Ukraine's
Mandry Headliner Band at 2011 Festival
The 15th Annual
Bloor West Village Toronto Ukrainian Festival will be held Friday, September
16 and will run through Sunday, September 18, 2011. Located on Bloor Street West
between Runnymede and Jane TTC Subway
Stations, this event attracted 514,000 people in 2010 who were eager to
experience a new culture, get in touch with their roots or just be part of one
of the city’s best annual street events.
With its goal of being bigger
and better every year, the 2011 Festival will be especially grand, as it
celebrates the 120th Anniversary of Ukrainian Settlement in Canada as
well as its own 15th anniversary.
The Festival is pleased to
announce that once again, through the generous sponsorship of Ukrainian
Credit Union, this year’s headline performer from Ukraine will be Mandry (www.mandry
music.com). Mandry captivates a
diverse audience of all age groups with their unique blend of traditional
Ukrainian folk music with modern rhythms, elements of city romance and French
ballads with a dash of reggae, blues and rock. Mandry, founded in
1997, is spearheaded by well-known singer/song writer Serhiy Fomenko, and
includes Leonid Bieley, Serhiy Chehodayev, Andriy Zanko and Salman Salmanov
Mamed-Ohly. They have performed at festivals across Europe and most
notably performed in 2004 during Ukraine’s Orange Revolution in Independence Square
– the Maidan. Mandry will perform on Saturday, September 17th at 9
pm on the Mainstage. Additional sponsorship for the group is provided
by Four Points by Sheraton Toronto Lakeshore Hotel.
For more information, contact
Natalya Grod at tel.: 416-410-9956, email: info@ukrainianfestival.com
or visit website: www.ukrainianfestival.com, or go on Twitter or Facebook.
PHOTO
Mandry band from Ukraine