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<p align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><img width="279" height="89" id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image004.jpg@01CEC030.4F20B5B0" alt="NXNE logo 2014 RGB"></span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif";color:black">NXNE CELEBRATES 20 YEARS</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif";color:black">TEAMS UP WITH VICE and BOILER ROOM
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif";color:black">June 13-22, 2014</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">October 03, 2013</span></i><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">…In celebration of its 20<sup>th</sup> anniversary,
<b>NORTH BY NORTHEAST</b> (<b>NXNE</b>) expands to ten days – June 13-22, 2014 – for the biggest festival to date, with new collaborations with major international partners to create music hubs of legendary proportions throughout the city of Toronto.</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">NXNE</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> will celebrate this epic anniversary with a stronger focus on the elements that have brought the festival its iconic national
status and international renown over the past two decades. <b>NXNE Film</b> will kick off June 13-15,
<b>NXNE Interactive</b> will run June 16-20, while <b>NXNE Music</b> will anchor the festival June 18-22.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Throughout the extended dates,<b> NXNE</b> will collaborate with cultural touchstone and provocateur
<b>VICE Media </b>to re-create their</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#141414"> hugely successful
<b>SXSW <i>VICELAND</i></b><i> </i>project </span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">by transforming a section of the city’s downtown core<b><span style="color:red">
</span></b><span style="color:#141414">with blockbusting performances and attractions.
<b>NXNE</b> will also team up with </span></span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">avant-underground music broadcast stream
</span><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#141414">Boiler Room</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#141414"> to stage the best in underground music with their exclusive signature showcases.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">"<i>We are so excited to be working with these amazing media partners to amp up what NXNE has been doing for the past 20 years: presenting the latest and greatest in new music,</i> said Christopher
Roberts, <b>NXNE</b> Festival Director.<i> “I know what VICE and Boiler Room will bring to the festival will be nothing short of spectacular.</i>"</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">To mark the 20<sup>th</sup> anniversary, festival-goers can experience
<b>NXNE 2014</b> with the new all-encompassing Platinum pass, or </span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">with stream-specific wristbands for either Music, Interactive, Film, or Comedy.
<b>NXNE Art</b>, returning for its second year, will be accessible with any wristband or pass. For more information and prices, visit
<a href="http://www.nxne.com/tickets">www.nxne.com/tickets</a>. </span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">NXNE</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> invites musicians, filmmakers, and comics to apply for a chance to be a part of one of the world’s premier arts festivals.
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Submissions will be accepted – online only – at
<a href="http://www.nxne.com/">www.nxne.com</a> until January 31, 2014. </span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">North by Northeast (NXNE) Festival and Conference
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">is one of the world's premiere festivals.
<b>NXNE'</b>s five pillars - <b>Music, Film, Comedy,</b> <b>Art, </b>and <b>Interactive
</b>- are essential gatherings for artists, industry, and fans. <b>NXNE</b> draws 350,000 attendees and generates an annual economic impact of over $50 million on the city of Toronto.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Media Contact</span></u><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">:
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