Sumkidz Inc. (now known as Suma) was an artist-driven, community-focused collective based in
Toronto
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,
Canada
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. The organization was responsible for the coordination and promotion of the
OM Festival
The OM Festival was a community-based summer solstice festival that ran annually in southern Ontario from 1998 to 2004. The festival, organized by Sumkidz (now Suma), primarily featured electronic music as well as dance, workshops, art, and other ...
, and was a supporter and promoter of the
electronic music
Electronic music is a genre of music that employs electronic musical instruments, digital instruments, or circuitry-based music technology in its creation. It includes both music made using electronic and electromechanical means ( electroac ...
community in Canada.
Description
Sumkidz promoted community arts and electronic music, as well as
social and environmental justice. The collective made decisions through consensus.
For many years, the collective owned 'the DubBus', a green, full sized school bus which was used to support various Sumkidz and Sumkidz-affiliated events. It had been converted to run on
waste vegetable oil. Sumkidz had taken the bus on tour around Canadian and US cities to promote and offer workshops on topics relating to
clean energy, environmental awareness, arts and music. The bus is sadly, no longer in service.
See also
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OM Festival
The OM Festival was a community-based summer solstice festival that ran annually in southern Ontario from 1998 to 2004. The festival, organized by Sumkidz (now Suma), primarily featured electronic music as well as dance, workshops, art, and other ...
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Not-for-profit corporation
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Harm reduction
External links
SumanticsMessage BoardToronto Arts Online: Sumkidz Winter Solstice GatheringToronto Underground: Sumkidz Winter Solstice GatheringSpraci Canada: Sumkidz winter solstice party!
Electronic music organizations
Organizations based in Toronto
Music organizations based in Canada
Youth organizations based in Canada
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