LONG WINTER ANNOUNCES 10th ANNIVERSARY KICK-OFF: ‘TOGETHER APART’ INTERNATIONAL DIY FESTIVAL AND CONFERENCE, FEATURING FIVER, CLUB QUARANTINE AND MORE

This fall, Long Winter is pleased to present a special 10th anniversary extension to its winter series.  Together Apart activities run September - November 2021, with the aim of connecting DIY music and arts communities across Ontario, Europe, and beyond.

Festivities will include an outdoor concert series across the street from the Garrison (Dundas and Lakeview) featuring FIVER, monthly editions of a cross-city zine,  installations by partner curators Bunker 2 and Younger than Beyoncé,  features by Unit 2,  Sou Sou, Strangewaves and more, IRL / cross-stream live performances from Toronto (St. Anne’s Anglican Church) and La Station in Paris, France, with a multi-channel video program co-produced with Collectif Ascidiacea and Club Quarantine, articles and playlists on Long Winter’s blog, through StationStation radio, and more.
 
Long Winter’s Together Apart showcases local underground and DIY music scenes in Ontario and France. The Toronto-Paris partnership includes a conference and workshop stream with  resources and information-sharing between local collectives. Focused on issues of space access, it bridges needs and interests of DIY and underground communities internationally, providing exchange between scenes, and cross-sector dialogue between local arts communities and researchers, urban planners and policy makers.
 
Sept 24 - MUSIC
Fiver
LAL
Status/Non-Status
ROY
DJ sets by FSR 
Time: 5:00 - 10:30 p.m.
Tickets: $15 in advance (to reserve a place); pay-what-you-can at the door
Location: Parking lot across the street from the Garrison (Dundas and Lakeview)
Ticket link: https://www.ticketscene.ca/events/37413/
 
Sept 25 - MUSIC
Obuxum
Absolutely Free
Zones
Rogue Tenant
DJ sets by Trueconnection
Time: 5:00 - 11:00 p.m.
Tickets: $15 in advance (to reserve a place); pay-what-you-can at the door
Location: Parking lot across the street from the Garrison (Dundas and Lakeview)
Ticket link:https://www.ticketscene.ca/events/37414
 
Sept - ART
Bunker 2  (Sept 16 - 30)
Jeremy Bailey
Hiba Abdallah 
Megan Feheley
Jana Ghalayini
Heran Genene
Marie Sotto x Tristan Sauer
 
Nov 26 - MUSIC
Orphx
Owen Pallett
Odonis Odonis
Bernice
Savannah Taylor (Unit 2)
Merival
She Shn (Strangewaves)
Together Apart Research Conference
+More TBA
Location: St. Anne’s Anglican Church (Dundas and Dufferin)
Format: IRL and virtual 
 
Nov 27 - MUSIC
New Chance
Casey MQ (Club Quarantine)
Besé
Ziibiwan
Ceréna (Club Quarantine)
Tica Holiday (Sou Sou)
FSR Radio
+More TBA
Location: St. Anne’s Anglican Church (Dundas and Dufferin) x La Station - Gare des Mines (Paris)
Format: IRL and virtual 
 
Nov 26-27 - ART
Younger than Beyoncé
Xpace Gallery
Collectif Ascidiacea 
Gentrification Tax Action 
Poster, filters, illustrations by Fion Liu
Location: St. Anne’s Anglican Church - Dundas and Dufferin, and more 
Format: live and virtual
 
CONFERENCES
Date: Nov 26 - DIY space research and multi-sector conference with Together Apart Conference, ADAIR + more 
Location: Lula Lounge and St. Anne’s Anglican Church (Toronto) x La Station (Paris)
Format: live and virtual
Registration: opens fall 2021
 
Date: Saturday, 27 November - DIY music scenes conference, workshops (Ontario x France)
Location: St. Anne’s Anglican Church (Toronto) x La Station (Paris)
Format: live and virtual
Registration: opens fall 2021
With Gendai, Music Ontario, Xpace, collectives across Ontario + more
*PLUS Long Night with Vish Khanna* / DIY scenes docs and essays / A/V and short film screenings 

For media inquiries, please contact sacha@worklate.ca.  

Virtual stream; venue accessibility: The majority of programming (concerts and conference panels) will be available for international access online, through Long Winter TV and the Together Apart conference platform.
 
The parking lot across the street from the Garrison and Lula Lounge are accessible venues. We regret that St. Anne’s is not a barrier-free location, but attendees will have ongoing access to fully accessible bathrooms in the church. There are several steps from the street to the front door and interior steps leading to the Main Hall, upstairs, and downstairs. There is ample seating available, and washrooms between Skey Room and the Chapel (main floor) and outside Roseneath (upstairs) are gender neutral. St. Anne’s is a fragrance-free space (please don't wear perfumes or scented products).

Long Winter is an anti-oppressive organization committed to fostering safer spaces and a culture around consent. Any conduct that is known, or ought to be known, to cause offence or humiliation, and may include persistent unwanted attention and deliberate infringement of personal space, hate speech, violence, predatory and otherwise oppressive behaviour of any kind will not be tolerated. Organizers will be roaming the event throughout the night, and naloxone kits will be on site. Organizers will be wearing glow sticks. Feel free to contact us, bar staff, or security if you feel something’s off.  The health and safety of our artists and communities is paramount. All events will be presented hybrid — filmed and edited for livestream and/or broadcast.  If someone says or does something in the chat to make you feel uncomfortable, no matter how minor it seems, please reach out to us right away in person or at torontolongwinter@gmail.com. Entry to the event is up to the discretion of the staff to ensure these conditions are met and a positive vibe is maintained.

COVID brief for September events: Conditions for live performances are subject to change based on COVID conditions and health and safety recommendations. In order to reduce as much potential for harm as possible, we will be operating at a reduced venue capacity and asking that attendees provide provincially sanctioned proof of completed vaccination (paper or electronic) against COVID-19. This is an outdoor event, but we are also asking that attendees wear masks covering their mouths and noses in designated spaces. All performers, organizers, and volunteers will be held to the same standards.

Updates will be shared on socials and our website, www.torontolongwinter.com.

  
Together Apart is made possible through the generous support of:
Canadian Heritage
Canada Council for the Arts
Ontario Cultural Attractions Fund
City of Toronto
ShowLoveTO
Ontario Arts Council
Ontario Cultural Attractions Fund
Ontario Creates
FACTOR
The French Consulate in Toronto 
Toronto Arts Council
Long and McQuade
 
Partners
Dundas West-Little Portugal BIA
Lula Lounge
ADAIR Research Network (France)
Together Apart - academic conference 
Club Quarantine
Strangewaves
Sou Sou
Unit 2
Bunker 2
Younger than Beyoncé
Gendai
PROCESS
StationStation Radio (France)
The Garrison 
St. Anne’s Anglican Church
Hippie Market
Music Ontario
Canadian Independent Music Association