The Forgotten Festival

09/15/2022

Thank you to all who came out for the debut presentation of our "docu-theatre" concept. Live music playing the songs you'd have heard at the 1969 Toronto Rock & Roll Revival, with documentary short films - featuring interviews with those who were there - interspersed along with story tellers Alan Cross and producer/director Steven J. Bull.

This is just the start, not the end. See you at the next one! ✌️

09/13/2022

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You’re forgiven if you’ve never heard of the 1969 Toronto Rock and Roll Revival. After all, this 12-hour concert — in true Canadian tradition — has long been called the Forgotten Festival. And yet …

09/13/2022

RUSH TICKET SALE - 50% off remaining seats for tonight's show.

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The Royal Conservatory is one of the largest and most respected music education institutions in the world.

09/13/2022

If you missed Steven's interview on NEWSTALK 1010 earlier tonight, you can hear about the performance on CBC's q tomorrow morning at 10am!

09/12/2022

Sneak peak from Sound Check!

The live band is incredible. A dozen phenomenal musicians playing the songs you'd have heard 50 years (+ a pandemic) ago, exclusive interviews from artists that were there screened for the first time as documentary shorts.

A new way to experience a music documentary and a heckuva fun night out!

See you tomorrow!

09/12/2022

Relive the Toronto Rock & Roll Revival in a docu-theatre production. An 11-piece band plays the music you’d have heard at Varsity Stadium, award-winning broadcasters tell the story and exclusive interviews with Rock legends screened for the first time!

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09/12/2022

At noon today, the 50% RUSH TICKET DISCOUNT for remaining seat goes into effect!

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The Royal Conservatory is one of the largest and most respected music education institutions in the world.

09/10/2022

Half concert.🎸
Half documentary.🎥
All rock. 🤘
Relive that time Toronto changed music in 1969!

𝗦𝗘𝗣𝗧𝗘𝗠𝗕𝗘𝗥 𝟭𝟯𝗧𝗛 - 𝗞𝗢𝗘𝗥𝗡𝗘𝗥 𝗛𝗔𝗟𝗟 (𝗧𝗼𝗿𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗼)
𝗗𝗼𝗼𝗿𝘀 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻/𝗖𝗼𝗰𝗸𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗹𝘀: 𝟳𝗽𝗺
𝗦𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗥𝘂𝗻𝘀: 𝟴𝗽𝗺 - 𝟭𝟬𝗽𝗺

🇨🇦 TICKET LINK: https://www.rcmusic.com/events-and-performances/forgotten-festival

The Royal Conservatory is one of the largest and most respected music education institutions in the world.

09/07/2022

Imagine boarding a Toronto-bound plane in London back in 1969 only to find John Lennon, Eric Clapton, Klaus Voormann and Alan White rehearsing behind you ahead of the Plastic Ono Band's impromptu debut performance at the Toronto Rock & Roll Revival.

Klaus immortalized it, in his signature style, and made the remaining - signed-and-numbered - prints exclusively available through The Forgotten Festival. (You'll also love his memories of it that you'll see screened that night as well)

September 13th, 2022 at Koerner Hall in Toronto.

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The Royal Conservatory is one of the largest and most respected music education institutions in the world.

09/05/2022

🇨🇦 On September 13, 1969 a one-day-only concert in Toronto changed music forever.

🎸 On September 13, 2022 a one-night-only performance finally shares the stories of the artists who were there!

🎥 In addition to exclusive filmed interviews with Rock & Roll Hall-of-Famers screened for the first time, an 11-piece live band plays the music you would have heard at this incredible show from Chuck Berry and Bo Diddley to The Doors and Alice Cooper.

It’s the greatest concert you’ve (probably) never heard of.

This is the story of the Toronto Rock & Roll Revival.

Forgotten no more.

The Royal Conservatory is one of the largest and most respected music education institutions in the world.

09/01/2022

Behind-the-scenes filming with The Doors' guitarist, Robby Krieger.

Despite being one of the biggest bands in the world in 1969, he says they were "afraid of being blown off the stage" by Little Richard. "He killed it, man."

Hear the stories from the official headliners of the greatest show most have never hard about: The Toronto Rock & Roll Revival of September 13, 1969.

🎸✌️Get your tickets today: https://bit.ly/3wGhrM6

Three weeks after Woodstock, a one-day rock concert happened in Toronto. It featured five Godfathers of 1950’s Rock: Chuck Berry, Gene Vincent, Jerry Lee Lewis, Bo Diddley and Little Richard.

08/31/2022

Behind-the-scenes filming with the Godfather of Shock Rock about the 1969 show that, he says, was "the birth of
Alice Cooper" thanks to the now infamous 'chicken incident'.

"At that moment I realized Rock needed a villain."

🎸✌️Get your tickets today: https://bit.ly/3wGhrM6