June 13th marked the 9th edition of Serve!Stock – a very cool and casual fundraising event in support of Serve. For twenty years, Serve has been supporting programs that have helped over 1,000 disadvantaged youth gain opportunities by helping them to acquire skills through involvement in their communities. The fundraising included raffle tickets for a luxurious trip to New Orleans and various items for live and silent auction: from a gourmet dinner for your closest friends to tickets to some…
Here’s a few photos from the tweets of last night’s Bud Light Sensation. With over 10 years making it’s waves across the world, Sensation finally arrived on Canadian shores on June 1st, 2013 at the Rogers Centre here in Toronto. I was lucky to snag one of the sold-out deluxe tickets but it was more fun just being on the floor with friends. It was visually spectacular with giant jellyfish hanging from the ceiling, incredible laser displays using water, jellyfish…
It was a sold-out rocking evening gala dubbed “Koffler Rocks” featuring pop, rock and R&B performances with Canadian indie sensation, The Sadies, Melanie Fiona and the one and only Randy Bachman (of Bachman-Turner Overdrive and The Guess Who fame, of course) . What a memorable night to benefit the Koffler Centre of the Arts. The evening was hosted by New York Times best selling author, Michael Wex. Taking place on a perfectly gorgeous, warm and sunny May evening at the…
Samsung held a preview party to celebrate the launch of the highly anticipated Samsung Galaxy S4 smartphone, their newest flagship (launching on major Canadian carriers on May 3rd in limited quantities). The S4 party was held on the same evening on April 25th across 3 cities: Vancouver, Toronto and Montreal. Feist was hyped up to play all 3 cities simultaneously as a 3D hologram. Walk Off the Earth rocked the Kool Haus that evening playing 2 lively sets. Samsung also…
UPDATE: check out some of the best photos from Bud Light Sensation here: http://www.bestoftoronto.net/2013/06/bud-light-sensation-photos-from-around-the-twitterverse/ Those of you that missed the majorness that was the “#OneLastTour” of Swedish House Mafia last week or those who are just hungry for more EDM maybe you can look forward to Sensation, an EDM ocean of white on June 1st, 2013 at the Rogers Centre. Tickets for the highly anticipated Sensation will start at $125 (for a Regular ticket), and they start to go on…
Mercedes-Benz hosted a DJ set with Dirty Vegas and Chromeo. EDM fans were invited to register for an exclusive, free performance by these big names for those lucky enough to snag a ticket to celebrate the launch of the all-new 2013 Mercedes-Benz B-Class. Dirty Vegas started the night with some deep trance most notably Gotye’s Somebody That I Used to Know and also their big Grammy Award hit “Days Go By”. The Chromeo duo kept the crowd going with hits…