Manifesto Community Projects is a non-profit grassroots organization working to unite, energize, and celebrate Toronto’s vibrant and diverse music and arts community and find innovative ways of working together towards common goals.

Everything we do is geared towards fulfilling...
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Manifesto Community Projects is a non-profit grassroots organization working to unite, energize, and celebrate Toronto’s vibrant and diverse music and arts community and find innovative ways of working together towards common goals.

Everything we do is geared towards fulfilling our mandates and the desires identified through community engagement and feedback, using a multi-disciplinary approach including arts and music workshops, professional development programs, art exhibitions, filmmaking, concerts... whatever’s clever. Without a doubt though, our focus is the annual Manifesto Festival, and our point of origin lies in hip hop culture - in its spirit of ingenuity, raw creativity, and people power. We strive to stay out of boxes though, to create a platform with the potential to act as a catalyst for cross-pollination, collaboration, and the growth of new forms in this city of wildly talented people.

The first ever Manifesto Festival in September of 2007 was a huge success and went down as one of the largest and most unique hip hop festivals in Canadian history. The festival brought together over 100 artists and thousands of spectators for 4 days of art and music, culminating in a massive free outdoor event at Toronto’s civic heart, Nathan Phillips Square, where many of Canada’s revered hip hop pioneers shared the stage with some new blood in a celebration of our nation’s hip hop legacy and future.

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Manifesto is more than just a festival. Everything we do is geared towards fulfilling our mandates and the desires identified through community engagement and feedback, using a multi-disciplinary approach including arts and music workshops, professional development programs, art exhibitions,...
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Manifesto is more than just a festival. Everything we do is geared towards fulfilling our mandates and the desires identified through community engagement and feedback, using a multi-disciplinary approach including arts and music workshops, professional development programs, art exhibitions, filmmaking, concerts... whatever’s clever. Check out the projects we've been involved in below.

The Banknotes Project
Works from young artists from across the Americas inspired by banknotes.
The One City Series
A dope roster of not-to-be missed events presented by some of the people that make Toronto’s scene what it is.
Up In Your Business
Manifesto's professional development program for young entrepreneurs & organizations.
Beats, Breaks
& Graffiti
Head to head team graffiti battle at Harbourfront Centre's Beats, Breaks & Culture festival.
Luminato Streetscape
Two major street art exhibitions + arts workshop program with Regent Park youth.
DJ Serious
Project Nine Mile
Fund / resource raising + computer literacy program at Bob Marley's elementary school in Nine Mile, Jamaica.
DJ Serious
So Much Things To Say
T-Dot town hall meetings where the community chats about ideas, issues, and concerns.
4REAL Launch Party
We recently helped our friends at 4REAL premiere their amazing new show.
Project Positivity
Photo workshop and exhibition produced in partnership with NYC photographer Jamel Shabazz and Red Bull Canada.
Ignite 2007
2-day forum and showcase to advance policies and practices that support youth arts.
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Work with amazing people and partners to develop unique projects and produce quality events and initiatives that have a positive impact.

Share knowledge, experience, and expertise inter-generationally both in the process of producing our events and initiatives, and in their...
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Work with amazing people and partners to develop unique projects and produce quality events and initiatives that have a positive impact.

Share knowledge, experience, and expertise inter-generationally both in the process of producing our events and initiatives, and in their delivery.

Help instill a sense of civic and national pride and strengthen foundations for a homegrown star structure by showcasing the wealth of talent in our communities and unearthing and celebrating our rich cultural histories.

Nurture the continued growth of art, music, and culture by actively engaging the public, but youth especially, in authentic and interactive representations and experiences.
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