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The Olympic Island Festival is an annual rock concert that takes place on Toronto's Olympic Island. It was started in 2004 by Jay Ferguson of the band Sloan, when only Canadian musicians performed. In subsequent years, the festival has featured bands from other countries.

Contents

Lineups

2004

August 7, 2004

2005

June 26, 2005

2006

June 24, 2006

2008

June 7, 2008

2009

The 2009 festival was cancelled in early May 2009. [1] The event was cancelled because a strike by Toronto's municipal outside workers closed ferry service to the Toronto Islands. Broken Social Scene played a free show at Harbourfront on July 11, 2009, as an apology for the event's cancellation; this show was documented in Bruce McDonald's 2010 concert film This Movie Is Broken .

2010

June 19, 2010

August 14, 2010

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