BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Sunset Labs - ECPv6.15.20//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Sunset Labs X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://sunsetlabs.ca X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Sunset Labs REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Vancouver BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20150308T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20151101T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20160313T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20161106T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20170312T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20171105T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20180311T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20181104T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20190310T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20191103T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20200308T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20201101T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20210314T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20211107T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20220313T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20221106T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20230312T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20231105T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20240310T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20241103T090000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230415T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230415T223000 DTSTAMP:20260428T133709 CREATED:20230331T225446Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230725T072718Z UID:21186-1681583400-1681597800@sunsetlabs.ca SUMMARY:the Metta Grove Experience DESCRIPTION:the METTA GROVE EXPERIENCE\nft visionary artist Simon Haiduk\nMetta Grove is an immersive artistic event that blends cinematic visuals\, meditation\, and psychedelic art to create a unique sensory experience. \n  \nTICKETS HERE:\nhttps://www.vibesmusicfestival.com/event-details/metta-grove-with-simon-haiduk-in-victoria-bc \n  \nEVENT OVERVIEW:\nThis concert features stunning visuals of Simon’s digital paintings transformed into animations. These animations are woven with layers of light and sound in a an immersive performance\, generating a unique synchronous expression. The soundtrack is a dynamic range of Simon’s ambient music\, with heartwarming melodies\, and pulsing rhythms from other world-class musicians with whom he has collaborated. \nMetta Grove is a meditation on our intrinsic connection to nature\, the foundations of this reality as light and sound\, activating elevated states of consciousness through enchantment\, and honouring our interconnected life energies to inspire a more peaceful world. Simon will give a presentation with insights about his creative inspiration\, tools\, process and integration of plant medicines. Also\, Simon’s partner\, therapeutic counsellor\, Jane Calm\, will give a presentation on everyone’s access to inherited psychic abilities. \nSimon Hadiuk is a multimedia artist working with several visual art and sonic mediums with themes that have an emphasis on nature and metaphysical energy. His art is exhibited globally and he is recognized as a significant contributor to the modern Visionary Art movement. Culminating over fifteen years of thematic creativity and collaborations\, he has found a synthesis of his explorations with various mediums by fusing them into an audiovisual concert. \nTo cap off the evening\, we will have ecstatic dance with DJ SoFire and DJ Galloway. This will be the perfect time to let loose\, express yourself\, and connect with others. \n  \nOUR EVENING SCHEDULE:\n6:30PM – Doors\n7-9:15PM – Artist Presentation & Metta Grove Experience\n9:15-10:15PM – Integration Ecstatic Dance\n10:15-10:30PM – Moonlit acoustic closing set \n———————————-\nPresented by Vibes Music Festival\nhosted at Sunset Labs\, 400 Herald St\, Victoria BC\n———————————- \n  \nTICKETS HERE:\nhttps://www.vibesmusicfestival.com/event-details/metta-grove-with-simon-haiduk-in-victoria-bc \n  URL:https://sunsetlabs.ca/event/the-metta-grove-experience/ LOCATION:Sunset Labs\, 400 Herald Street\, Victoria\, British Columbia\, V8T 4R4\, Canada CATEGORIES:Live Music,Music & Dance,Performance ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sunsetlabs.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/fb-banner.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20221024T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20221024T213000 DTSTAMP:20260428T133709 CREATED:20221016T220247Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221016T222038Z UID:20914-1666638000-1666647000@sunsetlabs.ca SUMMARY:Nights of Grief and Mystery DESCRIPTION:An improbable\, impossible night of words & music. The duo Storyteller/author Stephen Jenkinson & Musician Gregory Hoskins on the dark road Author/Activist Stephen Jenkinson and recording artist Gregory Hoskins fuse their separate work into an evening that is part book reading\, part concert\, part poetry\, part lamentation\, part ribaldry\, part lifting the mortal veil and learning the mysteries there. \nThat’s what’s been performed to sold out houses in Australia\, New Zealand\, Canada\, England\, Scotland\, Wales\, Iceland and the USA. \nConcerts for Turbulent Times they surely are. We aren’t poets\, maybe\, but the evenings are poetic. They are musical and grave and raucous and stilling\, which probably means they are theatrical. They are nights in which love letters to life are written and read aloud. There’s some boldness in them. They have that tone. \nThese nights have the mark of our time upon them\, and they’re timely\, urgent\, alert\, steeped in mortal mystery. \nThey’re quixotic.\nThey have swagger.\nWhat would you call such a thing?\nWe called it Nights of Grief & Mystery. \nSeven years\, 2 short films\, and three full length recordings after its’ inception\, Nights of Grief & Mystery: Rough Gods Tour travels the dark road again with a handful of not-to-be-missed duo shows that harken back to the beginning of their collaboration. \n“We do so when the current appetite is for either distraction or distress\, and we seem to be in neither business.” SJ\n  \nPURCHASE TICKETS HERE\n \n\n  \n WHAT THE AUDIENCE HAS SAID \nAnd for the whole show I just sat in wonder: How is it even possible to let music and words be engaged in such a fertile merging!? I felt that those deeply touching stories of Stephen Jenkinson were somehow brought to life by the music as if by midwifery and the wonderful voice of Gregory Hoskins and the feminine and sexy band. I know from my work as an author that it is very tricky to intertwine story-telling or reading with music. But this event proved the impossible. I looked around by the end of the evening and saw us all there in wonder and uplifted spirit\, yet deeply rooted in our inner archives. – Oddný Eir – Reykjavik\, Iceland\n \nWow. Just wow. What a beautiful\, heart wrenching\, funny\, brilliant show. I was astounded by the eloquence and poetic nature of Stephen’s oratory style\, and by the (for lack of a better word) TOTAL BAD-ASSNESS of the band. – N\, Tuners Falls\, ME\n \nMy heart is still full and my tongue is drunk from last night. – MS \, Franklin\, TN\n \nSo utterly heartbreaking and beautiful.” MLF\, Ithaca\, NY\n \nExtraordinary! It was a beautiful and unraveling intimate night. – LG\, Roanoke\, NC\n \nThe show was beautiful and dark and compelling and cathartic. Educational yet humbling. Strange yet familiar. It was a singular experience. I’m still kinda dumbstruck by the whole thing.” – CT\, Kitchener\, ON\n \nI highly recommend this show to you. Highly. Higher than highly.” – PS\, London\, ON \n \n\n  \nTERRITORIAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT\nSunset Labs sits on the traditional\, ancestral\, unceded homelands of the Lekwungen people\, now also known as the Songhees and Esquimalt Nations. We endeavour to honour this land\, its peoples and treaties by strengthening our relationship and responsibilities to them. We acknowledge and thank the Lekwungen people\, on whose land we live\, work\, create\, dance and play. URL:https://sunsetlabs.ca/event/nights-of-grief-and-mystery-2/ LOCATION:Sunset Labs\, 400 Herald Street\, Victoria\, British Columbia\, V8T 4R4\, Canada CATEGORIES:Live Music,Performance ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sunsetlabs.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Nights-of-Grief-and-Mystery-Feature-Image-SL.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20221023T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20221023T213000 DTSTAMP:20260428T133709 CREATED:20220928T224608Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221016T222022Z UID:20897-1666551600-1666560600@sunsetlabs.ca SUMMARY:Nights of Grief and Mystery DESCRIPTION:An improbable\, impossible night of words & music. The duo Storyteller/author Stephen Jenkinson & Musician Gregory Hoskins on the dark road Author/Activist Stephen Jenkinson and recording artist Gregory Hoskins fuse their separate work into an evening that is part book reading\, part concert\, part poetry\, part lamentation\, part ribaldry\, part lifting the mortal veil and learning the mysteries there. \nThat’s what’s been performed to sold out houses in Australia\, New Zealand\, Canada\, England\, Scotland\, Wales\, Iceland and the USA. \nConcerts for Turbulent Times they surely are. We aren’t poets\, maybe\, but the evenings are poetic. They are musical and grave and raucous and stilling\, which probably means they are theatrical. They are nights in which love letters to life are written and read aloud. There’s some boldness in them. They have that tone. \nThese nights have the mark of our time upon them\, and they’re timely\, urgent\, alert\, steeped in mortal mystery. \nThey’re quixotic.\nThey have swagger.\nWhat would you call such a thing?\nWe called it Nights of Grief & Mystery. \nSeven years\, 2 short films\, and three full length recordings after its’ inception\, Nights of Grief & Mystery: Rough Gods Tour travels the dark road again with a handful of not-to-be-missed duo shows that harken back to the beginning of their collaboration. \n“We do so when the current appetite is for either distraction or distress\, and we seem to be in neither business.” SJ\n  \nPURCHASE TICKETS HERE\n \n\n  \n WHAT THE AUDIENCE HAS SAID \nAnd for the whole show I just sat in wonder: How is it even possible to let music and words be engaged in such a fertile merging!? I felt that those deeply touching stories of Stephen Jenkinson were somehow brought to life by the music as if by midwifery and the wonderful voice of Gregory Hoskins and the feminine and sexy band. I know from my work as an author that it is very tricky to intertwine story-telling or reading with music. But this event proved the impossible. I looked around by the end of the evening and saw us all there in wonder and uplifted spirit\, yet deeply rooted in our inner archives. – Oddný Eir – Reykjavik\, Iceland\n \nWow. Just wow. What a beautiful\, heart wrenching\, funny\, brilliant show. I was astounded by the eloquence and poetic nature of Stephen’s oratory style\, and by the (for lack of a better word) TOTAL BAD-ASSNESS of the band. – N\, Tuners Falls\, ME\n \nMy heart is still full and my tongue is drunk from last night. – MS \, Franklin\, TN\n \nSo utterly heartbreaking and beautiful.” MLF\, Ithaca\, NY\n \nExtraordinary! It was a beautiful and unraveling intimate night. – LG\, Roanoke\, NC\n \nThe show was beautiful and dark and compelling and cathartic. Educational yet humbling. Strange yet familiar. It was a singular experience. I’m still kinda dumbstruck by the whole thing.” – CT\, Kitchener\, ON\n \nI highly recommend this show to you. Highly. Higher than highly.” – PS\, London\, ON \n \n\n  \nTERRITORIAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT\nSunset Labs sits on the traditional\, ancestral\, unceded homelands of the Lekwungen people\, now also known as the Songhees and Esquimalt Nations. We endeavour to honour this land\, its peoples and treaties by strengthening our relationship and responsibilities to them. We acknowledge and thank the Lekwungen people\, on whose land we live\, work\, create\, dance and play. URL:https://sunsetlabs.ca/event/nights-of-grief-and-mystery-1/ LOCATION:Sunset Labs\, 400 Herald Street\, Victoria\, British Columbia\, V8T 4R4\, Canada CATEGORIES:Live Music,Performance ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sunsetlabs.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Nights-of-Grief-and-Mystery-Feature-Image-SL.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20221004T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20221004T190000 DTSTAMP:20260428T133709 CREATED:20220823T012515Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220916T190702Z UID:20673-1664902800-1664910000@sunsetlabs.ca SUMMARY:Peia~ Vocal Workshop DESCRIPTION:  \nSONG OF THE ANCIENTS\nVocal Workshop with Peia\nEach one of us is gifted with a uniquely beautiful voice and lineage of song. Discover your true voice through an embodied practice\, engaging natural breath and resonance techniques guided by Peia. Learn to harness the power of your breath\, deepen and expand your breath capacity and sing from your core. Unlock the natural resonance of your voice and learn to direct sound\, and move it through the body as well as the room. Working with tools from the ancient Indian alchemy of Raga we will enter a deeply meditative practice known as ‘The Yoga of Sound.’ We also gain deeper understanding of the physical workings of the voice from Vocal Pedagogy (the science of the voice) and learn to sing with grace\, power\, flexibility and ease. \nThe First part of the workshop focuses on vocal embodiment and cultivation tools while the second part implements the tools via the learning of a song from the Celtic tradition. During our time together we will explore: \n\nSomatic & Embodiment tools to unblock both the singing and speaking voice & liberate our inherent expression of beauty and vitality.\nBreath meditations and techniques to return to our natural breath cycle\, which regulates the nervous system and helps to release trauma stored in the body.\nPractices to cultivate both resonance and volume without taxing or overworking the voice\nVocal Warm Ups and tools to stretch the vocal range gently\nVocal Care\nOne Song from the Celtic Tradition that will connect us to the rituals and way of life of these ancient people.\n\nIt is said that at its height the Celtic culture stretched from as far South as Turkey to the North of Scotland & Ireland. If you have European blood running through your veins\, there is a good chance that you share an ancestral connection to the Celtic Clans. This is an opportunity to dive into both the songs and the language of this ancient culture. \n  \nVOCAL WORKSHOP TICKETS:\n\nOnly 75 tickets available. Tickets are $25-$50 sliding scale.\nPlease choose the price that reflects your capacity.\n* Paypal or eTransfer to: payments@sunsetlabs.ca * \n  \nABOUT PEIA\n\nPeia Luzzi is an American born song collector\, writer and multi-instrumentalist based in the mountains of Appalachia. Like water from a deep well\, she draws inspiration from her ancestral roots of Irish and Old World European folk music. Peia’s voice dances nimbly from Child Ballads and 17th C. Gaelic laments\, to Waulking Songs\, and Bulgarian mountain calls. She has traveled & studied extensively over the past 10 years to reconnect with her own ancestral song tradition. Uncovering melodies wrinkled & wise with time\, while taking care to honor their language and stories\, Peia brings a piece of herself to each song she carries. \nHer live performances are often described as timeless and transcendent\, as she transports audiences through hypnotic rhythms & soaring ethereal vocals. Often accompanied by double bass & percussion\, her trio will once again be touring Europe late summer 2022.  Along with song gathering & writing songs that speak to the heart of our present experience\, Peia’s passion lies in guiding others to discover their own authentic voice & expression. \nA powerful voice in the rising global community of people who are committed to restoring a balanced relationship with the Earth\, Peia expresses her holistic vision and passion through her music\, educational workshops and advocacy for social and environmental rights groups. \nPeia’s ensemble weaves in soaring soprano vocals\, driving percussion\, and hypnotic double bass groves\, together with her own instrumentation on charangon and harmonium to create lush\, organic soundscapes. Her mesmerizing performances offer authentic re-imaginings of traditional musical treasures\, along with a stunning repertoire of her own original songs \n  \n“Peia’s voice soars like the wind\nas she sings a love letter to our Earth\nand an ode to humanity.”\n– Huffington Post \n  \nOCTOBER 3 CONCERT & FILM SCREENING:\n\nOn Monday October 3rd we are hosting a musical concert & film screening with Peia at First Church of Christ on Pandora Avenue. For information and tickets for the concert\, visit that event page here:\nhttps://sunsetlabs.ca/event/peia-to-the-well/ \n  \nTERRITORIAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT\n\nSunset Labs sits on the traditional\, ancestral\, unceded homelands of the Lekwungen people\, now also known as the Songhees and Esquimalt Nations. We endeavour to honour this land\, its peoples and treaties by strengthening our relationship and responsibilities to them. We acknowledge and thank the Lekwungen people\, on whose land we live\, work\, create\, dance and play. URL:https://sunsetlabs.ca/event/peia-vocal-workshop/ LOCATION:Sunset Labs\, 400 Herald Street\, Victoria\, British Columbia\, V8T 4R4\, Canada CATEGORIES:Educational,Live Music ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sunsetlabs.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/peia-song-of-the-ancients.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20221003T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20221003T210000 DTSTAMP:20260428T133709 CREATED:20220823T000127Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220823T011825Z UID:20617-1664821800-1664830800@sunsetlabs.ca SUMMARY:Peia~ To The Well DESCRIPTION:Join Peia for her “To the Well” film release and concert: the culmination of several months of grant study in the Gaeltachts (Irish speaking regions) of Western Ireland. Peia will focus on the songs and stories she gathered during her studies\, as well as some old favorites. She will be joined by Irish & Appalachian fiddler Andrew Finn Magill. \n  \n“TO THE WELL”\n“I could sing in over 20 languages yet I knew not a single song from my family nor one word from their ancestral language. I lacked true north and something in me remained searching and rootless.” \nWith equal parts thirst\, gratitude\, and the kind of urgent\, grief-soaked willingness to peer into a deep well after long pilgrimage\, Peia stood on the west coast of County Kerry\, Ireland and held the songs of her ancestors in her mouth like so much bread after generations of famine. The result of years of study\, this is the tale of finding the source of an erased origin: a holy well of songs still as alive and vibrant as the good green hills\, as sturdy as the standing stones. \nIt is said culture can be forgotten in but two generations. Every modern person in the so-called west suffers from the legacies of colonization: a sense of separation from place-based lifeways that erupt from the land itself\, manifesting in the forms of dance\, foods\, rituals\, ceremonies\, folk arts – and song. \nAmnesia is a hallmark of our species\, but so is remembering.\nAnd to remember\, we must listen deeply. \nFor Peia’s To The Well Film Release and Concert Tour\, we invite you to come and to drink deeply from an ancient shared source. While we are all descendants of lands that gave shape and sound to our cultures\, we also need courage to confront what is reflected in the water. To go to the well is to take the long road back to ourselves. It is not an endeavor to do alone: this kind of healing happens in community. For this journey\, we will accompany you with some new and favorite songs\, yes\, but also a viewing of the short film followed by some Q&A from the audience. \n  \nABOUT PEIA\nPeia Luzzi is an American born song collector\, writer and multi-instrumentalist based in the mountains of Appalachia. Like water from a deep well\, she draws inspiration from her ancestral roots of Irish and Old World European folk music. Peia’s voice dances nimbly from Child Ballads and 17th C. Gaelic laments\, to Waulking Songs\, and Bulgarian mountain calls. She has traveled & studied extensively over the past 10 years to reconnect with her own ancestral song tradition. Uncovering melodies wrinkled & wise with time\, while taking care to honor their language and stories\, Peia brings a piece of herself to each song she carries. \nAlong with song gathering & writing songs that speak to the heart of our present experience\, Peia’s passion lies in guiding others to discover their own authentic voice & expression. A powerful voice in the rising global community of people who are committed to restoring a balanced relationship with the Earth\, Peia expresses her holistic vision and passion through her music\, educational workshops and advocacy for social and environmental rights groups. \n  \n“Peia’s voice soars like the wind\nas she sings a love letter to our Earth\nand an ode to humanity.”\n– Huffington Post \n  \nEVENING FORMAT:\nhosted at First Church of Christ Scientist\n1205 Pandora Avenue (NOT Sunset Labs)\nFilm screening: 20 minutes followed by 15min Q&A w/ Peia\nIntermission\nConcert: 60-75 minutes\nTickets: General Admission: $25 Advance / $30 at the Door \n  \nGET TICKETS HERE\n \n  \n\nOCT4 VOCAL WORKSHOP\nThe night AFTER the concert\, Peia is facilitating her AMAZING vocal workshop entitled “Song of the Ancients” – details & tickets are available via that event page\, here: \n \n  \n\n  \nThe LAST time we hosted Peia here in 2019 was simply MAGICAL – check it out! \n \n  URL:https://sunsetlabs.ca/event/peia-to-the-well/ LOCATION:First Church of Christ\, 1205 Pandora Avenue\, Victoria\, British Columbia\, V8V 3R3\, Canada CATEGORIES:Educational,Live Music,Music & Dance,Performance ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sunsetlabs.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/peia-to-the-well.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20220820T210000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20220821T020000 DTSTAMP:20260428T133709 CREATED:20220804T190241Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220804T190432Z UID:20370-1661029200-1661047200@sunsetlabs.ca SUMMARY:Creatures of the Night! DESCRIPTION:Get ready for a legendary night of dancing\, community\, local arts & underground culture! This venue is the most intimate & private in the city so be aware we are in for a cozy good time with full accessibility\, limited capacity\, beautiful people & absolutely iconic local underground arts/music. This is a creature theme so think clubkids\, cute animals\, creatures\, sexy animal prints\, kinky costumes\, puppies\, furries\, kittens\, bears\, whatever you can dream up & feel comfortable about\, just have fun with it! \nFYI open:ended events are always lgbtqs2+\, race/gender inclusive\, kink / body positive\, age inclusive (18+) spaces where folx are welcome to express themselves however they feel comfortable\, free of any judgments or shame. \nTHiS iS A SAFE SPACE FOR EVERYONE & We acknowledge & respect the Lekwungen peoples on whose traditional territory where we are creating inclusive/diverse culture\, and the Songhees\, Esquimalt and WSÁNEĆ peoples whose historical relationships with the land continue to this day. We thank you in advance for remaining aware\, respectful & peaceful at this gathering! \n\nDANCEFLOOR & DJS\nBiOSHiP [ALiEN BASS / FEMME HiPHOP]\nhttps://soundcloud.com/bioshipp\nOur body is a bioship for the soul\, we travel in this lifetime on planet earth. This female DJ duo from Victoria\, BC brings intergalactic frequencies from far reaches of the galaxy to awaken the alien within. bioship’s sound can be described as intergalactic space bass\, it’s dark\, sensual\, exotic\, and always gantsa AF. \nPSYCHEDA [TECHNO / TECH HOUSE]\nhttps://soundcloud.com/psycheda\nCicadas have prominent eyes set wide apart\, short antennae\, and membranous front wings. They have an exceptionally loud song\, produced in most species by the rapid buckling and unbuckling of drumlike tymbals. Most cicadas are cryptic. This particular species has an affinity for dark and deep subterranean beats. They will be serving proper techno & tech house. \nSUNDOG [ORiGiNAL BASS MUSiC PRODUCER ]\nhttps://soundcloud.com/officialsundog\nSundog is a bass music producer\, multi instrumentalist and turntablist who spins a selection of raw bassy beats with tasteful percussion. The music he shares is infused with the influences of old school hip hop and jazz\, combined with forward thinking bass music\, and sound system culture. A proper blend of hard hitting beats with an organic lively feel. Rooted in a desire to deeply connect with his audience\, Sundog translates his love for music into a memorable dance experience! \nTRiiKSTR [GHETTO HOUSE / TECH]\nhttps://soundcloud.com/triikstr\nTRiiKSTR Is a character who lives to disobey ordinary rules and conventional behaviour. As a longtime supporter of LGBTQ+\, Pride\, Fetish & Rave events in BC / Europe\, he is continuously cultivating diverse & inclusive event spaces. Formerly known as the Co-Founder of ‘Luminosity Gathering’ in BC\, rebirthed as ‘open:ended’ in 2019. Triikstr has acquired well curated archives over the years\, will be serving a range of styles from Ghetto House & Tech House w strong underground femme & Hiphop influences. \n\nPEROFORMANCE ARTISTS\nCOSMiC HONEY [silk fans/ gogo]\nhttps://instagram.com/stemlessflower\nA self taught dancer & flow artist. Using silk fans as her medium\, she draws her audience in to a captivating and whimsical experience. \nSoRa\nA mystic sent to channel hidden messages throught the mask of a dragon skull. They work together to reveal what haunts the middle world and strip away what is false. Allow this creature to speak to you with its movement and invoke the unknown mysteries within. \nMOTEVOTiON :: SHiBARi ROPE BONDAGE\nhttps://instagram.com/motevotion \n\nViSUAL ARTiSTS & ARTiSAN VENDORS\nCATLYNE FABLE :: Visual Artist\nhttps://instagram.com/catlynefable \nENRAPT LEATHERCRAFT :: Leatherwork & Bondage\nhttps://instagram.com/getenrapt \nCOYOTE CORRAL :: Visual Artist\nhttps://instagram.com/coyote.corral \nCOSMiC CRANE :: Jewelrey & Fine Art\nhttps://instagram.com/cosmic.crane \nNESSiE :: Visual Artist\nhttps://instagram.com/lil__nessie \nART BY MOKii :: Visual Artist\nhttps://instagram.com/triikstr \n\nDETAILS & TICKETS\n10pm-3am \nGENERAL ADMiSSION $30 (Low Income Tickets Available) if you want to E transfer openended.bc@gmail.com to avoid corporate service fees\, thats awesome\, but be sure to leave the FULL NAME of the folx you are purchasing tickets for\, and make sure the PASSWORD is “CREATURES”\nThanks everyone for the support & we cannot wait to ViBE with you on the dancefloor!! stay tuned for updates. URL:https://sunsetlabs.ca/event/creaturesofthenight/ LOCATION:British Columbia CATEGORIES:Live Music,Music & Dance,Performance ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sunsetlabs.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/295745236_472567374870233_4940213465033136271_n.jpeg ORGANIZER;CN="open%3Aended":MAILTO:openended.events@gmail.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20220521T210000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20220522T030000 DTSTAMP:20260428T133709 CREATED:20220418T190834Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220418T190834Z UID:20260-1653166800-1653188400@sunsetlabs.ca SUMMARY:We Call it House DESCRIPTION:The GRC in partnership with Proud House Production is pleased to be back and paying homage to the sounds of House Music\nAs always\, the GRC and Proud House Production are committed to bringing the best in House\, highlighting local talent\, DJ’s and producers \nWe Call it House originated in 2018 with a mission to host excellent parties with good music and even better people!\nThe first instalment of We Call it House will do just that! \n\nLINE-UP\nHERZ\nhttps://soundcloud.com/peitho-goddess?ref=clipboard&p=a&c=1 \nDEVLINSIDE\nhttps://soundcloud.com/devlinside\nhttps://www.mixcloud.com/ian-devlin/ \nBROOKS\nhttps://soundcloud.com/r_brooks \nDYLPRICKLE\nhttps://soundcloud.com/user-913119037\nhttps://www.facebook.com/Dylpricklelive-105455304476785\nhttps://www.mixcloud.com/berakus/ \nACRANYMPH\nhttps://soundcloud.com/acranymph\nhttps://www.facebook.com/Acranymph\nhttps://www.mixcloud.com/Acranymph/ \nKEHX\nhttps://soundcloud.com/kehx\nhttps://www.facebook.com/KehxOfficial\nhttps://www.mixcloud.com/kehx \n\nFEATURING\nFLOW COVEN\nhttps://www.facebook.com/flowcovenperformance \nPHOTOGRAPHY BY\nCRYSTAL M PHOTOGRAPHY\nhttps://www.facebook.com/CrystalMillionsPhotography \n\nDETAILS & TICKETS\n10pm-4am \n19+ Event \n$5 drink specials all night \n$20 advanced $25 at the door – email transfer to grcyyj@gmail.com \nPLUR is the mantra of all GRC events URL:https://sunsetlabs.ca/event/we-call-it-house-2/ LOCATION:British Columbia CATEGORIES:Live Music,Music & Dance,Performance ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sunsetlabs.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/We-Call-it-House.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20220430T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20220501T020000 DTSTAMP:20260428T133709 CREATED:20220418T173507Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220418T195000Z UID:20232-1651348800-1651370400@sunsetlabs.ca SUMMARY:DEEPSPACE - SOLD OUT DESCRIPTION:DEEPSPACE is an event series featuring a range of deepness. Weaving through with a plethora of bass connoisseurs\, and inviting you to get real low\, deep\, & dark with us.\nExpect: dubstep\, halftime\, dnb\, garage\, footwork\, psybass\, spacey wobbles etc. \nAlso since it’s the first event AppleCat has produced since the winter of 2020\, what the hell\, let’s make it a Post Apocalyptic dress theme. Dress code encouraged but not mandatory. If you’re so inclined\, have fun with it: think Mad Max\, Tank Girl\, Hunger Games\, etc. \nIn addition expect performance arts\, tea lounge\, chill space\, & rad peoples. 18+ Please bring ID. \n18+ – Alcohol Free Zone. \n\nFEATURING THE MUSIC OF\nKilbourne (He/Him) | Cimmerian Records x Deep Dark and Dangerous\nhttps://linktr.ee/kilbourne \nAppleCat (She/They) | Erotica Electronica x Amplify Her\nhttps://linktr.ee/applecat \nNahlith (he/him) | Cimmerian Records x FKOF\nhttps://soundcloud.com/nahlith \nPsycheda (she/her) | Victoria\, BC\nhttp://soundcloud.com/psycheda \n\nSOUNDSCAPE TIMELINE\n9PM – 11:00PM: – Psycheda (she/her) \n11:00PM – 12:30AM: AppleCat (she/them) \n12:30AM – 1:30AM: Nahlith (he/him) \n1:30AM – 3:00AM: Kilbourne (he/him) \nVisual Performances by: \nRowynn Elizabeth (she/her)m Jacq Creatrix (she/her)\, Devaiya Ra (he/they)\, and Ellery (she/her). \n\nOTHER CONTRIBUTIONS\n> Consent & Vibe Guardians presence in full effect\n> Photography by: TBA – inquire if you are interested\n> Guayakí Yerba Mate\, Tea Lounge\, & Tasty treats available\n> Live Painting by: TBA\n> Chill Squish Zone\, by the deepspace deco pixies\n> Venders: Enrapt Leathercraft\, TRiiKSTR\, RefoundWare \n\nDeepspace is for all deep bass explorers\, low-end lovers\, and inter-dimensional travellers. This is an LGBTQIA2S+ inclusive\, all race & gender inclusive\, all walks of life\, all peoples and creatures inclusive event. Any bigotry will not be tolerated. Don’t be a dick. \nWe gather for deepspace on the unceded homelands of the Lekwungen people\, now also known as the Songhees and Esquimalt Nations. Please take the time to acknowledge\, be mindful\, and respect the land of which we dance upon. \nAccessibility information: Sunset Labs is wheelchair accessible. If you are needing any additional assistance or have any questions please message AppleCat directly. \n TICKETS ARE SOLD OUT\nGET TICKETS HERE URL:https://sunsetlabs.ca/event/deepspace-apr-2022/ LOCATION:Sunset Labs – Online Only\, 400 Herald Street\, Victoria\, BC CATEGORIES:Live Music,Music & Dance,Performance ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sunsetlabs.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Deepspace.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20211013T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20211013T210000 DTSTAMP:20260428T133709 CREATED:20220908T203501Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220908T204909Z UID:20821-1634151600-1634158800@sunsetlabs.ca SUMMARY:UNITED & EVOLVED DESCRIPTION: \nUNITED + EVOLVED: Celebrating a rebirth of LiveVictoria.com and ArtsVictoria.ca under community ownership.\n**THIS IS AN ONLINE EVENT ** \nVictoria’s most comprehensive cultural resources have been completely redesigned with YOU\, our arts community\, in mind. The tools\, resources and interfaces of LiveVictoria.com and ArtsVictoria.com have had a serious upgrade\, and we’re excited to show them you how they can make a difference to all you and your art!\nJoin us to see the results of our efforts and celebrate with live music and performances from Kady Savard & Co\, 14 Flamingos\, Marie Metaphor and Kobe Wilson.\nWhile you may not yet be familiar with The Victoria Arts Promotion and Preservation Society\, you likely know our work. “VAPPS” is a non-profit organization whose mandate is to increase access to Victoria’s artistic output; both today and for future generations. \nWe’ve now guided ArtsVictoria.ca for 8 years\, and have recently taken over full ownership of the site from the City of Victoria. At the same time\, LiveVictoria.com and its 20 years of history in the community are also being entrusted to VAPPS ongoing stewardship. The two sites will together form Victoria’s most diverse\, comprehensive and dynamic cultural calendar\, arts hub and living archive – ALL completely artist-led and community owned. \n  \nOur Evening’s Schedule\n\n7:05pm – Magic Show with Kobe Wilson\n7:15pm – Spoken Word with Marie Metaphor\n7:25pm – VAPPS Presentation\n7:40pm – Cleo Madelaine\n8:30pm – 14 Flamingos \n  \nLIVESTREAM DETAILS\n\nYou’ll be able to watch the livestream in the Facebook Event\, as well as from the front page of livevictoria.com & artsvictoria.ca\, on this event page and on Get Down with the Lockdown on facebook. \n  \nTERRITORIAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT\n\nSunset Labs sits on the traditional\, ancestral\, unceded homelands of the Lekwungen people\, now also known as the Songhees and Esquimalt Nations. We endeavour to honour this land\, its peoples and treaties by strengthening our relationship and responsibilities to them. We acknowledge and thank the Lekwungen people\, on whose land we live\, work\, create\, dance and play.\n  URL:https://sunsetlabs.ca/event/united-and-evolved-artsvictoria-livevictoria-relaunch/ LOCATION:Sunset Labs\, 400 Herald Street\, Victoria\, British Columbia\, V8T 4R4\, Canada CATEGORIES:Educational,Live Music ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sunsetlabs.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Live-Victoria-Feature-Image-SL.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20211005T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20211005T200000 DTSTAMP:20260428T133709 CREATED:20211001T221709Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211001T221915Z UID:20163-1633458600-1633464000@sunsetlabs.ca SUMMARY:SOLD OUT: Nights of Grief & Mystery DESCRIPTION:These nights have the mark of our time upon them\, and they’re timely\, urgent\, alert\, steeped in mortal mystery. They’re quixotic. They have swagger. They are nights devoted to the ragged mysteries of being human\, and so grief and endings of all kinds appear. \nWhat would you call such a thing? \nWe call them Nights of Grief & Mystery. \nPart poetry\, part lamentation\, part book reading\, part ribaldry\, part concert\, part lifting the mortal veil and learning the mysteries there…that’s what’s in store. And something about the plague\, and the last twenty months. And that dark road/rough God thing? That image is more than an image. That is what we do. That is our devotional act. \nSafe & Sound Salons: Courtenay – Cortes Island – Powell River – Cortes Island – Salt Spring Island – Duncan – Gabriola Island – Victoria https://orphanwisdom.com/events/list/ \nSmall salon shows that follow local COVID-19 guidelines. Bring a mask so that you can use the washroom facility. Wear a mask & distance at registration and merch tables(cd’s/ books)\, when visiting washroom and when in book signing line. We ask that you stay in the cluster of those you come with. Seating will be arranged accordingly. Bring your own drink. These are the conditions that have been agreed to make this event possible. \nCapacity is limited due to restrictions. Advance ticket sales only. Thanks for supporting live music! URL:https://sunsetlabs.ca/event/nights-of-grief-and-mystery-tour/ LOCATION:Sunset Labs – Online Only\, 400 Herald Street\, Victoria\, BC CATEGORIES:Community,Educational,Live Music ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sunsetlabs.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/NOGM-SSS_OCT5-Victoria-scaled-1.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210307T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210307T223000 DTSTAMP:20260428T133709 CREATED:20210226T233358Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221108T210810Z UID:20115-1615107600-1615156200@sunsetlabs.ca SUMMARY:International Women's Day Celebration! DESCRIPTION:Bellyfit® Presents: International Women’s Day Celebration! \nWhether you’ve been with us on this Bellyfit® journey for a while now (thank you!)\, or you’re new to the Movement (welcome!)\, we’re so glad you’re here\, because you’re about to witness history in the making…and we’re hoping you’ll even help us make it happen!? \nIt’s been our dream for a very long time\, to host a HUGE INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY event with women joining us from all around the planet ~ and that dream is about to become a reality. \nIt’s time to reconnect and remember why women are designed biologically\, psychologically\, spiritually and emotionally to be together…in case you need a reminder…it makes us happier\, healthier and helps us return to our true\, magical\, Feminine selves! \nImagine a seamless fusion of moves reminiscent of Tai Chi + Barre + Belly Dance taught to a wicked soundscape of downtempo electronic and bass music….that’s what you’re in for\, because #adaptation ? \nTypically Bellyfit® would be considered a ‘group aerobic’ activity which is currently prohibited…so in order to stay safe\, DJ Rowan will be keeping the BPM to around 100\, and our in-house dancers will be socially distanced\, while YOU are dancing happily with us\, from the comfort of your own home…low and slow and deeeeeply nourishing.\nJust what we all need right now! \nThis is guaranteed to be the biggest Bellyfit® class EVER and we want YOU to be a part of it! \nThis is a FREE event intended to bring us together\, nourish our souls and give us a moment to CELEBRATE simply being alive AND being FEMALE!! Oh…and there will be prizes!! ? \n  \nPHOTO GALLERY URL:https://sunsetlabs.ca/event/bellyfit-international-womens-day-2021/ LOCATION:Sunset Labs – Online Only\, 400 Herald Street\, Victoria\, BC CATEGORIES:Live Music,Livestream,Movement,Music & Dance ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sunsetlabs.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/153930072_10164945411435054_422163353119815410_o.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Bellyfit":MAILTO:info@bellyfit.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210122T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210122T230000 DTSTAMP:20260428T133709 CREATED:20210119T194420Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210119T211836Z UID:20084-1611342000-1611356400@sunsetlabs.ca SUMMARY:On the Cusp 2021 DESCRIPTION:The Eternal Dance of Capricorn & Aquarius Continues…\nAs we move into the 2000 year Age of Aquarius\, we together shift from the Piscean framework of hierarchy\, and power… into an Aquarian framework of information\, equality\, networks and collaboration. There’s a new time birthing\, a new way… and as we welcome the arrival of Aquarius\, in the Age of Aquarius\, in a new year with some new energies rising and old energies falling to the background… we gather to connect\, to move\, to remember what it is to have community\, to dance and celebrate and feel each other’s shared movements from near\, or far. \nWe dance for our ancestors… for our descendants… we dance as a love song to the earth\, as a gratitude poem to our feet\, as a massage for our organs… we dance because we CAN\, in a time when connection and moving energy is so vital. THANK YOU for being with us… for dancing with us… and for sharing a moment in time – in community – regardless our physical location. While it may be a moment longer before we can return to the touch we once knew\, and need… we can until then touch each other’s hearts and minds… and it’s a path well worth developing. Our next step is right here\, on the cusp of what comes next. \n♥ ♥ ♥ \n\nMUSICAL CONTRIBUTIONS FROM \nSpice Traders \nhttps://soundcloud.com/spicetradersmusic\nThe inescapable evolution of our beloved Kaminanda\, Spice Traders is the newest most beauteous creative expression of Stephen Medeiros… Colorful\, slow\, spacious House and Downtempo with a plethora of musicians trading spices. Spectral sunsets\, fractal flowers and ancient architecture roll into the night upon a Thunder Phoenix born of lightning and tonal sunbeams.\n  \nDJ Rowan \nSublime Events | Sunset Labs\nhttps://www.mixcloud.com/rowansentesy\nRowan has been DJing and promoting events in BC for over a decade sharing the stage with mainstay festival acts like Adham Shaikh\, Gaudi\, Liquid Stranger\, Ganga Giri\, Delhi 2 Dublin\, Bluetech\, Saqi\, Desert Dwellers\, David Starfire\, Drumspyder\, Random Rab and more. Rowan’s creates sonic journeys layered with exotic textures\, hypnotic rhythms and soaring\, soulful melodies. This is what he is lovingly pulled towards\, again and again.\n  \nDJ Dodd \nReturning Saturn | Sunset Labs\n https://facebook.com/TheDoddAbides/\nThe existence of Dodd has long been questioned by those who’ve not been on his dancefloor — but those who’ve been there are fast and thorough believers. From his humble beginnings as a dancefloor observer Dodd carefully catalogued the sounds and reactions of the people in order to pinpoint the perfect palette of progressive sounds. Whether you’re a believer or not\, with the speakers as his chorus\, you will be moved by the voice of Dodd…\n  \n\nTHE PARTY IS ONLINE!\nThis online party won’t be just another zoom call. We’re pullin out all the stops and this will be a beautiful\, high-definition\, multi-camera\, interactive broadcast. Get your biggest screen & sound system setup and be ready to dance the night away in the living room!\nThe coolest thing about offering a livestream for this event is that you and your friends can attend from ANYWHERE in the world with an internet connection! Through our easy online webinar system\, you can engage with other viewers. You certainly CAN choose to just sit back and watch & listen\, if you like – your active participation isn’t an expectation\, but it IS an opportunity. \nCREATE YOUR DANCE SPACE\nTake the time in advance to make your space great\, whatever that means to you. Build an altar\, light incense\, play with the lighting\, make it beautiful. Good tech helps too – connect your computer to a big external monitor so you can see us all… try to get your best speakers all set up so that the sound can move through your body. A little extra time on your personal setup can give you a vastly different experience :)) \nHELP US SPREAD THE WORD?\nAs online dance events go\, we think this one will be pretty special\, and for the enjoyment of all – as well as generating extra support for Sunset – we’d love your help in spreading the word about this event. The EASIEST way is just to hit INVITE and invite all your friends who might enjoy this night! Also\, you can engage on the event wall\, post this event to your own page.. and of course\, go old school and actually call and invite some friends :)) Thanks for any efforts here to get the word out! \nOUR GIFT TO YOU\nAs a community you’ve given so much to Sunset Labs\, THANK YOU. This virtual dance night is our small gift to you\, and ask only that you participate fully… honour the musicians and contributors… and share this event with any you think should be joining us in the virtual domains – we ALL need some good movement these days. Blessed be! \nSPECIAL THANKS TO:\nDodd’s Eye Media | www.doddseye.com \nZenon Kai Imaging | www.zenonkaiimaging.ca \nPK Sound Victoria | www.facebook.com/pksound \nWestern Design | www.facebook.com/westernbeginswithwe \nStream of Consciousness | www.facebook.com/streamocon \n \nTHE DETAILS \n7:00 PM – 8:00 PM – Spice Traders\n8:00PM – 9:30 PM – DJ Rowan\n9:30 PM – 11:00 PM – DJ Dodd \nPlease note\, this is a VIRTUAL ONLY event\, there will be no in-person audience URL:https://sunsetlabs.ca/event/on-the-cusp-2021/ LOCATION:Sunset Labs – Online Only\, 400 Herald Street\, Victoria\, BC CATEGORIES:Live Music,Livestream,Music & Dance ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sunsetlabs.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/On-The-Cusp-2021-Banner.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20200717T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20200718T000000 DTSTAMP:20260428T133709 CREATED:20200709T191807Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200709T233940Z UID:19983-1595012400-1595030400@sunsetlabs.ca SUMMARY:DANCELABS DESCRIPTION:  \n>>> ♥ D A N C E L A B S ♥ <<<\nWe need more dance! And GREAT music!\nAnd we’re missing our connection\, and our festivals\, and our touring superstar producers and artists! \nI reached out to some friends and asked if they would contribute a LIVE set to a Sunset benefit event\, and a bit to my surprise\, they ALL said YES – and their schedules all aligned for ONE date – JULY 17! I’m so grateful and humbled by the generosity of our amazing community – deep bows to Dakini\, Drumspyder\, Desert Dwellers\, SaQi and Mihirangi for their interest in lifting our little Victoria venue and dance tribe here. \nWe can’t call this a festival… but have you ever seen these 5 acts on the same lineup in the same evening?! This is awesome badass blessed bonkers music madness. \nThis virtual party is going to be the BEST. We are using professional livestream and audio gear to manage the broadcast\, working closely with artists to support their LIVE delivery into the event\, and we have some very fun additional elements we’ll be weaving in to make our evening together all the better. Hope you can join us :))\n \n \nGET TICKETS \n  \n\nWHY A FUNDRAISER?\nRight now\, there’s so many people and purposes that need our support. We don’t have to look far to find people\, causes and organizations who really need some extra care\, attention\, resources and support. So… asking for your help in this moment feels imperfect\, and that said\, Sunset needs some help. \nThis unusual moment has been really impactful on Sunset Labs (and venues everywhere!). With plenty of 2020 bookings in the calendar\, we went ‘all in’ on a renovation December-January… and made a number of huge changes at the venue. An end-to-end paint job… upgrades to lighting\, sound\, seating\, power\, airflow… new floors\, new ceilings\, a new mini-stage… so much. It’s the most dramatic overhaul in the venue’s history\, and since COVID landed just after we re-opened… very few people have seen it. But it’s great\, you’ll love it. We love it. \nEconomically\, Sunset Labs has long been effectively a breakeven scenario. There’s very little money in arts\, kids birthdays\, film screenings\, non-profit programs\, dance culture\, and workshops (yes there’s money in alcohol\, but we’re not interested in being licensed). We’ve never really designed or intended Sunset Labs to make a bunch of money… just to make a bunch of difference for our guests and community – a fun\, safe\, creative\, lifting community space that advances people and projects that matter\, and we feel really good about what we’ve been up to\, in these last few years in particular. \nSo\, now to THIS moment. On the heels of our big renovation & upgrades with Sunset already low on resources suddenly COVID hit. All the spring/summer bookings were cancelled and we’ve been offering future credits and returning deposits. We’ve now been months without income and as far as we and other venue owners can tell… there’s no aid in place for venues provincially or federally\, and no end in sight to serious constraints on our operations. We need to create some resources now. Thanks for whatever support you can bring to help Sunset catch up and pivot to this unusual moment. \n  \n\nOUR ARTISTS & CONTRIBUTORS\nMIHIRANGI | New Zealand\nreverbnation.com/mihirangi/ \nSaQi | Jumpsuit Records\, USA\nhttps://www.saqimusic.com/ \nDRUMSPYDER | Bay Area\, USA\nhttps://www.drumspyder.com/ \nDAKINI | Bay Area\, USA\nhttps://www.facebook.com/DjDakini/ \nDESERT DWELLERS | Colorado\, USA\nhttps://desertdwellersmusic.bandcamp.com/ \nlive art by KASHI INNANI\nkashivisionaryart.com \nvisuals by JOHNATHAN SINGER\nhttp://johnathansinger.com/ \n  \n\nTHE PARTY IS ONLINE!\nThis online party won’t be just another zoom call. We’re pullin out all the stops and this will be a beautiful\, high-definition\, multi-camera\, interactive broadcast. Get your biggest screen & sound system setup and be ready to dance the night away in the living room! \nThe coolest thing about offering a livestream for this event is that you and your friends can attend from ANYWHERE in the world with an internet connection! Through our easy online webinar system\, you can engage with other viewers. You certainly CAN choose to just sit back and watch & listen\, if you like – your active participation isn’t an expectation\, but it IS an opportunity. \nI am deeply aware that many members of the Sunset Labs community have also experienced significant financial impact\, so if you wish to attend the livestream but lack the funds to contribute at this time\, please don’t let that get in your way and just contribute the minimum amount of $2 – we all need the dance right now. \n  \n\nHELP US SPREAD THE WORD?\nAs online dance events go\, we think this one will be pretty special\, and for the enjoyment of all – as well as generating extra support for Sunset – we’d love your help in spreading the word about this event. The EASIEST way is via the Facebook event HERE. Just hit INVITE and invite all your friends who might enjoy this night! Also\, you can engage on the event wall\, post this event to your own page. and of course\, go old school and actually call and invite some friends :)) Thanks for any efforts here to get the word out! \n  \n\nDONATE\, PRE-PURCHASE\, or INVEST\nA few people have reached out expressing they can’t tune in to this event but they’d like to contribute some dollars to the sustainability & evolution of Sunset Labs. What we’re creating to facilitate this is more like a coupon – an internal currency we’re calling LAB$ (“Labs”) – which is effectively just a gift certificate… which can later be redeemed towards venue rentals\, media production\, and tickets to internally produced events. If you want to purchase some LAB$ to help the venue grow\, please send an etransfer or paypal to labs@sunsetlabs.ca ❤ \n  \n\nSPECIAL THANKS TO!\nDodd’s Eye Media | www.facebook.com/doddseyemedia\nZenon Kai Imaging | www.facebook.com/zenonkaiimaging\nPK Sound Victoria | www.facebook.com/pksound\nWestern Design | www.facebook.com/westernbeginswithwe\nLong & McQuade | www.facebook.com/LongMcQuadeVictoria\nJonathan Singer | http://johnathansinger.com/\nStream of Consciousness | www.facebook.com/streamocon\n \n \nGET TICKETS \n  URL:https://sunsetlabs.ca/event/dancelabs/ LOCATION:Sunset Labs – Online Only\, 400 Herald Street\, Victoria\, BC CATEGORIES:Community,Live Music,Livestream,Music & Dance,Performance ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sunsetlabs.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/20200717-DanceLabs.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20200701T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20200701T200000 DTSTAMP:20260428T133709 CREATED:20200629T234433Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200630T203227Z UID:19930-1593622800-1593633600@sunsetlabs.ca SUMMARY:HIP FEST: A Sunset Labs Virtual Fundraiser DESCRIPTION:CANADA DAY HIP FEST!:\nA Sunset Labs Fundraiser & Livestream\nft HIP CHECK! \nHello Sunset Labs community! \nWE MISS YOU! (do you miss us too?) What a strange time we find ourselves… to need connection and movement and community more than ever and to have exactly that\, pulled away\, for awhile. I hope you have everything you need… and are finding the growth & blessings within the confusion and circumstance. \nWHY A FUNDRAISER? \nRight now\, there’s so many people and purposes that need our support. We don’t have to look far right now to find people\, causes and organizations who really need some extra care\, attention\, resources and support. So… asking for your help in this moment feels imperfect\, and that said\, I am writing to ask for your help. \nThis unusual moment has been really impactful on Sunset Labs. With plenty of 2020 bookings in the calendar\, I went ‘all in’ on a renovation December-January… and made a number of huge changes at the venue. An end-to-end paint job… upgrades to lighting\, sound\, seating\, power\, airflow… new floors\, new ceilings\, a new mini-stage… so much. It’s easily the most dramatic overhaul in the venue’s history\, and since COVID landed just after we re-opened… very few people have seen it. But it’s great\, you’ll love it. I love it. \nEconomically\, Sunset Labs has long been effectively a breakeven scenario. There’s very little money in arts\, kids birthdays\, film screenings\, non-profit programs\, dance culture\, and small workshops (yes there’s money in alcohol\, but I’m not interested in being licensed). I’ve never really designed or intended Sunset Labs to make a bunch of money… just to make a lot of difference for our guests and community. A fun\, safe\, creative\, lifting community space that advances people and projects that matter. And – I feel really good about what we’ve been up to\, in these last few years in particular. \nSo\, now to THIS moment. On the heels of a big renovation (one in which all the contractors went quite over budget\, I might add)… myself & Sunset were already low on resources and suddenly COVID hit. All the spring/summer bookings were cancelled and we’ve been offering future credits and returning deposits. We’ve now been months without income and as far as I and other venue owners can tell… there’s no aid in place for venues provincially or federally\, and no end in sight to serious constraints on our operations. We need to create some resources now. \nWHY THIS HIP FEST THING? \nAnd then a few days ago\, like a hip angel arriving from out of nowhere… my friend Jonathan says… “You guys must really be struggling right now… can my band HIP CHECK host a fundraiser for Sunset Labs?” What?! Why YES\, why YES you can. :))) \nSO… we’re throwing a short-notice Canada Day Tragically Hip patio party! A small party onsite… a HUGE party online… the goals are to have a SERIOUSLY great time\, to find a couple different ways for us to BE together\, to BEGIN to wake Sunset up from it’s slumber\, AND to raise some funds to help Sunset be around a bit longer. \nI am excited to announce that there will be limited (25) IN PERSON tickets available (that will surely go quick) to come down and take in the band and dance the evening away in community. \nTHE BIG PARTY IS ONLINE!\nWe’ll also be offering a livestream of this event via so everyone who wishes to join us can do so. \nWHY A LIVESTREAM? \nThe coolest thing about offering a livestream for this event is that you and your friends can attend from ANYWHERE in the world with an internet connection! \nThrough our easy online webinar system\, you can engage with other viewers. You certainly CAN choose to just sit back and watch & listen\, if you like – your active participation isn’t an expectation\, but it IS an opportunity. \nI am deeply aware that many members of the Sunset Labs community have also experienced significant financial impact\, so if you wish to attend the livestream but lack the funds to contribute at this time\, please don’t let that get in your way. \nYou can also contribute by sharing this event with your wider community by sending invitations to this event\, sharing to your personal Facebook Pages etc. \nCOVID CARE\nNOTE: We’ll be following all of the appropriate social distancing and Covid-19 safety measures for everyone attending in person. \nTo keep everyone safe\, we’re asking that in person ticket holders do the following: \n1. Anyone holding an in person ticket who shows any symptoms of illness in the days leading up to the event release their ticket so that as many who wish to attend in person can do so. \n2. Anyone who shows sign of illness on the day of the event not attend in person. \nWe invite anyone who needs to release their in person ticket to join us via the livestream! \n\nABOUT HIP CHECK!: \nHip Check is a Tragically Hip cover band made up of five dads who love to play music and love the Tragically Hip. In honour and memory of Gord Downie\, Hip Check is committed to keeping the sounds of Gord Downie and The Hip alive. The band can be seen rocking house parties\, backyard gatherings and other venues around the CRD. Ever since that last Hip show in Victoria in 2016 we’ve been expanding our setlist and entertaining Hip fans and lovers of all ages.\nhttps://www.facebook.com/Hip-Check-Band-474155586330596 \nBAND MEMBERS: \nJonathan Schlackl – Lead Vocals & Rhythm Guitar\nDave Elash – Lead/Rhythm/Acoustic Guitar & Vocals\nBrad Bardua – Lead/Rhythm Guitar\, Keyboards & Vocals\nSean Franklin – Bass & Vocals\nDave Gardner – Drums & Percussion \n\nTWO WAYS TO JOIN US!\n1) JOIN THE VIRTUAL PARTY! \nThe online party won’t be just another zoom call. We’re pullin out all the stops and this will be a beautiful\, high-definition\, multi-camera\, interactive broadcast. Get your biggest screen & soud system setup and be ready to dance the night away in the living room! The VIRTUAL PARTY registration is here: \n \nGET DIGITAL TICKETS HERE \n  \n2) LIVE AT SUNSET LABS!\nIn Victoria and want to join us in person? We figure there’s room for 25 people at Sunset Labs! Our limited IN-PERSON party registrations (sliding scale for what you can afford to gift: $25\, $50 or $75)\, are HERE: \n \nGET IN PERSON TICKETS HERE \n \n(Please see the Covid Care section above for In Person Ticket information) \n\nWANTING TO DONATE?\nA few people have reached out expressing they can’t tune in to this particular event but they’d like to contribute some dollars to the sustainability & evolution of Sunset Labs. What we’re creating to facilitate this is more like a coupon – we’re generating an internal currency we’re calling LAB$ (“Labs”) – which is effectively just a gift certificate… which can later be redeemed towards venue rentals and tickets to internally produced events. If you want to purchase some LAB$ to help the venue grow\, please send an etransfer or paypal to labs@sunsetlabs.ca ♥ URL:https://sunsetlabs.ca/event/hipfest-sunset-labs-fundraiser/ LOCATION:Sunset Labs – Online Only\, 400 Herald Street\, Victoria\, BC CATEGORIES:Community,Live Music,Music & Dance,Performance ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sunsetlabs.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/103765033_2983449001702735_5211238394245624204_o.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20200326T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20200326T220000 DTSTAMP:20260428T133709 CREATED:20200227T201640Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200413T204443Z UID:19720-1585249200-1585260000@sunsetlabs.ca SUMMARY:[POSTPONED] Preservation Haul DESCRIPTION:PRESERVATION HAUL\nAn Arts Victoria Launch & Celebration \n\nWe’re so excited to invite you to a special event designed BY and FOR our amazing arts community! \nYou may not yet be familiar with The Victoria Arts Promotion and Preservation Society\, but you likely know our work. “VAPPS” is a non-profit organization whose mandate is to increase access to Victoria’s artistic output; both today and for future generations. \nWe’ve now guided ArtsVictoria.ca for 6 years\, and are now taking over full ownership of the site from the City of Victoria. At the same time\, LiveVictoria.com and its 20 years of history in the community are also being turned over and entrusted to VAPPS. The two sites will together form Victoria’s most diverse\, comprehensive and dynamic cultural calendar\, arts hub and living archive – ALL completely artist-led and community owned. \n\nTHE CELEBRATION \nTo celebrate this occasion we want to gather our communities under one roof. Join us at Sunset Labs at 7pm for music\, libations\, and conversations. There will be live music\, a short presentation about our vision\, and a DJ set by Dimitri Demers featuring some local gems. \nAny artist or organization representative who pre-registers for the event and has a profile on the site gets a FREE drink ticket. If you don’t have a profile yet\, we’ll have terminals on hand to create one – or do it now!:\n https://www.artsvictoria.ca/submit \n\nBRING YOUR ART!\nBring Something for the MEDIA ARCHIVES!: We strive to ensure that the work of our city’s artists endures. Maybe you have a rare local album\, a hard drive of concert photos\, an iconic poster or photos of street art. We will have archiving stations set up for all types of media. We will safely and securely store the data and grant the owners control of what happens to it. From completely private backup\, to free for all\, you choose what feels right. \nIf you have a large amount\, or exotic format of content that needs to be indexed\, please email archivist@victoriaarts.ca with specifics so we can make sure we are ready to accommodate! \n\nOUR EVENING’S SCHEDULE\n7:00pm – doors\n7:00pm – MIXER\, DRINKS & JAZZ!\n8:30pm – MAGICIAN JASON VERNERS\n8:45pm – VAPPS PRESENTATION\n9:00pm – PERFORMANCE TBC\n9:10pm – MIXER\, DRINKS & DJ DIMITRE!\n10:00pm – doors close \n \nGET TICKETS HERE\n \n  URL:https://sunsetlabs.ca/event/arts-victoria-preservation-haul/ LOCATION:Sunset Labs – Online Only\, 400 Herald Street\, Victoria\, BC CATEGORIES:Community,Live Music,Music & Dance,Performance ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sunsetlabs.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/2020-Preservation-Haul-FB-cover-v2-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20200313T210000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20200314T030000 DTSTAMP:20260428T133709 CREATED:20200306T205442Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200413T204510Z UID:19763-1584133200-1584154800@sunsetlabs.ca SUMMARY:[POSTPONED] Oscillate DESCRIPTION:Island Wubs Presents:\nOscillate – a fundraiser for our Otherworld 2020 stage.\n \nIsland Wubs is a bass music oriented theme camp at Otherworld\, Vancouver Island’s regional burn. We are excited to be returning for our third year and showcasing a stellar lineup of the Islands’ finest bass focused selektas and producers. \nLike all theme camps\, Island Wubs is entirely volunteer driven. In order to deliver you the highest quality experience possible\, we rely on grants from the festival\, fundraising\, and the hard work and performances of all our volunteers and organizers. Oscillate is a chance for you to come dance your ass off to some serious wubs in support of our stage. All of the profits will be directed towards levelling up this year’s Island Wubs experience.\n \n  \n\nDetails\n 19+ \n  \nIsland Wubs strives to maintain a safe environment for all persons regardless of gender\, gender identity and expression\, age\, sexual orientation\, disability\, physical appearance\, body size\, race\, ethnicity\, or religion (or lack thereof). If you report an incident of harassment you can expect to be listened to and taken seriously. We will take appropriate action in response depending on the scale and severity of the incident\, including discussing the behaviour with the perpetrator and ejecting them from the event if necessary. \nTo dance within someone’s space requires an invitation and regularly reestablished consent. It is revocable at any time without an explanation\, and must be given from a suitably sober state of mind.\n \n  \n\nTickets\nTickets: $20 pre-sale\, $25 at the door\nTo acquire pre-sale tickets\, please send us an e-transfer\nemail: islandwubs@gmail.com\npassword: wubwubwub\n \n  \n\nSelektas\nRhythmicon\nhttps://soundcloud.com/rhythmicon \nShuka\nhttps://soundcloud.com/shukadubs \nDj Blackout\nhttps://soundcloud.com/deejay-blackout \nNahlith\nhttps://soundcloud.com/nahlith-sound \nMagwam\nhttps://soundcloud.com/magwam \nSporradik\nhttps://soundcloud.com/sporradik \nMore details TBA… URL:https://sunsetlabs.ca/event/oscillate/ LOCATION:Sunset Labs – Online Only\, 400 Herald Street\, Victoria\, BC CATEGORIES:Community,Live Music,Music & Dance,Performance ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sunsetlabs.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Oscillate.Graphic.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20191130T220000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20191201T030000 DTSTAMP:20260428T133709 CREATED:20191125T211803Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191125T211803Z UID:19595-1575151200-1575169200@sunsetlabs.ca SUMMARY:Winternalia DESCRIPTION:Celebrate the winter season with dancing! Because Life is better when you dance!! \nMusic will be provided by these amazing and talented artists:\nSassbot \n Zu \n Audiofox \n uncool scott \nTickets (to cover event costs*): $15\nhttps://www.eventbrite.com/e/75102326079\nNO TICKETS AT THE DOOR DUE TO LIQUOR LICENCE. \n*proceeds will go to: Our Place \n*Random Info* \nDress code: Whatever you feel you feel your best in! Fun party clothes / costumes encouraged 🙂 \nRules:\n1) Dance like no one is watching!\n2) Be respectful and lovely to everyone.\n3) Take care of yourself and others. \nLimited drinks will be for sale. \nWill have to tidy the venue at the end of the evening\, so please clean up after yourself. \nFriends of friends welcome 🙂 \n \nGET TICKETS HERE\n  URL:https://sunsetlabs.ca/event/winternalia/ LOCATION:Sunset Labs – Online Only\, 400 Herald Street\, Victoria\, BC CATEGORIES:Live Music,Performance ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sunsetlabs.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/75294210_10104718496268031_343589085803184128_n.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20191011T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20191013T153000 DTSTAMP:20260428T133709 CREATED:20190814T001737Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191013T212833Z UID:19380-1570820400-1570980600@sunsetlabs.ca SUMMARY:Ordinary Days DESCRIPTION:Four people\, two stories\, one glorious city. An uplifting musical about every day moments with extraordinary impact.\nStarring: Austin Black\, Ashley King\, Jonathan Woodward\, and Jessica Woollard \nFrom one of musical theatre’s most exciting new composers comes Ordinary Days\, a refreshingly honest and funny musical about making real connections in the city that never sleeps (but probably should at some point!). Ordinary Days tells the story of four young New Yorkers whose lives intersect as they search for fulfillment\, happiness\, love and cabs. Through a score of vibrant and memorable songs\, their experiences ring startlingly true to life. Ordinary Days is an original musical for anyone who’s ever struggled to appreciate the simple things in a complex place. With equal doses of humour and poignancy\, it celebrates how 8.3 million individual stories combine in unexpected ways to make New York City a unique and extraordinary home. \nThe performance is 90 minutes with no intermission.\nOrdinary Days is presented by This Is Us Productions and the Vancouver Island Performers Guild. \n  \nTWO WEEKENDS\nWeekend 1 at Sunset Labs\, 400 Herald Street on the water beside Canoe Brewpub \nOctober 11 at 7:00 pm\nOctober 12 at 7:00 pm\nOctober 13 at 2:00 pm \nWeekend 2 at Paul Phillips Hall\, 1923 Fernwood Road across from the Belfry Theatre \nOctober 18 at 7:00 pm\nOctober 19 at 7:00 pm\nOctober 20 at 2:00 pm \n \nGET TICKETS HERE\n  \nORDINARY DAYS is presented through special arrangement with R & H Theatricals: rnh.com. URL:https://sunsetlabs.ca/event/ordinary-days-musical-theatre/ LOCATION:Sunset Labs – Online Only\, 400 Herald Street\, Victoria\, BC CATEGORIES:Live Music,Performance ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sunsetlabs.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/20191010-Ordinary-Days-1920x1080.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20191005T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20191006T010000 DTSTAMP:20260428T133709 CREATED:20191001T011816Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191001T012424Z UID:19466-1570305600-1570323600@sunsetlabs.ca SUMMARY:SaQi DESCRIPTION:We’re SO DUE for a glorious night of dear friends\, epic dance and sultry beats… and if there’s one dude who is reliable to deliver just that – it’s SAQI! This will be saQi’s 4th time on the Sunset Labs stage and he just BRINGS IT every time… will you bring your high vibes and sweet smiles and share this night with us? Can’t wait to dance the night away with you. ♥ \n  \nsaQi \nThe mad-musical scientist known as saQi is a classically trained composer\, producer and trumpet player. Drawing his name from the Sufi title for a mystic muse\, saQi creates deep and funky dance floor jams that rock the party yet still maintain a grace and musical sophistication to engage the listener. saQi is a member of The illustrious Polish Ambassador’s new label Jumpsuit Records.\nhttps://soundcloud.com/saqi\nhttps://saqi.bandcamp.com/ \n and featuring… \nDJ Rowan \nSublime Events | Sunset Labs\nhttps://www.mixcloud.com/rowansentesy\nRowan has been DJing and promoting events in BC for over a decade sharing the stage with mainstay festival acts like Adham Shaikh\, Gaudi\, Liquid Stranger\, Ganga Giri\, Delhi 2 Dublin\, Bluetech\, Saqi\, Desert Dwellers\, David Starfire\, Drumspyder\, Random Rab and more. He has performed at events and festivals all over the pacific northwest\, including Shambhala\, Oregon Eclipse (2017)\, Diversity\, Fairies & Fools\, Atmosphere\, Entheos and toured across North America with his wife Alice\, djing live sets offering transformative Bellyfit® workshops.\nRowan’s creates sonic journeys layered with exotic textures\, hypnotic rhythms and soaring\, soulful melodies. This is what he is lovingly pulled towards\, again and again. \nAnchor Hill \nReturning Saturn | Victoria\nhttp://www.soundcloud.com/anchor-hill\nHailing from the wild West Coast forests of BC\, this highly adapted musician is pushing his own brand of sound to greater heights. With 4+ years of classical jazz training\, 7 years of dropping bombs on the dance floor\, and over 5 years of original production\, Anchor Hill is a unique blend of phat\, broken mid-tempo beats\, flowing melodies\, glitchy edits and organic samples. His rich Elven styles range from Eastern-infused downtempo and trip-hop to psychedelic crunk and funky tribal glitch-hop. \n Ali & Chris\nDance Temple Cowichan\nhttps://soundcloud.com/aliesegenevieve\nAli Genevieve and Chris Bertin have been weaving their passion for music\, dance\, community and each other for 17 years.\nDevoted to the path of music & movement\, rhythm & motion this dynamic duo co-creates sound tapestries ranging from deep melodic beats to vocally infused tribal grooves. With Ali on the decks and Chris adding layers of percussion and didgeridoo\, this live+electronic music fusion inspires connection between the dancers and the music. \n JaLa ZuRa \nhttps://soundcloud.com/jalazura\nJaLa ZuRa is a multi instrumentalist\, singer and music producer.\nbased out of the bc coast JaLa combines spiritual world vibes with a primal urban trap to create an immersive sound and dance experience. \n\nTHE DETAILS \nHosted at Sunset Labs\n400 Herald Street\, behind Value Village\ndirections if you need them can be found here:\nhere \n$22 advance or at the door if available\nvia paypal (per the tickets link above)\nOR etransfer: payments@sunsetlabs.ca \n\nSET TIMES TBC \n8PM-9PM Ali & Chris\n9PM-10PM Rowan\n10PM-11PM Anchor Hill\n11PM-12AM saQi\n12AM-1AM JaLa ZuRa \n\nPOWERED BY PK \nhttps://www.facebook.com/pksoundpage\nhttps://www.pksound.ca/ URL:https://sunsetlabs.ca/event/saqi-2019/ LOCATION:Sunset Labs – Online Only\, 400 Herald Street\, Victoria\, BC CATEGORIES:Community,Live Music,Music & Dance ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sunsetlabs.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/70581886_2374701585910816_7066553608149401600_o.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190726T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190727T030000 DTSTAMP:20260428T133709 CREATED:20190707T224002Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190707T230105Z UID:19315-1564160400-1564196400@sunsetlabs.ca SUMMARY:MOSAIC DESCRIPTION::: M O S A I C ::\nA Mix of Music\, Spaces\, Treats & Paces\n\nOnce a year or so we see the return of longtime Victoria music-maker (and now global superstar) Kaminanda\, and his journeys home are ALWAYS worth celebrating! We’re very excited to share with you MOSAIC… a long day & night together with ALL KINDS of different sounds & energies\, foods & treats\, contributors & collaborators. This will be the last Sunset Labs event before we close the space for 6 weeks for our annual deep clean / purge / upgrades and surprises… come out and dance the evening away on the patio with us\, and then we’ll move inside and go deeeeper! \n  \nOUR GUEST OF HONOUR: \n\n\nKaminanda’s ever-evolving sound is a playground of original Midtempo grooves\, tribal rhythms\, Psy-Dub\, and bouncy four on the floor. Using a generous dose of musical instruments and applied music theory designed to take the listener/dancer on a journey traversing landscapes reflecting a myriad of diverse influences; Focusing more and more on hypnotic elements of House\, Techno and Trance while remaining in the slower tempos. A kaleidoscope of warm melodies and twisting\, winding compositions.\n \n  \nOUR EVENING’S MUSICAL LINEUP\n\n5PM-10PM | MUSIC ON THE PATIO: \n> ROBIN\n> CLEO MADELAINE\n> ADAM TREE\n> AUDIOFOX\n> ROWAN\n> KAMINANDA \n10PM-3AM | MUSIC IN THE VENUE: \n> CAÇADORA\n> DODD\n> ARTEVIUS\n> ENTELECHY\n> ELVEN ARTIFAKT \n  \nMOSAIC: HOLGAAAR THE DRAGON!\n\nThe Community Unity Project Society of Victoria BC and OUR Ecovillage of Shawnigan Lake have partnered to co-imagine and bring into fruition – HOLGAAAR THE DRAGON! Together on this night (and MANY various upcoming community events) we will be co-creating with the hearts & hands of the villagers\, HOLGAAAR’S SCALES. Each scale will be as unique as each of us and thoughtfully inter-cobbed together to become a very large Earthen dragon traversing the 75 acres of OUR lands. Ready to MOSAIC? Arrive early to join us and help build some of Holagaar’s HEART SCALES so we can bring to life this mighty dragon! ♥ \n \n  \nDETAILS & TIMELINES\n\nhosted at Sunset Labs | 400 Herald Street\nneed maps?: https://sunsetlabs.ca/location/\n$20 advance (or gate if available)\npayable via Paypal or eTransfer to payments@sunsetlabs.ca\nlimited capacity: get your tickets sooner than later 🙂\nno alcohol | no intoxication \n* “celestial sun/moon mosaic” by David Sanders\n \nhttps://sunsetlabs.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/mosiac-fb-banner-anim-final-2.mp4 \n  URL:https://sunsetlabs.ca/event/mosaic/ LOCATION:Sunset Labs – Online Only\, 400 Herald Street\, Victoria\, BC CATEGORIES:Live Music,Music & Dance,Performance ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sunsetlabs.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/mosaic-banner-v4.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190705T210000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190706T020000 DTSTAMP:20260428T133709 CREATED:20190622T235616Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190622T235718Z UID:19270-1562360400-1562378400@sunsetlabs.ca SUMMARY:Noah Pred [Berlin] at Sunset Labs DESCRIPTION:Victoria welcomes back from Berlin… NOAH PRED!!\nw/ Rowan\, Nick Karma\, and Gano\nFriday\, July 5th\, 2019 | 9 pm – 2 am\n@ Sunset Labs | 400 Herald Street\, Victoria\n19+\, cash bar \nAdvance tickets on-sale now: $15\nPurchase tickets on Eventbrite\nTickets at door: $20 (if available) \nBrought to you by Sublime Productions and the Left Coast Crew \n————————— \n NOAH PRED\nBiologic / Compute / False Image \nCoaxing nuanced expression from analog machines and digital possibilities alike\, Noah Pred has been envisioning the future through electronic music for over twenty years – yet the story of this accomplished producer and DJ continues to unfold. Reinterpreting his signature production style anew\, 2018 saw the release of two full-lengths charting the territories between deep space experimentalism\, intricate polyrhythms\, delicate soundscapes\, evocative acid\, and hypnotic dub elements. \nThe breadth of Noah’s sonic worldview can most easily be accessed through his monthly two-hour podcast\, IFS. Each episode reveals the depth of his technical approach\, the sensibility of a seasoned selector\, and the pedigree of a late-night veteran. A two-time Juno Award nominee in his native Canada\, a music educator and technologist in his adopted hometown Berlin\, an alum of Cynosure\, Highgrade\, and Trapez LTD\, and founder of the acclaimed Thoughtless imprint\, Noah is also a DJ whose past residencies at Stereobar in Montreal and Fukhouse in Toronto helped lay the framework for his dynamic yet fluid sets that continue to resonate with diverse communities. \nA notable newcomer in Canada’s underground scene of the early 2000s\, Pred’s distinctive production style earned him a place among his peers with releases on Immigrant\, Intrinsic Design\, and Consigned Recordings. Driven by the fuel that fired up Thoughtless\, Noah relocated to Berlin in 2011\, where his creative horizons continued to expand via collaborative projects with Tom Clark as False Image on Get Physical\, with Pablo Bolivar on Apparel and Biotop\, with Tim Xavier on Alphahouse\, and with Deepchild as Concubine. \nBetween his recent solo EPs for Traumraum\, Compute\, and Biotop\, his vivid sets of techno\, house\, and electro\, the advanced sound design of his haunting atmospherics\, and the ever-evolving scope of his technical capabilities\, Noah’s commitment to electronic innovation remains as strong as ever – and in the face of global uncertainty\, his utopian sonic narratives have never felt so vital. \nhttp://noahpred.com/\nhttps://www.facebook.com/noahpred.official\nhttps://soundcloud.com/noahpred \n————————— \nROWAN \nSublime Productions \nRowan has been DJing and promoting events in BC for over a decade sharing the stage with mainstay festival acts like Adham Shaikh\, Gaudi\, Liquid Stranger\, Ganga Giri\, Delhi 2 Dublin\, Bluetech\, Saqi\, Desert Dwellers\, David Starfire\, Drumspyder\, Random Rab and more. He has performed at events and festivals all over the pacific northwest\, including Shambhala\, Oregon Eclipse (2017)\, Diversity\, Fairies & Fools\, Atmosphere\, Entheos and toured across North America with his wife Alice\, djing live sets offering transformative Bellyfit® workshops.\nRowan’s creates sonic journeys layered with exotic textures\, hypnotic rhythms and soaring\, soulful melodies. This is what he is lovingly pulled towards\, a\ngain and again. \nhttps://www.mixcloud.com/rowansentesy/\nhttps://www.facebook.com/djrowansentesy/ \n————————— \nNICK KARMA\nLeft Coast Crew \nIt all got started at the turn of the century. The first pair of tech 12’s\, and mixer then flash forward to moving west to Victoria BC on Vancouver Island in 2003.\nPlayed drums in a local rock band\, and started DJ’ing a few parties here\, and there quickly flourished into loads of friends with like minded hobbies\, a residency\, and playing along side of some of the who’s who of the electronic scene on the Island. Still Crafting his sounds he forges into the future with a constant love for the rhythms of planet Earth. Especially the deep\, funky\, groovy\, and obscure. \nhttps://www.mixcloud.com/Nick_Karma/\nhttps://www.facebook.com/djnickkarma/\nhttps://soundcloud.com/nick-karma \n————————— \nGANO \nLeft Coast Crew \nGano’s sound flows from the hypnotic to the melodic. The organic to electronic. Big\, bold bass drives a steady groove. And the funk is real.\nFor him\, it’s an obsession. After decades in the house and techno scene\, playing festivals\, clubs and house parties from San Francisco to B.C.\, Gano’s hunger is greater than ever. He spends every waking hour hunting\, jamming\, dancing\, and spreading the love. \nhttps://soundcloud.com/gano\nhttps://www.facebook.com/DJMikeGano/\nhttps://www.instagram.com/mikegano/ \n————————— \nMORE INFO \nLike the Left Coast Crew page to hear about future events:\nhttps://www.facebook.com/leftcoastcrew/ \nJoin the Sublime Productions newsletter:\nhttps://confirmsubscription.com/h/r/CA8D7845B6F9BF00 URL:https://sunsetlabs.ca/event/noah-pred/ LOCATION:Sunset Labs – Online Only\, 400 Herald Street\, Victoria\, BC CATEGORIES:Live Music,Music & Dance,Performance ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sunsetlabs.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/62001223_400548253911692_4942145707034279936_o.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190525T210000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190526T030000 DTSTAMP:20260428T133709 CREATED:20190427T044521Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190512T230641Z UID:18986-1558818000-1558839600@sunsetlabs.ca SUMMARY:A Ruby Affair DESCRIPTION:  \nWe invite you to come and celebrate Ruby’s Birthday!\nAmazing burlesque followed by dancing with DJs Adham Shaikh\, Ry Guy & Khan \nBurlesque performances by:\nMisty Moss\nEddi Licious\nRuby Raqs (our birthday girl!)\nDivine Intervention\nRobin Wood\nUkee Lulu\nHosted by the one and only… DAME VULVAYNA! \nTickets ON SALE NOW!\n \n \n  \nMore about our Headliner:\nAdham Shaikh is an Emmy and Juno Award-nominated music producer\, composer\, sound designer\, and DJ who brings his uniquely powerful global sounds to the world stage and screen\, not to mention many a crowded dance floor. \nAdham has scored original soundtracks for numerous film and television productions\, including National Geographic (Emmy nomination) \, Sacred Planet (Disney Imax)\, Velcrow Ripper’s Fierce Light (National Film Board\, Fierce Light Films)\, Rainbow Jaguars’ Earth Pilgrim\, Word Love (Avanti Pictures)\, Getting Married (TVO)\, and Secrets: A Parent’s Guide to the Teen Sexual Revolution (CBC’s Passionate Eye\, Make Believe Media)\, for which he received a Leo Award for Best Musical Score in a Documentary Program. His music has also been licensed to an extensive list of media productions\, including BBC Orphan BlacK \, Suzuki Speaks (Avanti Pictures). Look out for his latest original work on the upcoming television series The Edge of the World: BC’s Early Years (Knowledge). \nAs a music producer and composer\nShaikh skillfully weaves organic and electronic sounds into global music tapestries that take listeners on sonic journeys transcending time and place. He has released 14 albums and many individual compositions\, among them the 2004 release\, Fusion\, which was nominated for a Juno Award (Canadian Grammy) in the World Music category and Universal Frequencies (2010) which won best album ( BC Independent Music awards) Music labels from around the globe have released his music\, including BlackSwann Sounds Interchill\, Dakini Records\, Electronic Soundscapes\, Liquid Sound Design\, Native State\, One World Music\, Water Music\, Nia\, Sounds True\, Stoned Asia\, and the infamous Six Degrees. Recently\, Shaikh co-produced and mixed the award-winning debut CD for global fusion group Delhi 2 Dublin\, Produced the new Buckman Coe album and has finished re-mixing tracks for internationally renowned world fusion artists Nickodemus\, Deya Dova\, Kaya Project\, Tripswitch and David Starfire. Shaikh has most recently completed remixes for Delhi2Dublin\, Deset Dwellers\, Juno nominated arttist Eccodeck\, Issa Bagayogo\, Ganga Giri \, and the Footsteps in Africa Project (Turag remix) \nShaikh’s work as both a live performer and a DJ has taken him to international festivals\, events\, and night clubs\, including the Waveform Festival (UK)\, Envision Festival (Costa Rica)\, Water Women Festival (Ecuador) Samothraki Dance Festival (Greece)\, Dakini Nights (Tokyo)\, Luminate (New Zealand)\, The Maori Peace Festival at Parihaka (New Zealand)\, Hadra Trance (France)\, Goulash Disko Festival (Croatia) and Boom Festival (Portugal). He has toured extensively across North America\, \nHighlights include headlining sets at The Royal Ontario Museum\, Basscoast Festival\, Shambhala Festival\, Lightning in a Bottle\,(ca)\, Beloved Festival (Or)\, Symbiosis(ca)\, Raindance (ca)\, SonicBloom (co)\, Meme (Winnipeg) Astral Harvest (AB) and Snowblower Festival (Calgary) From Folk and Jazz Festivals to premier electronic festivals and clubs\, adham brings the show and the heat for any occasion \nhttps://sonicturtle.bandcamp.com/\n \n  URL:https://sunsetlabs.ca/event/a-ruby-affair/ LOCATION:Sunset Labs – Online Only\, 400 Herald Street\, Victoria\, BC CATEGORIES:Live Music,Music & Dance,Performance ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sunsetlabs.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/event-banner.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190126T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190127T200000 DTSTAMP:20260428T133709 CREATED:20190113T114155Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190113T114155Z UID:17029-1548532800-1548619200@sunsetlabs.ca SUMMARY:On The Cusp 2019 DESCRIPTION: URL:https://sunsetlabs.ca/event/on-the-cusp-2019/ LOCATION:Sunset Labs – Online Only\, 400 Herald Street\, Victoria\, BC CATEGORIES:Live Music,Music & Dance,Performance ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sunsetlabs.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Screen-Shot-2019-01-12-at-7.40.34-PM.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20181125T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20181125T140000 DTSTAMP:20260428T133709 CREATED:20181118T121954Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190215T012159Z UID:16981-1543132800-1543154400@sunsetlabs.ca SUMMARY:Sound System Sunday DESCRIPTION:Hey\, \nWe want start a thing and we would love your help.\nWe’re going to set the stage on select Sundays\, to inspire more Local Sound System Culture. Contribute more Conscious Music as Medicine ~ Bass as Therapy ~ to the community. Add organic chocolate\, ital eats\, and yoga. We feel so honoured to have Jason host us at the Sunset Labs\, in my opinion the most radically diverse\, culturally rich venue of its kind in the city… not to mention PK SOUND! \nJust TREASURED to have a few vinyl cats in the arsenal for this last minute LAUNCH and tickled by the prospect of the DEEP BASS rumbles the VINYL will reveal when they get a chance to spin REEEAAL. \nProgram: \nARRIVAL\n4:00 Doors\n4:20 Opening Chant \nINTO THE TEMPLE w/ the Church of Reggae Yoga\n4:30-5:30 Reggae Yoga [limited to 25 so reserve spot asap]\n5:30-6:30 Soul shakedown reggae dance party with DJ Monkey Tree\n6:30-7:20 FOOD + Monkey Tree Rocksteady\, Lover’s Rock\, Dub\, Soul Hip-Hop \nPARTY [all vinyl]\n7:30-8:30 ColtCuts\n8:30-10:00 Shuka \nAdvanced Contribution: \nFull evening: $15 [$20 at door]\nChurch of Reggae Yoga only: $10 [$15 at door]\nMusic only: $10 [$15 at door] \nThis is a culture event. Donations accepted.\nNo one turned away for genuine lack of funds. \nPresale Tickets:\nemail transfer gelatotree@gmail.com\nkeep receipt\, bring ID\, name will be at the door. URL:https://sunsetlabs.ca/event/sound-system-sunday/ LOCATION:Sunset Labs – Online Only\, 400 Herald Street\, Victoria\, BC CATEGORIES:Live Music,Movement,Music & Dance ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sunsetlabs.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/speakers.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180201T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180201T235900 DTSTAMP:20260428T133709 CREATED:20171207T045327Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190327T232005Z UID:16563-1517508000-1517529540@sunsetlabs.ca SUMMARY:Darkest Night: Dancing In Our Shadows DESCRIPTION:  \nSHADOW AND LIGHT SOURCE BOTH\nby Rumi \nHow does a part of the world leave the world?\nHow does wetness leave water?\nDon’t try to put out fire by throwing on more fire!\nDon’t wash a wound with blood.\nNo matter how fast you run\, your shadow keeps up.\nSometimes it’s in front!\nOnly full overhead sun diminishes your shadow. \nBut that shadow has been serving you.\nWhat hurts you\, blesses you.\nDarkness is your candle.\nYour boundaries are your quest.\nI could explain this\,\nbut it will break the glass cover on your heart\,\nand there’s no fixing that. \nYou must have shadow and light -source both.\nListen\, and lay your head under the tree of awe.\nWhen from that tree feathers and wings sprout on you\,\nbe quieter than a dove.\nDon’t even open your mouth for even a coo.\n \n  \nDARKEST NIGHT: Dancing In Our Shadows\n*please note details below re arrival times & agreements \nWelcome to ‘Darkest Night’\, our winter solstice celebration & ceremony! To you we bid welcome\, fellow human… frail & tender & bruised from a life well-traveled… hopeful yet resigned\, empowered yet diminished\, loving yet fearful. While our shadows are ever-present\, we live in an agreement reality wherein recognizing\, owning and dancing with our shadow is something we’re often left to do alone\, without support\, without witness. \nThis night we gather to spend the darkest night of the year together\, in communion\, in ceremony\, in reflection\, in reverence and in dance. As light or heavy as it may be\, come with an open heart\, and bring what shadows may persist… that we may do some deep work together to navigate the collective unspoken depths\, as we begin the long beautiful transition from the darkness… back into the light. \n  \nCOMMUNITY POTLUCK\nWe’ll open the doors at 6pm sharp and commune together until 7:30\, when we’ll begin to transition ourselves – and our space – towards the ceremony and evening. If you’re able to do so\, please bring 1 item that will feel good to make\, feel good to eat\, and feel good in our bellies as we dance later into the evening. Please LABEL your items & ingredients clearly so that everyone can make informed decisions on their meal. \nTo ensure the container is powerfully set for our evening\, during the opening ceremony new guests will not be welcomed into the space. SO – please arrive before 7:45pm OR after 8:15pm. (Ideally – come around 6pm to join us for the meal and connect with your community!) \n  \nOPENING | GUIDED REFLECTIONS (DYADS)\nJason Guille & Alex King-Harris\n* bring a journal & a cushion to sit on 🙂 \nAfter opening the circle and setting the container together\, we’ll get cozy for the thinking/reflecting/sharing part of our evening. Jason & Alex will offer you a series of questions to prompt personal reflections on the year that’s past\, and participants will be paired up together for solo journalling and then\, if & as you feel called\, to share your observations\, reflections and experiences. This will be a time not of coaching or advice\, but rather of deep reflection & LISTENING. \nWe’ll move through a series of guided explorations around our habits\, resentments\, stuckness\, wants\, relationships and incompletions. Here we’ll build a powerful bridge from the mind & the past… into the body & the present. \n  \nGUIDED CACAO CEREMONY\nOcian Flo & Jazmin Love \nCacao is considered to be a healing plant for inner growth. It is a very gentle and non psychedelic supporter that allows to open the heart to reconnect to our inner wisdom and true self. Cacao helps\, unlike other substances\, to do the shadow work from the heart instead of the brain. \nCacao is like the archetypal mother that gives you love and compassion\, that nourishes and nurtures you and gently supports you on your personal growth and your path to wholeness. She opens the door but you need to walk through. \n  \nDARKEST NIGHT DANCE TEMPLE\nJazmin Love\, Dance Temple Victoria \nThe ecstatic dance journey is a free-style movement experience featuring juicy\, soulful beats by Jaz to inspire deep and wild embodiment. The invitation is to dance with your shadows and to move from the inside out\, while remaining non-verbal\, as a way of deepening into the journey. Sounding is welcome. This is a safe\, sacred space for you to embody and express your whole self. \nJazmin Love is a co-founder and facilitator of Dance Temple Victoria. She has been facilitating ecstatic dance journeys for four years and is passionate about embodied movement as a means of awakening\, transformation and authentic expression. She has a lifelong background in dance and is inspired by creating sacred space and designing music sets for unleashing the wild within. \n  \nSOUNDSEED MEDICINE JOURNEY\nOcian Flo\, SoundSeed Medicine Journeys\nft Alex King-Harris (Rara Avis) \nSoundSeed Medicine Music can be described as a shamanic journey. Laying down\, participants can go into a deep almost a trance-like state. Ocian guides participants into the breath\, the body\, and the mind to create a safe container for us all to work with the sound as therapy or medicine. This is a practice of witnessing and listening deeply to how your body\, both physical and energetic and your mind\, both emotional and mental\, responds to the different sounds during the session. \nAs a sound practitioner since 2010\, Ocian gracefully weaves in a plethora of modalities to create one-of-a-kind experiences\, every time. Ocian is a visionary\, an intuitive\, a spiritual teacher and coach\, using frequency and vibration to harmonize the body\, mind and soul. These sessions include Crystal Bowls\, Crystal Lyre\, Crystal didjeridu\, Zaphir and Koshi Chimes\, Rattles\, drum and others\, along with her etheric and powerful voice. As she works\, Ocian can hear\, feel and sometimes see the underlying vibrational and energetic patterns held within the body or group energy field. She uses this clairaudience to offer an awareness of these patterns\, with a reminder of the power of our personal beliefs\, stories\, and most importantly\, our own ability to be the catalyst for our own repatterning. This work offers each person the potential and the power of self-healing and self-awareness. \nOcian will be initially joined by Alex King-Harris\, who has spent the past 20 years training himself to listen deeply. The result of this practice is that when he is in a room filled with magical beings who are also willing to listen deeply\, improvised songs can come through direct from the Great Mystery. They’re unprepared\, raw\, unfiltered and depending on the setting\, transformative. Alex’s intention at this event is to make himself available to this Cosmic Muse and hopefully make something happen that speaks to the hearts\, bodies and minds of those gathered. \n  \nAGREEMENTS & NOTES\nCOME FOR THE EVENING: To ensure the container is powerfully set for our evening\, during the opening ceremony new guests will not be welcomed into the space. SO – please arrive before 7:45pm and plan to be with us for the evening. If it’s really not possible to do so\, we will welcome latecomers 8:15pm-9:00pm and THEN WILL BE CLOSING THE DOORS. No entires will be allowed after 9pm. For the best group experience possible\, do try to come for dinner if it works – and please arrive before 7:45pm if at all possible. \nCONFIDENTIALITY: This gathering is intended to allow us to do some of our shadow work together\, in a safe container. Some of us may move through various emotional spaces\, or share personal stories not intended for the world at large. What happens here\, stays here\, and by attending you are agreeing to this principle of honouring each other through confidentiality. \n  \nDETAILS & FLOW OF OUR NIGHT\n6-8pm :: Potluck Dinner – connection & communion\n8-9pm :: Opening & Orientation – Guided Dyads & Reflections\n9-10pm :: Community Cacao Ceremony\n10-11:15pm :: Darkest Night Dance Temple\n11:15-12 :: Soundseed Medicine Journey\n12am :: BLESSINGS & CLOSE \nhosted at Sunset Labs\nbottom of Herald St behind Value Village\nrequested donation $10-$20 (includes your cacao)\n(nobody turned away for lack of funds)\nthis event is drug & alcohol free \nblessings! URL:https://sunsetlabs.ca/event/darkest-night-dancing-in-our-shadows/ LOCATION:Sunset Labs – Online Only\, 400 Herald Street\, Victoria\, BC CATEGORIES:Community,Educational,Live Music,Movement,Music & Dance ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sunsetlabs.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/bcb5031f968536ca2834cbd88e391db8.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20161217T210000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20161218T043000 DTSTAMP:20260428T133709 CREATED:20170330T014705Z LAST-MODIFIED:20171207T150003Z UID:16354-1482008400-1482035400@sunsetlabs.ca SUMMARY:Kaminanda ft Rara Avis DESCRIPTION:Sat Dec17\, 2016\nSunset Labs Presents \nKAMINANDA ::.\nhttp://reevolutionbooking.com/\nKaminanda’s ever-evolving sound is a playground of original Midtempo grooves\, tribal rhythms\, Psy-Dub\, and lush downtempo textures. His music is designed to take the listener/dancer on a journey traversing landscapes reflecting a myriad of diverse influences; a kaleidoscope of warm melodies and twisting\, winding compositions. With six albums in his repertoire\, this organic spaceship of frequencies balances musicality and ethereal soundscapes to evoke a deeper and hypnotic experience. \nhttp://kaminanda.bandcamp.com\nhttp://soundcloud.com/kaminanda\nhttp://www.facebook.com/Kaminanda.music \nft CHRIS BERTIN ::.\nMoonrise Music | Duncan BC \nfeaturing!:\n—————————————— \nRARA AVIS :: Yogi Tunes\, 6 Degrees\nhttps://soundcloud.com/raraavismusic\nKnown in the music world as Rara Avis (n. latin for Rare Bird)\, Alex is a dedicated master of his craft with over 20 years experience in live performance and music production with a core focus on where the electronic underground\, yoga and ecstatic dance movements collide.Rara’s live sets are a mixture of guitar\, vocals\, and dj techniques that combine pre-produced original studio music with live electronic elements to create a truly original\, shamanic\, heart felt transmission of music for embodiment. Styles range across a multitude of genres including Ambient\, Downtempo\, World groove\, African\, Middle Eastern\, East Indian\, Tribal\, Funk\, House\, and Hip Hop. Whether it be in a yoga class\, on an ecstatic dance floor or at a festival – Rara’s sounds are guaranteed to take you on a journey of blissful re-entry into the soul. \nROWAN :: Full Moon\nhttps://www.mixcloud.com/rowansentesy/\nStriving to bring people together through fusion of cultures and sounds\, this promoter/dj/producer is frequently found rocking dance floors alongside heavyweights such as Adham Shaikh\, Gaudi\, David Starfire\, Liquid Stranger\, and Jef Stott. With his broad range of influences and keen mixing skills\, Rowan deftly navigates through meditative & inspiring downtempo/Hip Hop\, glitchy acid breaks\, and high energy ethnic techno. Always be prepared for something new & fresh from Rowan! \nDODD :: Returning Saturn | Victoria\nhttp://www.returningsaturn.com/user/dodd | http://www.soundcloud.com/dodd\nThe existence of Dodd has long been questioned by those who’ve not been on his dancefloor — but those who’ve been there are fast and thorough believers. From his humble beginnings as a dancefloor observer Dodd carefully catalogued the sounds and reactions of the people in order to pinpoint the perfect palette of progressive sounds: blending trancey\, glitchy\, dubby and techy tidbits into memorable dancefloor journeys that transcend sonic expectations. With these dancefloor commandments Dodd has been rocking crowds consistently in Victoria\, as well as becoming a mainstay of the Entheos Conference and Festival. Whether you’re a believer or not\, with the speakers as his chorus\, you will be moved by the voice of Dodd… \nCOMPASS ROSE :: Returning Saturn | Victoria\n[feminine-infused glitch\, bass\, trip hop]\nCompass Rose was raised on the beats of reggae\, dub\, African chants\, trip hopping vocals\, opera\, and Indian breaks; she grew up dancing to the world. Long fascinated with the physical sensations and kinesthetic impulses sound can produce\, she now finds herself behind the decks\, delighted to share with you her long time passion for the dance floor. Allowing you to choose the route\, Compass Rose simply guides you in your dancing journey. Her sets materialize as deep bodied dub\, playful glitch\, mysterious downtempo\, psychedelic trances\, trip-hop-hip-hop vocal magic\, and funkalicious grooves. \nSPORRADIK ::.\nhttps://soundcloud.com/sporradik\nSporradik [formerly known as Apriori] is an explorer; the sounds of deep bass music are his world. He creates a journey through unfamiliar and entrancing soundscapes. Recording and modifying found sounds in his production\, he weaves them into percussive and eerie ambient textures paired with broken beats and magnetic basslines.\nand links\nhttp://www.mixcloud.com/Sporradik | http://www.facebook.com/Sporradik \nSET TIMES & DETAILS:\n—————————————— \n9-10:30 Compass Rose & Dodd\n10:30-12 Rara Avis\n12-1:30 Kaminanda ft Chris Bertin\n1:30-3 Rowan\n3-4:30 Sporradik \nhosted at Sunset Labs | 401 Herald St\n9pm-4:30am | $20 adv or gate if available\npaypal or etransfer to payments@sunsetlabs.ca \n<3 URL:https://sunsetlabs.ca/event/kaminanda-ft-rara-avis/ LOCATION:British Columbia CATEGORIES:Live Music,Music & Dance ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sunsetlabs.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/b891d63ad82116aee50e70fcec4c201b-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20161118T210000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20161119T040000 DTSTAMP:20260428T133709 CREATED:20170330T015431Z LAST-MODIFIED:20171207T145729Z UID:16361-1479502800-1479528000@sunsetlabs.ca SUMMARY:SaQi - a Showcase of Live & Electronic Music DESCRIPTION:SaQi\nJumpsuit Records | http://saqimusic.com/\n———————————————-\nJumpsuit Records recording Artist SaQi returns to Vancouver Island hot on the heels of the release of a new EP and his full length Album out in early November. http://saqimusic.com/ \nWe’ve crafted a beautiful night for you featuring an array of live & electronic fusion artists including Anchor Hill\, Boomtown and Beat Junky ft Harostraight. \nDo get your tickets sooner than later :))\nIt is unlikely there will be any available at the door. \nSAQI:\nThe Portland-based artist saQi is a classically trained composer\, producer and trumpet player. Drawing his name from the Sufi title for a mystic muse\, saQi creates eclectic electronica that maintains a balance between organic and synthesized sound. His live sets rock the dance floor while maintaining a grace and musical depth to engage the listener. For live performance saQi is often accompanied by the multi-instrumentalist and composer Russ Liquid as well as Taylor Aglipay on guitar and Saxophones. All three are composers and horn players for the infamous March Fourth Marching Band.\nhttp://saqimusic.com/ \nTARRAN THE TAILOR:\nThe Tailor dreams a future rhythm and he walks a future blues\, made up of a tender slices of music from all over this crazy world. He travels with a broken beatbox and a banjo and he is not afraid to use it. His legendary Live performances have been delighting\, confounding and seducing audiences for more years than he would care to admit. Highlights include residency at Shambhalah Living Room Stage for the last ten years\, an opening slot for a Beats Antique tour\, and playing the Fusion festival in Berlin.\nThe music has been featured in the short film Bury him in the Desert\, the cooking show the Perennial plate\, a crazy swedish fishing documentary\, and a number of racy love scenes. of course.\nhttp://www.thetailor.info \nalso featuring:\n———————————————-\nANCHOR HILL: https://soundcloud.com/anchor-hill\nBOOMTOWN: https://soundcloud.com/djboomtown \ntimelines & details\n———————————————-\n9pm-10pm Anchor HIll\n10-11:15pm Tarran the Tailor\n11:15-1pm SaQi\n1am-2:30am Boomtown\n2:30-4am Anchor Hill (yes\, 2 sets!) \npresented and hosted by Sunset Labs\n401 Herald Street\, Victoria (behind Value Village)\ntickets $20adv\, $25 door if available | 18+ ID req\nno intoxication\, no exceptions | all dance\, all night! \n<3 URL:https://sunsetlabs.ca/event/saqi-a-showcase-of-live-electronic-music/ LOCATION:British Columbia CATEGORIES:Live Music,Music & Dance ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sunsetlabs.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/5bfef674f5f5f6201b4131114cc941b9.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160630T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160630T210000 DTSTAMP:20260428T133709 CREATED:20160430T041155Z LAST-MODIFIED:20171207T145043Z UID:6809-1467295200-1467320400@sunsetlabs.ca SUMMARY:Drumspyder DESCRIPTION:We are calling all Atmosphere Gathering enthusists to join us for the OFFICIAL Atmosphere pre-party. This Festival is going to go off and so is the preparty! Drumspyder is going to blow you away. Plus sets from Nils\, Rowan & Mt.Eliah will round this night off perfectly! Get ready for dance glory… ♥ \nDRUMSPYDER\n————————–————————–————-\nScott Sterling brings a deep love of rhythm\, drums\, and dance to his distinctive style of bass fusion. An expert percussionist specializing in the tamborine and framedrum families\, he weaves traditional rhythms and melodies into contemporary sounds into finely sculpted grooves\, equally inspirational to the dancefloor and the on-stage performer. Drawing inspiration primarily from Celtic and south European modalities\, his music combines energetic rhythms with a sensual pagan atmosphere. \nOriginating in San Francisco’s crucible of bellydance\, bass culture\, and world music fusion\, Drumspyder has come into his own as an original producer\, building a substantial catalog of work on the Caravan\, Dakini\, and Desert Trax labels and releasing two EPs of original music in 2015. He is a prolific remixer\, lending his signature live percussion and melodic touch to the Desert Dwellers\, Deya Dova\, David Starfire\, and various traditional Arabic ensembles\, with many more on the way. In addition\, his music has been featured in numerous dance DVDs and theatrical productions. 2015 saw Drumspyder lighting up festival stages throughout the US and Canada\, including Symbiosis\, Sonic Bloom\, Cascadia\, Firefly\, Kinnection\, Astral Harvest\, and many more. Recently he had the honor of playing at the Chapel of Sacred Mirrors in New York. \nwww.drumspyder.com\nhttps://soundcloud.com/drumspyder\nwww.atmospheregathering.com\nwww.cumberlandvillageworks.com\nwww.mteliah.com \nwith additional sets from!: \nNILS | Beats Without Borders\, Vancouver\nROWAN | Bellyfit\, Sunset Labs\, Victoria\nMT.ELIAH | Atmosphere\, Comox \nThis is an Atmosphere Gathering mini TOUR\n————————–————————–————-\nVancouver : Thurs May 12\nhttps://www.facebook.com/events/1001969556563766/ \nCourtenay: Sat May 14\nhttps://www.facebook.com/events/1584802318497183/ \nDETAILS & TIMELINES:\n————————–————————–————-\n[set times to follow]\ndoors at 9pm\, dance til 4am | 18+\n$20adv via Paypal or eTransfer\, $25 door if available\nLIMITED tickets avalible. Get them now!\nClick Attending to stay in touch. ♥ ♥ ♥ URL:https://sunsetlabs.ca/event/drumspyder/ LOCATION:Sunset Labs – Online Only\, 400 Herald Street\, Victoria\, BC CATEGORIES:Live Music,Music & Dance ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sunsetlabs.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/13012724_1136847936367607_360308033147709234_n.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160401T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160402T030000 DTSTAMP:20260428T133709 CREATED:20171207T141621Z LAST-MODIFIED:20171207T144503Z UID:16586-1459540800-1459566000@sunsetlabs.ca SUMMARY:SEEDLINGS DESCRIPTION:Come together with us as we connect with community through dance and gathering. Over Grow the System presents Seedlings; A live electronic muscial evening raising funds and awareness for our ongowing projects. Deepen\, share\, and celebrate your knowledge of sustainability and resilience culture with us. \nOur Vision \nThe vision for Over Grow The System is to create an effective and compelling platform that can empower and activate people across social spectrums\, while also addressing the real issues and challenges that the world faces today. A platform that can inspire people to reclaim their freedom and their power from the cultural mechanisms of control and complacency in order to live more in balance with the cycles and systems of the natural world. \nLean more at http://www.overgrowthesystem.com \nFeaturing:\n~Plantrae~\nhttps://soundcloud.com/plantrae \n~Anchor Hill~\nhttps://soundcloud.com/anchor-hill \n~Matsya~\nhttps://soundcloud.com/matsya \n~L-VINE~\nhttps://soundcloud.com/after-image-3 \n~Commoddity~\nhttps://soundcloud.com/commoddity \n~Leland Riiivr~\nhttp://soundcloud.com/riiivr \n~AppleCat~\nhttps://soundcloud.com/applecatmusic \nPreformance by ~Made in Alchemy~\nhttps://www.facebook.com/MadeInAlchemy/ \nArt space curated by: Dreamtemple Gallery\nFeaturing::: Emily Lux // LUXart\nDylan Kaiser // Mokii Glyphix\n~www.dreamtemple.ca \n~Plantrae~\nPlantrae roams the forests and detritus of modernity\, crafting earthy beats music clearly evocative of its NW origin. Energetic and serenely beautiful\, Plantrae’s sound threads a distinctive path between acoustic instrumentation\, and exhilarating electronic production. Crisp beats and graceful melodies are effortlessly woven together\, with live viola bringing an undercurrent of indelible warmth to an already lush palette. In addition to a musical project\, PLANTRAE is a medium to bring humyns together to acknowledge that we are of the earth and we shall live by the laws of the earth\, or we will die in a civilized death culture\, griped by fear of the feral earth and its undying spirit buried deep within us. \nAdvance tickets $20 availalbe online at\nhttp://www.overgrowthesystem.com/market/seedlings-victoria-a-celebration-of-farming-music-resilient-culture\n$25 at the door. Limited Capacity! URL:https://sunsetlabs.ca/event/seedlings-victoria/ LOCATION:Sunset Labs – Online Only\, 400 Herald Street\, Victoria\, BC CATEGORIES:Community,Live Music,Music & Dance ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sunsetlabs.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/33ec69e121a93e5a3088b9424192b277.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160325T203000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160326T033000 DTSTAMP:20260428T133709 CREATED:20171207T141112Z LAST-MODIFIED:20171207T144950Z UID:16578-1458937800-1458963000@sunsetlabs.ca SUMMARY:Northern Circle presents: Sergio Levels DESCRIPTION:Beats: Sergio Levels\, Matsya\, En Noir\, and Arktic\nVisuals: EMP Interactions\nLicensed until 2:00\, Dancing until 4:30\nPK Sound!\nLimited capacity! Grab a ticket! \nCFUV 101.9 FM’s The Northern Circle is very excited to be moving things off the airwaves and into a venue for a night of deep beats and dancing. We are excited to present DJ and live sets by Sergio Levels\, Matsya\, En Noir and Arktic\, with EMP Interactions setting the tone visually for the night. \nThis time we’ll be exploring the sounds of techno\, bass and warehouse at the Sunset Room\, from 9:30 pm – 4:30 am. Expect a carefully crafted\, night long journey through deep\, rolling beats. \nThis event *IS* licensed until 2:00 am. There will be a selection of alcoholic\, and non-alcoholic\, beverages and snacks available. \nAs its CFUV’s Annual Fundrive\, we’re going to run this one as a fundraiser\, to help keep alternative radio on-air. Proceeds from the event will go to the station\, if you would like more info on CFUV’s Fundrive head to: http://cfuv.uvic.ca/cms/?p=19921 \nAll support is much appreciated! \nLimited capacity! Make sure you snag a ticket! -> http://northerncircle.bpt.me \nMusic by: \nSERGIO LEVELS (NEW KANADA | Modern Math)\nToronto\nLive and DJ set \nSergio Levels is a Canadian artist channeling energy into several creative endeavours. He contributes to Canadas electronic music community by producing\, DJing\, promoting and teaching electronic music production. \nSergio got his start in dance music in Calgary\, Alberta. Under the moniker Piranha Piranha he collaborated with long time friend and business partner Dan Solo\, producing music and initiating the forward-thinking brand therinseout. They contributed to the growing foundation of the west coast underground scene by championing weekly parties as well as other one-offs and experimental events. Modern Math\, which started as a weekly night between 2009-2011\, was a catalyst to a particularly lively period in Calgary’s musical upbringing\, and has since morphed into a series of events\, record releases and short run prints\, curated by Dan and Sandro in collaboration.Another long-running event was Northern Lights\, which happened every Wednesday for 4 1/2 years at Calgarys premier dance spot\, The HiFi Club. The night was responsible for showcasing a deeper\, more progressive side of dance music\, and introducing taste-making local and international artists to a developing city. \nSergio continues to push his sound and production ability into new territory\, collaborating with a growing league of producers representing the international landscape. His DJ sets quite often range in flavour but mostly waver in the house and techno realm with a lean towards tracked-out\, low end sounds. His solo productions are heavily inspired by dub techno legends and loop based producers\, and range from dance floor centric tracks to deep ambient textures. His reputation as a selector and live performer have allowed him to perform alongside some of the cultures most influential characters\, as well as won him prime time bookings at festivals such as Bass Coast and Shambhala. \nSergio has stepped into new realms of creativity with a move to Toronto in early 2015. He has since participated in Red Bull Music Academys noted Bass Camp\, and continues to evolve and grow as an artist throughout various creative explorations.\n~\nsergiolevels.com\nsoundcloud.com/sergiolevels\nfacebook.com/sergiolevels\ninstagram.com/sergiolevels \nWith: \nMATSYA\nSalt Spring\n~\nsoundcloud.com/matsya\nmixcloud.com/matsya/ \nEN NOIR (Sub|Division)\nVictoria\n~\nfacebook.com/En.Noirr\nsoundcloud.com/en_noir \nARKTIC (Urban Therapy | Northern Circle)\nVictoria\n~\nfacebook.com/arkticmusic\nsoundcloud.com/arkticmusic\nmixcloud.com/arkticmusic \nAnd visuals by: \nEmp Interactions\nVictoria \nOver the past three years\, EMP Interactions has had the opportunity to develop their artistic and technological capacity into a unique fusion of traditional stage construction and digitally generated visual material. Their work has been featured at Thinklandia/Rifflandia\, Tectoria/Viatech\, Sub|Division\, Urban Therapy\, BC Creates\, and Bass Coast Festival\, as well as other venues in Vancouver and on Salt Spring island. Specializing in creative and digital renovations (both permanent and temporary)\, projection mapping\, programming\, artistic consultation\, motion graphic design\, and event planning\, EMP looks to engage and inspire participants and viewers with their work.\n~\nfacebook.com/EMPinteractions \nYou can catch the Northern Circle every Saturday from between 2:30-4:00 on CFUV 101.9 FM in Victoria. Tune your dial to 101.9 FM or head to http://cfuv.streamon.fm/ to stream the station.\n~\nCFUV Fundrive – > http://cfuv.uvic.ca/cms/?p=19921\nNorthern Circle – > facebook.com/northerncircle\nNorthern Circle CFUV Page – > http://cfuv.uvic.ca/cms/?show=northern-circle URL:https://sunsetlabs.ca/event/northern-circle-presents-sergio-levels/ LOCATION:British Columbia CATEGORIES:Live Music,Music & Dance ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sunsetlabs.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/03c95d25b10131e3c0dd9f81987503fc.png END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR