Come Preview Aboriginal Day Live Artists

COME PREVIEW ABORIGINAL DAY LIVE ARTISTS

June 20, 2016, Winnipeg, Manitoba – APTN (Aboriginal People Television Network) invites all media to catch a glimpse of Aboriginal Day Live. Please join us for this unique opportunity to interview the performers, get some B-roll and photographs prior to the event.

Friday, June 24, 2016 2:30 p.m.

The Forks, at the APTN tent, near the main stage

Some of the evening concert artists and co-host Kyle Nobess will be available for interviews at the APTN tent near the main stage. Sky Bridges, APTN Chief Operating Officer will also be in attendance to answer questions on the 10-year anniversary edition of Aboriginal Day Live. Finally, site set-up, concert rehearsals and hands-on artisan demonstrations will be taking place during this time. Please note that French interviews can also be arranged with artists and organizers.

FULL LINEUP:

Live at The Forks in Winnipeg, returning co-hosts, Tina Keeper, award-winning actor and star of the APTN hit show Cashing In will co-host the main stage with Kyle Nobess, motivational speaker and star of the APTN hit series Mohawk Girls.

• A Tribe Called Red (Ottawa, ON), Buffy Sainte-Marie (Hawaii, USA) with The Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, Dragonette (Toronto, ON), Elisapie (Montreal, QC), Genevieve Fisher (London, ON), Ghostkeeper (Calgary, AB), Joey Stylez (Toronto, ON), and Kristi Lane Sinclair (Vancouver, BC)

See artist profiles at aboriginaldaylive.ca/live-concert/

Aboriginal Day Live Concert Multi-Platform Broadcast: Watch LIVE on APTN, online at aboriginaldaylive.com or listen via the Aboriginal radio waves. The exclusive four-hour Aboriginal Day Live concert will broadcast on June 25 at 7:00 p.m. CT on APTN.

In 2015, more than one million people were reached by the LIVE broadcast.

People are also invited to join the conversation anytime on Twitter or Instagram by tagging their posts with #ADL2016, and the network will share them with its followers. Noteworthy posts that honour the celebration and its happenings could be added to the LIVE broadcast.

APTN is able to present the 10-year anniversary of Aboriginal Day Live due to the overwhelming support of presenters, partners, and funders. The Government of Manitoba, IBM Canada, Investors Group and The North West Company. Also, grant providers Canadian Heritage, Celebrate Canada Program, and The Winnipeg Foundation, Community Grant.

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About Aboriginal Day Live

Aboriginal Day Live is held annually since 2007 and is the largest celebration of National Aboriginal Day and the summer solstice in Canada. Aboriginal Peoples Television Network (APTN) presents the day-long program of free activities and evening concert in Winnipeg, MB, on the Saturday closest to June 21^st. The LIVE concert broadcast is available to all Canadians via APTN, radio waves, online and mobile devices. For more information, please visit aboriginaldaylive.com

For further information about Aboriginal Day Live or APTN and for image requests, please contact:

Jacqueline Jubinville
Manager of Communications, APTN
(204) 947-9331, ext. 339
jjubinville@aptn.ca

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