HYN & PARTNERS PRESENT - MAHAUTSAV DIWALI FESTIVAL AT TORONTO'S SKYDOME:,
Mahautsav Diwali Festival at Rogers Center, Event Description
On October 9 & 10, 2009 Toronto will witness 30 hours of nonstop celebration consisting of Bhangra, Dandiya, music, Ramlila, spiritual music and lectures, lasershows and festivities called Mahautsav (Grand Festival) at the prestigious Rogers Centre. The Guinness Book of World Records is also expected to record the event as the longest running South Asian festival. We feel Mahautsav will be instrumental in bringing all communities on one common platform, showcasing the best of the best in all forms of entertainment.,
TICKET INFO: http://mahautsav.com/tickets.html, MORE INFO: http://www.hinduyouth.net, General admission price: $5 (single entry general admission), Festival pass: $25 (multiple entry festival pass), ABOUT US, Mahautsav is being presented by Roger Nair Grand Victorian Convention Centre, the Radisson Plaza Mississauga - Toronto Airport, and 8 community partners including The Hindu Youth Network (our exclusive youth partners):, http://mahautsav.com/imagesbinu/supporters.jpg,
PERFORMANCES BY, 1) Sunidhi Chauhan, 2) Stereo Nation, 3) Shankar, Ehsaan, Loy, 4) Mahalakshmi Iyer, 5) Heartthrob'09 with TV Stars ( Rakshanda Khan, Hussain & Tina, Eijaz Khan, Krushna, Kashmera Shah, Aamir Ali, Sanjeeda, Aashka Goradia, Rajiv Nigam, Shakti Anand), 6) Indian Revival Group ("Ramlila"- Dramatic Folklore), 7) Geetanjali Musical Group (Dandiya), Highlights:, • Rogers Centre (Sky Dome) The largest covered venue in the World.,
• 30 hours of non-stop programming consisting of Bhangra, Dandiya, Music, Ramlila, Spiritual Music & Lectures, • Complete Wellness workshop with Yoga, Aerobics and Spiritual Healing., • More than 100, 000 people expected to witness the festival., • Diwali Bazaar with approximately 200 booths displaying and selling festive merchandise., • Well known performing artists from Bollywood and the local community., • Ethnic Food vendors, • First time ever controlled pyro burning of Ravana in Canada., • 30 minutes of proposed Pyro (fireworks) show., • 15 minutes of proposed full blown aerial fireworks show (weather permitting),
Event Date/Time 10/9/2009 3:00 PM to 10/10/2009 11:00 PM, Location
Start Time:, Friday, October 9, 2009 at 3:30pm, End Time:, Saturday, October 10, 2009 at 11:30pm,
Location:, Rogers Centre (Skydome), Street:, 1 Blue Jays Way Toronto, ON M5V 1J1, City/Town:, Toronto, ON, Event Type Party
A 30-hour non-stop Diwali entertainment show here, which includes performances by Ustad Zakir Hussain and Bollywood trio Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy, is poised to enter the Guinness Book of World Records as the longest-running South Asian event in North America.
The show, christened Mahautsav, is being presented by Harpreet Sethi's Grand Victorian Convention Centre and the Radisson Plaza Mississauga on October 9 and 10 in Toronto's Rogers Center.
It will see musical concerts, Bhangra and Dandiya performances, laser fireworks and a Ram Lila staged by New Delhi's Indian Revival Group.
Among other singers and musicians who have also confirmed their participation are Bollywood singer Sunidhi Chauhan, Anuradha Paudwal, Stereo Nation and Jay Sean.
Asha Luthra, co-chair of the festival said: "We have invited representatives of the Guinness Book of World Records to the event. The Mahautsav will go down as the longest-running entertainment show of its kind ever organised in North America."
She said that the Rogers Centre has a capacity of 63,000. The Mahautsav, she added, was expected to draw well over 100,000 people over the Thanksgiving weekend.
"The main objective of the festival is to bring all communities on one common platform with a mandate to spread awareness and knowledge of South Asian culture and traditions amongst various communities and mainstream Canada and pass these on to our youth who can take our heritage forward to the next generation," Luthra, who is also the president of the Indo-Canadian Chamber Commerce, said.
The scale and ambition of the Mahautsav are truly spectacular. The venue of the show will have as many as 100 vendor booths to cater to visitors, she said.
South Asians constitute the largest expatriate community in the Greater Toronto Area. It is estimated that within the next decade, every sixth Canadian citizen will be a South Asian.
