Billy Talent, City and Colour to perform Danforth shooting benefit concert

The Taste of the Danforth festival in Toronto is already taking a more poignant meaning in the wake of the deadly mass shooting that hit the area last week, but now a couple of Ontario musicians are hoping a performance can bring some cheer to the region.

Rock band Billy Talent and singer-songwriter Dallas Green's City and Colour are holding a benefit concert at the Danforth Music Hall on Aug. 11, during the annual festival celebrating the food and culture of the Danforth neighbourhood.

“We want to celebrate (the victims),” Billy Talent lead singer Ben Kowalewicz told CP24 on Tuesday. “We want to let them know that we love them.”

On July 22, a gunman opened fire along Danforth Avenue in Toronto’s Greektown neighbourhood, killing two people and injuring another 13.

Tickets go on sale on Aug. 1 at 10:00 a.m. All proceeds will be donated to the #TorontoStrong fund.

Still can’t grasp the reality of what happened yesterday. This is an area that our close friends and family live that is blocks from our studio but I believe in us, I believe in our community, I believe in love, I believe in you, I believe in Toronto.
— Ben Kowalewicz (@BenKowalewiczBT) July 24, 2018