(Public Event) The Virgin Festival September 5, 2008

Are you ready to rock?

The industry's hottest acts are all set to play at the second annual Virgin Festival on Toronto Island. Originating in the U.K., there are now Virgin Music Festivals in Australia, the United States, Vancouver and this year also in Calgary.

Bacardi B-LIVE brings some world class DJ’s to play at this years’ festival including Moby, Deadmau5, Switch, SebastiAn, Lee Burridge and Flosstradamus. There is a multi-level stage, where artists from different genres mix instrumentals including Drop the Lime, Doman and Pettigrew, Let's Go To War, Mario J, Sydney Blu, Nasty Nav, Evan G and Harmonik Rage.

Besides bringing some great music to Virgin Festival, Bacardi B-LIVE is also serving rum and mojito cocktails throughout the weekend. There are cocktail bars stocked with their signature drinks on the festival grounds.

This year's acts for Saturday are the Foo Fighters, Bloc Party, Spiritualized, Wintersleep and the Constantines.

Acts for Sunday include: Oasis, Paul Weller, Stereophonics, Danko Jones, Sons and Daughters, The Weakerthans and the Pigeon Detectives.

And you can pick the band that opens at Virgin Festival! Thousands of people voted to pick the top 20 bands that they thought were good enough to open. Judges have now narrowed it down to the top five and need your help to decide the final one. The bands are Before the Flood, Secret Broadcast, Sadie May Crash, The Framework and The Voices.

Price: $87 for one-day passes, $159 for two-day passes

Official Website: http://www.virginfestival.ca/