 1 hour |
| 3:30pm | Brigantine Room | M!M!M! Chillout featuring Mandippal, Bina Boo, and Gabriela Rodgers. A diverse range of acoustic musical talent. | Music | 1 hour |
| 4:00pm | Redpath Stage | GhuMMMo! featuring Tarana Dance Academy Co-presented by Bollywood Film-fare Canada |
Dance | 30 mins |
| 4:00pm | Boulevard Tent | Kids Jam Session Come and join in a free-for-all dance party to music especially put together for kids. | Family | 30 mins |
| 4:30pm | WestJet Stage | Devis & Divas featuring Anusha Sivalingam Toronto based songstress presents film and other favourite music | Music | 30 mins |
| 5:00pm | WestJet Stage | Bathiya & Santhush (Sri Lanka) Together, since 1998, Bathiya & Santhush have composed, produced and performed some of Sri Lanka’s biggest pop / hip hop hits. | Music | 1 hour |
| 5:00pm | Studio Theatre | Sacrifice Play written by Rabindranath Tagore concerning his views of religious intolerance. | Theatre | 1 hour |
| 5:00pm | Brigantine Room | MMMystique featuring Naqi Ali Khan Ghazal Party | Music | 1 hour |
| 5:00pm | Lakeside Terrace | Chillin’ Workshop Engage in a panel about the stigma of HIV with educators from the Alliance for South Asian AIDS Prevention (ASAAP). | Workshop | 1 hour |
Loading ...
