World’s first running music festival coming to Canada
Marketed as the world's first running music festival, Night Nation Run, a 5K run with live dance music, is coming to Canada this summer.
Update: Vancouver and Montreal have been added (in addition to previously announced Toronto) to the list of Canadian stops on the Night Nation Run tour.
Dubbed the world’s first running music festival, the Night Nation Run will be coming to Canada this summer.
The Night Nation Run is a “5K musical voyage filled with live music, lights, lasers, and celebration for the lover of electronic music.”
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Though the event is marketed as the world’s first running music festival, similar events have been put on in the past including night runs, glow runs and colour runs.
Toronto, Vancouver and Montreal will be the only three Canadian stops on tour with many cities across the United States hosting Night Nation Runs this summer. The series begins in Orange Country, Calif. on April 2 with the final stop in San Francisco on Nov. 19.
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The event in Toronto will take place at Woodbine Racetrack on July 23. Proceeds of the event go to Stand Up To Cancer.
The event in Vancouver will take place Aug. 6 at Pacific National Exhibition.
The event in Montreal, which was just recently added, will take place Sept. 9 at La Ronde – Six Flags located on Saint Helen’s Island.
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According to the website, the event includes an iulluminated racecourse with live music throughout before concluding with a main stage performance at the finish line.
Full details and registration information can be found here.
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