That’s right ladies & gentlemen, exactly one week from today we’ll be illin’ & grillin’ at the fantastic Steam Whistle Brewery in the centre of downtown Toronto for my first annual BASTID’S BBQ! We’ll be firing up the coals at 3PM and shutting it down around 10PM. 255 Bremner Boulevard. Look for all the green signs. Advance tickets are available at Soundscapes, Rotate This, Play De Record and Ransom Holding Co., or online through Paypal. Tickets will be available at the door subject to availability. Don’t be left hungry or sad, scoop one up now! Consider yourself invited…
The idea behind the event is simple: everyone loves a good BBQ. Food, friends, music, good times. So I present to you: Bastid’s BBQ. Where music, food and people meet to celebrate the best in each other. DJs playing that feel good music, delicious food hot off the grill, and plenty of pleasant surprises for you and your friends. Our friends. Us. See you there.
There will be delicious food for everyone courtesy of Eventrix, the people behind Beer Festival, and of course drinks of the alcohol and non-alcohol variety, including those from our good friends at Steam Whistle and Red Bull. But that’s just where it starts. Feast your eyes on the MUSICAL MENU:
DJ Starting From Scratch
Starting From Scratch is one of the best DJs in the world. He’s probably the best live mixer I’ve ever heard. We did our thing together in the Scratch, Skratch, Scratch project. Alongside DJ Spinbad, he’s Russell Peters’ tour DJ. Check out his Soundcloud page and have a listen to some of his many remixes, great tools for DJs, too. Top dude.
DJ Wristpect
This guy – always doing something, always going somewhere, and always doing it proper. Lucky enough, he’s in The Dot on August 20th. His website has a lot of stuff you can do/listen to/watch, definitely worth a visit. Ill on the cut, also! Hoping to steal a combo or two when he’s not looking next weekend.
Bonjay
Bonjay are a fantastic music duo from Canada. Their music is great and their live show worth every cent. They’ll be leaving the stage to hop behind the decks for a DJ set on the 20th, but don’t expect it to be any less AWESOME.
DJ P-Plus
My co-conspirator in the Midnight Mix series, P is a pleasure to rock sets with. A stand-up dude all around, always doing good things as far as I can tell on his twitter account. Catch him live tweeting the BBQ in person! It’s twice as exciting. No really, the kid gets busy, peep it.
DJ Paul E Lopes
Bump & Hustle is one longest standing nights in the city (14 years!?), not to mention one of the most reliable for quality tunes and people. Paul’s musical knowledge is cavernous and I can’t wait to see what he brings as BBQ music!
DJ John Farrugia
A very welcome addition to the original line-up, Johnny’s an Ontario native but has expanded to the UK with his sound Big Toe’s Hifi, now based out of Edinburgh and London as well. Top notch reggae & dancehall vibes – he’ll be playing an all vinyl set that will surely seduce women.
Anyone else? It’s a Saturday afternoon in Toronto. You never know who might be in town…
We’ve been running contests for the past few weeks and there’s still time to enter them all, so get on it. Help me spread the word about this event and you could walk away with some music, sauce, WeSC HEADPHONES and more. Participate for your chance to win at one of these sites:
Here’s a video for the Dose contest:
See you there.
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