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Welcome to the official website for KOI (Kitchener Ontario Independent) Music Festival. You're probably wondering what KOI Music Festival is exactly... well KOI is a massive music festival that focuses on community. You're likely also wondering how to pronounce it. It’s just like the fish, KOI and not K.O.I.
KOI will take place on Saturday September 18th, 2010 throughout downtown Kitchener in 10 indoor venues and on one outdoor stage. Roughly 140 bands will be performing throughout downtown Kitchener. A good variety of musical styles will be heard including rock, punk, indie, metal, ska, reggae, pop, acoustic and blues! KOI will operate as a wrist band festival. You will purchase tickets then exchange your ticket for a wrist band which allows for entry into all of the participating venues.
As KOI is a community oriented festival nearly half of the performers will be local artists. The festival will be rounded out by a plethora of national and international touring acts from all over North America. The goal of KOI is to showcase downtown Kitchener and its businesses, people, culture and most of all music community. Check back here regularly as there will be lots and lots of updates.
We have included a list of places to eat, sleep and shop downtown Kitchener. We have also included a list of places to park and a section for directions on how to get to Kitchener.
We hope you are as excited about KOI Music Festival as we are. Can’t wait to show off our community to you!
We are in need of volunteers for the festival. If you're interested in volunteering please e-mail cory@arccloathingco.com to register. For high school kids this is a great way to get your community service hours!
