Attend an Event

Thousands of people are holding events across Canada to raise awareness about the AIDS pandemic and raise funds for the Stephen Lewis Foundation, which supports community-based oroganizations that are turning the tide of HIV and AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa.  

There might be an event happening in your community!  Check out the calendar below to find a local craft sale, participate in a walkathon, attend a concert, or hear Stephen Lewis speak.

To find an event hosted by a grandmothers group, please visit the calendar on the Grandmothers Campaign website.

If you are organizing an event, click here to register it with us, so we can support you by posting it to the calendar and sending you materials.

Hope Rising! A benefit concert for the Stephen Lewis Foundation

Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe Street

Toronto, ON

Date: November 07, 2012 8.30 pm

Hope Rising! is a benefit concert for the Stephen Lewis Foundation. World-renowned artists and AIDS activists Annie Lennox and Angélique Kidjo headline this spectacular event at Roy Thomson Hall.

Joining them will be inspiring grandmothers from grassroots organisations supported by the Stephen Lewis Foundation – performing with d’bi Young of Da Kink in my Hair, and other exciting special guests. Canadian broadcaster Jian Ghomeshi hosts this intimate evening.

This year, Hope Rising! will shine a celebratory spotlight on the pivotal role and power of African women, who are overcoming tremendous adversity, forging hope as they work to turn the tide of AIDS.  Women are at the epicentre of the AIDS pandemic in Africa, both as those most affected and infected, and significantly, as those at the heart of the response in their communities.

The Foundation would like to extend our deepest thanks to the artists and sponsors who are donating their time, talent and services, in a profound show of commitment and solidarity to the struggle to turn the tide of AIDS in Africa.

To buy tickets, visit the Roy Thomson Hall website.