august- september events
August 29-31
Upon my return to Montreal at the end of the Summer in August I attended ProduktWorld at the amazing New City Gas. This 3 night Festival included top DJ's such as Wolfgang Gartner, Benny Benassi and Laidback Luke. Definitely was an amazing way to start of the fall semester!
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Wolfgang Gartner
Benny Benassi
Laidback Luke
Upon my return to Montreal at the end of the Summer in August I attended ProduktWorld at the amazing New City Gas. This 3 night Festival included top DJ's such as Wolfgang Gartner, Benny Benassi and Laidback Luke. Definitely was an amazing way to start of the fall semester!
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Wolfgang Gartner
Benny Benassi
Laidback Luke
September 7th
The following weekend I attended the sold out show of Nicky Romero. This was a much anticipated event as it was originally scheduled for June, however, due to various health reasons Nicky Romero had to postpone his show in Montreal. Although Romero put on a great set, the venue was over crowded, leaving everyone with very little space to move.
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Nicky Romero
The following weekend I attended the sold out show of Nicky Romero. This was a much anticipated event as it was originally scheduled for June, however, due to various health reasons Nicky Romero had to postpone his show in Montreal. Although Romero put on a great set, the venue was over crowded, leaving everyone with very little space to move.
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Nicky Romero
September 20th
After taking a couple weeks off from raving to focus on school, there were two major raves that were necessary to attend this weekend. First off, was Kaskade on Friday the 20th. Due to unfortunate circumstances, Kaskade's plane got delayed from the states and later his private jet broke. Instead, two new up and coming DJ's by the names of Paris and Simo played a 3 hour set that was unexpectedly amazing. They put on a great show and played many hit tracks.
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Paris & Simo
After taking a couple weeks off from raving to focus on school, there were two major raves that were necessary to attend this weekend. First off, was Kaskade on Friday the 20th. Due to unfortunate circumstances, Kaskade's plane got delayed from the states and later his private jet broke. Instead, two new up and coming DJ's by the names of Paris and Simo played a 3 hour set that was unexpectedly amazing. They put on a great show and played many hit tracks.
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Paris & Simo
September 21st
If you love trance, this was a show that you could not miss! Above & Beyond played their biggest tracks to a sold out show. Usually Montreal does not host a lot of trance events, so this was definitely a good change from the standard house music shows. This was hands down one of the best shows of September so far!
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Above & Beyond
If you love trance, this was a show that you could not miss! Above & Beyond played their biggest tracks to a sold out show. Usually Montreal does not host a lot of trance events, so this was definitely a good change from the standard house music shows. This was hands down one of the best shows of September so far!
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Above & Beyond
September 27th
Afrojack is among the top DJ's in the EDM community, so if your a house music fan you could not miss this show! I have seen Afrojack several times prior to this event so i already knew what to expect. However, since he is so mainstream the venue was packed so I could barely move. Nonetheless, Afrojack's style is unique and he played many of his hit tracks like "Rock the House" and "No Beef".
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Afrojack
Afrojack is among the top DJ's in the EDM community, so if your a house music fan you could not miss this show! I have seen Afrojack several times prior to this event so i already knew what to expect. However, since he is so mainstream the venue was packed so I could barely move. Nonetheless, Afrojack's style is unique and he played many of his hit tracks like "Rock the House" and "No Beef".
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Afrojack
October events
October 5th
Last minute I got free tickets to this event for Sultan & Ned Sheppard. I was not expecting much since I have not heard of these DJ's before, however, I was pleasantly surprised as they put on a great show!! Definitely recommend seeing them.
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Sultan & Ned Sheppard
Last minute I got free tickets to this event for Sultan & Ned Sheppard. I was not expecting much since I have not heard of these DJ's before, however, I was pleasantly surprised as they put on a great show!! Definitely recommend seeing them.
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Sultan & Ned Sheppard
October 19th
The DJ for this event, Gareth Emery, blew my mind. His music and style is unique and different from the typical progressive house tracks heard at raves. Instead of playing mainstream house hits, he combines trance elements and mixes it with house beats, creating an incredible sound. I can firmly say that this show was my favourite one this fall. I am hoping he comes back to Montreal soon because he is definitely on my list of top 5 DJs now!
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Gareth Emery
The DJ for this event, Gareth Emery, blew my mind. His music and style is unique and different from the typical progressive house tracks heard at raves. Instead of playing mainstream house hits, he combines trance elements and mixes it with house beats, creating an incredible sound. I can firmly say that this show was my favourite one this fall. I am hoping he comes back to Montreal soon because he is definitely on my list of top 5 DJs now!
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Gareth Emery
November 1st
Kaskade was originally suppose to DJ in September however, due to unfortunate circumstances regarding travel times he rescheduled to this date. I saw him two years ago at a music festival and thought he was great but sadly, he did not put on a good show in montreal. Personally, I did not like his style.
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Kaskade
Kaskade was originally suppose to DJ in September however, due to unfortunate circumstances regarding travel times he rescheduled to this date. I saw him two years ago at a music festival and thought he was great but sadly, he did not put on a good show in montreal. Personally, I did not like his style.
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Kaskade
November events
November 9th
This event was a much anticipated one! Alesso, a relatively new DJ who has only been in the business for a couple years, produced some of my favourite songs. His show was absolutely incredible, as i expected it to be. He played all of my favourite songs "Years", "If I lose myself" and "In my mind". A downfall that I will mention is that the venue needs to stop overselling the events. It gets way too crowded and at times may even be considered a hazard with the amount of people.
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Alesso
This event was a much anticipated one! Alesso, a relatively new DJ who has only been in the business for a couple years, produced some of my favourite songs. His show was absolutely incredible, as i expected it to be. He played all of my favourite songs "Years", "If I lose myself" and "In my mind". A downfall that I will mention is that the venue needs to stop overselling the events. It gets way too crowded and at times may even be considered a hazard with the amount of people.
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Alesso
November 23rd
Not often do we see female DJs in the EDM scene. However, with Nervo, they appear to be the whole package. The duo are identical twin sisters that first entered the modelling business. After realizing modelling was not their true passion, they turned to music. Majority of the time they are in Europe touring so when I found out that they were scheduled to come to Montreal, I could not miss out. I definitely recommend seeing them!
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Nervo
Not often do we see female DJs in the EDM scene. However, with Nervo, they appear to be the whole package. The duo are identical twin sisters that first entered the modelling business. After realizing modelling was not their true passion, they turned to music. Majority of the time they are in Europe touring so when I found out that they were scheduled to come to Montreal, I could not miss out. I definitely recommend seeing them!
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Nervo
* All photos taken from New City Gas's Facebook photo album