Miscellaneous News

• Anousheh Ansari, the first female private space explorer and the first space ambassador, will attend the opening ceremony of Tirgan 2011.

•The Persianissimo Iranian Contemporary Poster Exhibition, will be on display at Tirgan Festival. The exhibition, curated by Majid Abbasi, includes 34 Iranian designers and 10 honorary Iranian artists. To learn more about this event please click here:

•Tickets for Tirgan ticketed events, are now available at Harbourfront.Centre:

-Tirgan Opening Concert (Pardis Orchestra, Hamid Motebassem & Salar Aghili) Thr. July 21, 2011 @ 8:30pm

-Zohreh & Manoochehr Play (Comedy Musical, Shahrokh Moshkin Ghalam) Sat July 23, 2011 @ 2pm & Sun July 24, 2011 @ 5pm

-Les Ballets Persans (Iranian Ballet, Nima Kian) Fri July 22, 2011 @ 7:30pm & Sat July 23, 2011 @ 7:30pm

-Late Night Jazz Bar (Jazz, Hafiz, and Rumi, Rana Farhan) Fri July 22, 2011 @ 10:30pm & Sat July 23, 2011 @ 10:30pm

-Tirgan Gala Sun July 24, 2011 @ 7pm

•For more information on ticketed events please refer to the following link :

•For a tentative full schedule of Tirgan Festival performances please visit :

•How to order tickets in person :

The Main Box Office at 235 Queens Quay West is open Tuesday through Saturday, 1pm - 6pm.

Please note that the Main Box Office is open until 8pm when there is an evening performance. For events in the Fleck Dance Theatre, the Theatre Box Office will be open two hours prior to evening performances and one hour prior to matinée performances. The Theatre Box Offices close a half hour after performances begin.

•If you wish your name to be remembered for a long time, plant a tree at Parya new community building, please click here:

•Tirgan has participated recently in a number of outreach events outside Toronto, namely:

−Sima Bina & Lian Ensemble Live in Concert, May 27, 2011, photos are available below:

−Iranian Heritage Day at The Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) - March 26. A short video clip is available below:

−Dr. Holakouee's Lecture in Toronto Sunday May 29, 2011. To learn more about this event please click here:

Tirgan Sponsors & supporters

•To date Tirgan has 37 supporters, consisting of prominent Iranians and community leaders, such as Professor Ramin Jahanbegloo, Mr. Gholamhossein Nami, Mr. Maz Jobrani and Mr. Saeid Shanbehzadeh.

•Tigan has recently received $8,000 grant from Toronto Arts Council.

•Ms. Sofia Keshavarz from Remax is the new Tirgan Diamond Sponsor.

•Dr. Shervin Abbaszadeh has recently made an individual donation to Tirgan.

•To view a full list of Tirgan 2011 supporters please visit the link below:

•For a full list of Tirgan 2011 affiliates, please click below.

Tirgan Affiliates

• Home Leader Realty is now amongst Tirgan Affiliates.

• To date Tirgan has 33 Affiliates ranging from student organizations and professional groups to charitable and artistic foundations.

• For a full list of Tirgan 2011 affiliates, please visit here.

Tirgan Volunteers

• To become a volunteer, please click below:

•Tirgan is looking for liaisons outside of Toronto. If you are interested please contact Saviz Arzandeh at

info@tirgan.ca