But this past Saturday a massive crowd-many of whom weren’t from the Caribbean-were singing the lyrics in unison as if we were in Spanish Town, Jamaica, not South of Lakeshore Boulevard. to well after midnight.įor many, growing up these tunes were relegated to being bumped from basements by our generation’s West Indian fathers on Saturday mornings. Ultimate Rejects, Kranium, Charly Black, Bunji Garlin and Machel Montano had flags and rags waving from 6 p.m.
The soca-inspired fete arrived right on the heels of Toronto’s Caribbean Carnival, which kept partiers dancing in to the wee hours of the night. The first OVO concert of the weekend was Saturday night. Here’s my recap of all the highlights and surprise guests-with a little help from social media. So… I’m just online checking #OVOFest ticket prices and… /Z3vRja1tlD In attendance were fans like LeBron James, birthday boy Shawn Mendes, teen Olympian Penny Oleksiak, and Blue Jays Jose Bautista and Marcus Stroman-and anyone lucky enough to score a ticket before they sold out, willing to fork over $300 for a lawn seat… or ready to part with $100,000 for a pair of last-minute seats. A post shared by champagnepapi on at 3:07pm PDT
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