Luminato at the Distillery

Over the final three days of Luminato, the entire Distillery Historic District will be transformed by the creativity, aspirations and talent of Toronto's emerging artists - all under the age of 30! Embark on a weekend-long odyssey of exploration curated especially for Luminato by the Young Centre for the Performing Arts, where some of the city's most fascinating spaces will play host to a feast for the senses that all generations will enjoy.

As you roam through the entire pedestrian-friendly site, you'll find something new around every corner, including dancers, string quartets, spoken-word performances and visual art. Your journey will take you from the Luminato Link slip through the Distillery's cobblestone streets, culminating in The Young Centre experience, where 6 indoor spaces will feature a variety of artistic creations.

All this, and a festival of street food too, enabling you to sample an amazing array of affordable gourmet creations from some of Toronto's top chefs. So much to see, hear and feel - and so much to taste as well!

Pure Spirits Patio, Boiler House
(Boiler House programmed in consultation with Peter Trajkovski of the Distillery Restaurant Group). Bands/Artists include: Autorickshaw (world fusion), GrooveYard (funk), Lady Son (Jamaican Cuban fusion) and Tanika Charles

Friday, June 13
6:00pm Grooveyard
8:30pm Lady Son

Saturday, June 14
12:00pm Lady Son
2:30pm Autorickshaw
5:00pm Tanika Charles
6:30pm Luanda Jones
9:00pm Autorickshaw

Sunday, June 15
12:00pm Lady Son
2:30pm Autorickshaw

The Ledge on Distillery Lane
Street Dances / Dancing in The Streets
Celebrating the joy of movement in a journey across the world including public workshops.

Friday, June 13
6:00pm Kay Ann Ward (Reggae & Funk)
7:00pm iFreeStyle.ca Salsa On2 Dance Company (ChaCha)
7:45pm AKA Dance - In A Single Bound (Contemporary)
8:00pm Kay Ann Ward (Reggae & Funk)
8:45pm Street Dance Academy's GADFLY (Voguing)

Saturday, June 14
12:00pm Deaf Culture Centre presents ASL Waves - American Sign Language
12:45pm Supernaturalz (Breakdancing)
1:30pm Kay Ann Ward (Reggae & Funk)
2:30pm Supernaturalz (Breakdancing)
3:30pm iFreeStyle.ca Salsa On2 Dance Company (ChaCha)
4:30pm Deaf Culture Centre presents - Christopher Welsh (Mime)
5:30pm Street Dance Academy's GADFLY (Voguing)
6:15pm Rhythms of the Nile with Dr. George Sawa (Bellydance)
7:30pm Ritmo Flamenco
8:15pm Rhythms of the Nile (Bellydance)
9:00pm Ritmo Flamenco

Sunday, June 15
12:30pm Dance District's Marek & Aisling (Salsa)
1:15pm Nova Bhattachary & Louis Laberge-Côté - Yirri Birri Birds of Yago Bago
1:45pm AKA Dance - in A Single Bound
2 :00pm Nova Bhattacharya & Louis Laberge-Côté - The Yirri Yirri Birds of Yago Bago
2:30pm Axé Capoeira Toronto
3:30pm Dance District's Marek & Aisling (Salsa)
4:30pm Axé Capoeira Toronto - performance with workshop

Jane Corkin Gallery
Virtual Wishing Well (part one) - Wishes For Our City - An audio wishing booth and virtual well created with light and water; Luminato celebrants will be encouraged to record a vocal wish for the future of Toronto;

(A Cappella Project) to be accompanied by a cappella singers and choirs curated by Suba Sankaran on the balcony of the Gallery.
Every hour all weekend long enjoy the sounds of: Retrocity; Victoria Scholars Men's Choral Ensemble; Hampton Avenue 4; Freeplay Duo; MadriGALS; Onoscatopoeia and Soul Influence.

Market Lane - Visual Arts
Open Air Studio - Young Toronto artists creating a 100 ft collaborative original mural before our eyes themed around the notion of journeys. Artists selected from recent graduates and/or students of OCAD, Sheridan and Humber Colleges.
Artists include: Michael Byers, Alexa Hatanaka, Kellen Hatanaka, Lola Landekic, Karlo Ghokasian, Alena Skarina, La Stache (Franzisca Barczyk, Shen Plum, Jaqueline Patyck, Cheryl Voisine Selena Wong, Gracia Lam), Shea Chang, Nataly Kim, Elena Viltovskaia, Mandy Milks, Elicser, and Steph Davidson

Where My Shoes Have Taken Me - An art installation celebrating journeys with shoes donated by Toronto artists and a poetic/literary statement that touches on the importance of the journey they took in those shoes. Accompanied by a commissioned soundtrack of Canadian music on the themes of travel.

Young Centre for the Performing Arts
YCPA TD Studio - Virtual Wishing Well (part two)
A contemplative environment where a projector evokes a giant wishing well where the wishes pre-recorded at the Jane Corkin Gallery are heard.

YCPA Garland Cabaret - The Luminato Sound Plays
Newly commissioned original scripts on the themes of journeys from some of Toronto's most exciting young playwrights (playwrights Kate Hewlett, Daniel Karasik and Brendan Gall) to be directed by emerging directors (Michael Murphy, Brendan Healey and Ravi Jain) and to be read by actors as radio plays and performed in three formats -with live sound design with a live foley artist (Brooke Graeff ) and with live musical accompaniment by Adam Sherkin on piano.

• Friday, June 13: 7:00pm & 8:30pm
• Saturday, June 14: 12:30pm, 2:00pm, 3:30pm, 6:30pm & 8:00pm
• Sunday, June 15: 12:30pm, 2:00pm & 4:30pm

YCPA Classrooms - Youth Art Galleries
See through the eyes of Toronto's youth in this gallery installation of journey and wish themed art from Bayview Secondary School, Distillery District Early Learning Centre, Market Lane Public School, Voice Intermediate School and Jessie's Centre for Youth artists.

YCPA RBC Studio - IDENTITY - Youth Created Theatre
A celebration of Toronto's youth theatre with works presented by The A.M.Y. Project, Tarragon Theatre Youth, Paprika, Native Earth Performing Arts Young Voices, Cahoots Theatre Projects'.
This is Our Crossing, an open mic night with Buddies In Bad Times youth program PrideCab and youth readings from Factory Theatre and Soulpepper Theatre Company's Youth Leadership Program participants

One City, One Table

COME TOGETHER ALONG A 650-FOOT TABLE AS TOP CHEFS CREATE FIVE-DOLLAR MEALS

Saturday, June 14
Noon until 9:00pm

Chefs & Restaurants* confirmed at time of printing

Lino Collevecchio, Via Allegro; Jamie Kennedy, Jamie Kennedy Kitchen; Lucia Martella, Grano; Chris McDonald and Doug Penfold, Cava/Xoco Cava; Mark McEwan, North 44 °/One/Bymark; Andrea Nicholson, 35 Elm; Brock Sheppard, Rice Bar; Trevor Wilkinson, Trevor; Amuse Bouche Restaurant; Marigolds and Onions Catering; Rodney's Oyster Bar FOOD COME TOGETHER ALONG A 650 - FOOT TABLE AS TOP CHEFS CREATE FIVE - DOLLAR MEALS
* Food programming conceived by Phil Sabatino and James Chatto.