Intersection Festival: New Music Marathon at Yonge Dundas Square

Intersection’s music marathon has always been the cornerstone of the festival’s programming. Founded in 2007 as the Toronto New Music Marathon, this unique happening at Yonge-Dundas Square has tirelessly shattered preconceptions about experimental music, taking music that would typically be found in small, underground venues, and mounting it for free at one of the most accessible and public locales in the city for anyone and everyone to engage with.

On Saturday, September 2, Intersection continues this tradition from 2 p.m. until 10 p.m. This year’s lineup maintains the spirit of wild eclecticism and encompasses many different forms of sonic exploration. It will feature Baroque-pop rebels Tiger Balme; electro-acoustic saxophonist Naomi McCarroll-Butler (member of Labyrinth Ensemble, Queer Songbook Orchestra); New York post-minimal violinist and Western Vinyl recording artist Christopher Tignor; guitarist Emmanuel Jacob Lacopo (recently featured on CBC’s Hot Thirty Under Thirty list) interpreting iconic iconoclast Julius Eastman; local stalwart Sci-Fi turntablist SlowPitchSound with movement artist Lybido; and the newly formed free-jazz collective Giui (featuring local scene mainstays Andrew Furlong, Kurt Newman, and Mark Zurawinski). Michael Palumbo’s Exit Points ensemble opens the annual marathon with a main stage set, before interacting throughout the day with sound installations by Adam Mirza and Colin Tucker.