Arkells, Protest The Hero, USS Amongst Bands Busking For Change For War Child

Asking for $30,000 from strangers in the middle of an economic crisis may seem like a lot.

Chantal Kreviazuk intends to do that and use the money to build and run a youth centre in Sudan's war-torn Darfur region with help from this year's Busking For Change, a Toronto-based War Child initiative taking place on Tuesday.

Busking For Change, which is in its second year, will make Toronto street corners home to some of Canada's most prominent musicians for the day. They'll will showcase their talent in exchange for donations that will go to War Child's projects worldwide.

Busking For Change will take place between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. at major street corners and in busy downtown buildings on Tuesday. Students from across Canada will also busk for change at their schools and in their communities to support the cause. This year, artists are encouraging people who are unable to come downtown to donate online.

Our Lady Peace's Raine Maida, Kreviazuk's husband, inspired this event when he spent 12 hours in 2007 busking, raising $22,000 for War Child Canada's School Rehabilitation and Revitalization project in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Maida used the opportunity to film the video for his solo album's first single that day.

The full artist and location schedule will be announced on Monday, Sept. 28 on the War Child Canada website.

More artists will be announced over the next few days, but for now this year's list of notable buskers includes:

Chantal Kreviazuk
IllScarlett
Sass Jordan
Neverending White Lights
Shiloh
Down With Webster
Kevin Hearn And Thin Buckle
Liam Titcomb
USS
Arkells
Zack Werner
Brian Melo
Theo Tams
The Cliks
Hollerado
Stephen Stanley (The Lowest Of The Low)
Jadea Kelly & Arif (Protest The Hero)
Kevin Fox
Low Level Flight
Drew Wright (Fall & Divide)
JT (formerly of Staggered Crossing)
Richard Underhill
Crush Luther
The Apollo Effect
Magneta Lane
Dodger
The Beauties
Toronto Children's Chorus
Daniel Roth (Cavaliers)
Sarah Blackwood (The Creepshow)
Frankie Whyte And The Dead Idols
Aberdeen
Toronto Chamber Choir
Walk Off The Earth
Permanent Bastards
The Johnstones
Andrew Cole
Joshua Cockerhill
Dean Lickyer
Brenna MacQuarrie
Volcanoless In Canada
The Mark Inside
Make Your Exit
Jay Sparrow
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