Kumbaya Festival

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Kumbaya Festival
Genrediverse genres
Location(s) Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Years active1993-1996
Founded by Molly Johnson
Website Kumbaya Foundation

The Kumbaya Festival was an annual Canadian music and arts festival in the 1990s. [1] It was organized by Molly Johnson as a benefit for Canadian charities and groups doing work around HIV and AIDS. [1]

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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. [2] Compilation CDs of performances from the festival were also subsequently released to raise additional funds. [2] [3] The festival raised over $1 million during its years of activity. [1]

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. [1]

Performers and speakers

The lists of participants can be found at the Kumbaya Foundation website. [4]

1993

1994

1995

1996

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Switching jazz singer Molly Johnson on and off". The Globe and Mail , November 22, 2012.
  2. 1 2 "Kumbaya - get bigger, raise more". Canadian Fundraiser, November 27, 1995.
  3. 1 2 3 "Kumbaya disc needs more odd couplings". Toronto Star - Toronto, Ont. By Peter Howell and Geoff Chapman Sep 2, 1995 Page: L.8
  4. ↑ "Kumbaya Foundation: Bands". Archived from the original on 2013-10-09.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
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