In Transit is Toronto’s first urban cultural festival, bringing together the city’s talented (if sometimes volatile) skateboarding, urban music, break-dancing and graffiti-art communities.
The two-day event at Toronto’s 99 Sudbury kicks off at noon tomorrow with a graffiti expo: Toronto’s best graffiti artists go to work inside and outside the venue. At 3 p.m., the festival’s break dancing throw-down will be hosted by Toronto’s BBoy Zen, with a top prize of $1,200 awarded to the day’s best breaker.
Quality urban music will remain a constant throughout the festival, but Saturday night is when you’ll find the weekend’s best. The concert starts off at 8:30 with local DJs Team Canada, followed by hip hop/soul artists Tanika Charles, Tre Leji and Double X (it’s understandable if you haven’t heard of any of these people, but this is the perfect opportunity to get acquainted).
Day two continues the urban counter-cultural theme with an open skateboarding competition ($1,000 for the best trick of the day). Even if you don’t “got your deck” or your “bag of tricks,” as the competition’s description suggests, this festival has something for everyone remotely interested in urban subcultures, and music and art in general.
In Transit Urban Culture Festival, 99 Sudbury, April 30 – May 1