Canada's Olympic Broadcast Media Consortium Brings Vancouver 2010 to Canadian
Communities with Five-City 'CTV Olympic Celebration' Event
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-- Headline performers include Barenaked Ladies, Simple Plan,
The CTV Olympic Celebration will begin in both
The headline musical acts for the CTV Olympic Celebration include Simple Plan in
"This is a unique endeavour that extends the Olympic Games experience beyond traditional media while simultaneously bringing communities together to cheer on Canada's Olympians as they go for gold," said
Supported by multiple levels of Canadian government and partners of the 2010 Winter and Paralympic Winter Games, the CTV Olympic Celebration provides Canadians living outside of
This marks the first time a cross-country Olympic-themed festival-style event has been organized in
As part of each event, the CTV Olympic Celebration will provide a variety of on-site entertainment activities including winter sports simulators, the Canadian Olympic Team Winter Gaming Zone, The Globe and Mail Front Page Photo Area, the Olympic Winter Games Theatre, and the Leave Your
Additional musical acts for each CTV Olympic Celebration event will be announced in the coming weeks.
The following are the official dates, times and locations for the CTV Olympic Celebration. All events will take place outdoors with the exception of
------------------------------------------------------------------------- HEADLINE DATE LOCATION VENUE LOCAL TIME MUSICAL ACTS ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Saturday, Calgary Olympic Plaza 2:30 p.m. Simple Plan Feb. 13 to 7 p.m. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Saturday, Winnipeg The Forks 1 p.m. The Waking Eyes Feb. 13 to 5:30 p.m. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Saturday, Toronto Nathan Phillips 1 p.m. Barenaked Ladies Feb. 20 Square to 6 p.m. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Friday, St. John's Mile One Centre 1 p.m. Sam Roberts Band Feb. 26 & St. John's to 12 Convention Centre midnight ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Saturday, Quebec La place de 1 p.m. David Usher Feb. 27 City l'Assemblée to 6 p.m. Les Trois Accords nationale Annie Villeneuve -------------------------------------------------------------------------
For more information, visit CTVOlympics.ca/Celebration or RDSolympiques.ca/Celebrations.
About Canada's Olympic Broadcast Media Consortium
Canada's Olympic Broadcast Media Consortium is a unique relationship between leading media conglomerates CTV Inc. and Rogers Media Inc., which together will provide unprecedented coverage and consumer choice in English, French and multi-languages on multiple platforms for the
For further information: Andrea Goldstein, Consortium, c - (647) 224-8800, [email protected]; Eric Michalko, Wendy Kane & Associates, c -(416) 669-2401, [email protected]
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