Kumbaya Festival
| Kumbaya Festival | |
|---|---|
| Genre | diverse genres |
| Location(s) | Toronto, Ontario |
| Years active | 1993-1996 |
| Founded by | Molly Johnson |
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| Kumbaya Festival | |
The Kumbaya Festival was an annual Canadian music and arts festival in the 1990s. It was organized by Molly Johnson as a benefit for Canadian charities and groups doing work around HIV and AIDS.
The festival was broadcast live on MuchMusic each year, with the broadcast including a toll-free number which home viewers could call to make additional donations. Compilation CDs of performances from the festival were also subsequently released to raise additional funds. The festival raised over $1 million during its years of activity.
Each annual festival consisted primarily of musical performers, although each also featured numerous writers reading literary pieces, as well as actors, media personalities, HIV/AIDS activists and other Canadian public figures speaking on the importance of the HIV/AIDS issue.
Although the Kumbaya Foundation, the organization which staged the festival, is still active in Canadian and international HIV/AIDS fundraising as of 2014, the festival itself has not been staged since 1996. Johnson has, however, expressed an interest in reviving the festival.
Lee Aaron, Lillian Allen, Randy Bachman, Ralph Benmergui, Blue Rodeo, Meryn Cadell, June Callwood, Andrew Cash, Tom Cochrane, John Cody, Holly Cole, Cowboy Junkies, Crash Vegas, Devon and the Metro Squad, Eric Dow, Shirley Eikhard, Rik Emmett, Phillip Ethier, 54-40, Joel Feeney, Marlene Freise, Peter Gzowski, Infidels, Rebecca Jenkins, Clifton Joseph, King Cobb Steelie, Kristy Knight, Leslie Spit Treeo, Alex Lifeson, Lost Dakotas, Lisa Lougheed, The Lowest of the Low, Maureen McCall, Murray McLauchlan, Mae Moore, Moxy Fruvous, Mary Margaret O'Hara, David Ramsden, Lorraine Segato, David Sereda, Sandra Shamas, Chris Sheppard and BKS, Shingoose, Jane Siberry, Skydiggers, Dale Smith, Tarzan Dan, Tim Thorney, The Tragically Hip, Skot Turner, Cassandra Vasik, Joey Vendetta, The Waltons, Youth Outreach Mass Choir.
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