BSS Play Olympic Island Festival

04/13/09 1:51pm

by Kate Harper (CHARTattack)

Broken Social Scene will headline Toronto's annual day-long Olympic Island Festival on July 11.

Explosions In The Sky, Thunderheist, Beach House, Apostle Of Hustle and Rattlesnake Choir will also play the event, which is in its fifth year. This year's edition will also feature local independent food vendors and a licensed area hosted by Toronto's Horseshoe Tavern.

Tickets cost $57.50 and go on sale on Friday at 10 a.m. through Ticketmaster, the Horseshoe and Toronto record stores Soundscapes and Rotate This.

A limited number of tickets (1,021, to be exact) will be available for a reduced price beginning at 4 p.m. today (Monday) through Thursday at Toronto radio station Edge 102.1 FM's website.

If you buy tickets at the regular price beginning today through the Arts & Crafts website, you can also get a bonus, limited-edition digital sampler that includes a song from each artist playing the festival.

All tickets come with return ferry travel from the Toronto Ferry Docks to Olympic Island. More information will be available on the festival's website, which will be launched on Friday.