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The Kumbaya Festival was an annual Canadian music and arts festival in the 1990s. ^[1] It was organized by Molly Johnson as a benefit for Canadian charities and groups doing work around HIV and AIDS. ^[1]

The festival was broadcast live on MuchMusic each year, with the broadcast including a toll-free number which home viewers could call to make additional donations. ^[2] Compilation CDs of performances from the festival were also subsequently released to raise additional funds. ^{[2] [3]} The festival raised over $1 million during its years of activity. ^[1]

Each annual festival consisted primarily of musical performers, although each also featured numerous writers reading literary pieces, as well as actors, media personalities, HIV/AIDS activists and other Canadian public figures speaking on the importance of the HIV/AIDS issue.

Although the Kumbaya Foundation, the organization which staged the festival, is still active in Canadian and international HIV/AIDS fundraising as of 2014, the festival itself has not been staged since 1996. Johnson has, however, expressed an interest in reviving the festival. ^[1]

Performers and speakers

The lists of participants can be found at the Kumbaya Foundation website. ^[4]

1993

1994

1995

1996

References

External links

• "Kumbaya Foundation". Archived from the original on 2011-07-06.{{ cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL ( link)