Celebrate Ontario Program and Toronto International Film Festival

Toronto International Film Festival: Global News reports the grant was awarded under the province's Celebrate Ontario program the provincial Ministry oversees. The program's grants are aimed to "enhance programs, activities and services that will lead to long-term improvements. This support helps grown tourism in the province by making it easier for festival and event organizers to offer new and improved experiences that will attract more tourists and increase visitor spending.", according to Huffington Post. To put the grant's amount into perspective, the OVO fest dollar figure is on a level with the Toronto International Film Festival the Rogers Cup tennis tournament, the Just For Laughs comedy festival JFL42 as well as the Stratford Festival. The major difference between those events and OVO Fest is the length, with OVO being a two-day affair at a concert venue while runs from Sept. 4-14 and the Rogers Cup runs from Aug. 2-10 and Although it might seem like he doesn't need the money to stage it, multi-millionaire rapper Drake's upcoming OVO Fest will receive a $300,000 grant from Ontario's Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport. The upcoming OVO Fest, named for Drake's company October's Very Own, will take place Aug. 3-4 at Toronto's Molson Canadian Amphitheatre. While a complete lineup has yet to be confirmed, and the festival is famed for its surprise guests anyway, Drake previously announced that that fifth annual OVO will feature Outkast headlining Aug 3 and Drake headlining Aug 4. According to Ticketmaster two-day ticket passes range from $124.80 up to $347.50 while one-day tickets start at $66.50. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.