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Musicians specializing in salsa, tango, samba, soca, reggae, funk and calypso will perform in pickup trucks on street corners in Toronto, Markham and Hamilton for Streetside, billed as the "ultimate summer block party"

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The event square at Harbourfront Centre in Toronto, Ontario, crowded with vintage pick-up trucks, people and musicians at the launch party for Streetside.Tim Fraser/The Globe and Mail

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Quique Escamilla Tunes his guitar at Harbourfront Centre in Toronto, Ontario Thursday Aug. 8, 2013, at the launch party for Streetside, a musical celebration of the of the 2015 Pan Am Games and the music of the Americas.Tim Fraser/The Globe and Mail

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Over the next three weekends vintage pick-up trucks will appear around the city parked at various locations and bands will perform from the back of them.Tim Fraser/The Globe and Mail

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A 1965 Chevy at the launch party for Streetside.Tim Fraser/The Globe and Mail

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1965 ChevyTim Fraser/The Globe and Mail

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A 1938 Chevy pick-up at Harbourfront Centre in Toronto.Tim Fraser/The Globe and Mail

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1938 Chevy pick-up truck. Vintage pick-up trucks will appear around the city parked at various locations and bands will perform from the back of them.Tim Fraser/The Globe and Mail

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Academia 4379 perform from the back of a 1948 Chevy.Tim Fraser/The Globe and Mail

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Kobo Town musicians warm up next to a 1965 ChevyTim Fraser/The Globe and Mail

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Kobo Town perform from the back of a 1965 Chevy in Toronto on Thursday Aug. 8, 2013.Tim Fraser/The Globe and Mail

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1953 GMC pickup truckTim Fraser/The Globe and Mail

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A 1965 ChevyTim Fraser/The Globe and Mail

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Academia 4379 perform to a crowd from the back of a 1948 Chevy at Harbourfront Centre in Toronto.Tim Fraser/The Globe and Mail

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Quique Escamilla and his band set up beside two vintage pick-up trucks at Harbourfront Centre in Toronto.Tim Fraser/The Globe and Mail

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A man checks out a 1938 Chevrolet pickup truck.Tim Fraser/The Globe and Mail

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A 1938 Chevy pickup truck grilleTim Fraser/The Globe and Mail

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Loco Zydeco drummer Mike Menheere performs with the rest of the band from the back of a 1953 Chevy at Harbourfront Centre in Toronto.Tim Fraser/The Globe and Mail

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The Arsenals trombonist Dizzy D warms up at Harbourfront Centre.Tim Fraser/The Globe and Mail

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A 1954 Chevy pickup truck at Harbourfront Centre in Toronto.Tim Fraser/The Globe and Mail

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1958 Chevy pickupTim Fraser/The Globe and Mail

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A musician, seen here in the reflection of a rear view mirror, warms up at Harbourfront Centre in Toronto, Ontario Thursday Aug. 8, 2013, at the launch party for Streetside, a musical celebration of the of the 2015 Pan Am Games and the music of the Americas. Over the next three weekends the vintage pick-up trucks will appear around the city parked at various locations and bands will preform from the back of them.Tim Fraser/The Globe and Mail

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