Feast your eyes on Toronto's upcoming superclub

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The Sound Academy will soon close its doors after the final Glow party on January 2nd for a full renovation on the 45,000 sq. ft complex. According to an INK news release, the new " entertainment multiplex that'll feature multiple bars, a concert hall and a discreet backstage club". Design wise, it will have a "fashionable black and gold colour scheme, high-gloss contemporary surfaces, unusual animalistic and vegetal patterns, and subversive graphics". Once the new Sound Academy reopens sometime in 2016, fans can expect a series of opening parties with big talent to help introduce the space. 

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Win 2 tickets to the Safe In Sound Festival in Toronto!

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The bass filled Safe In Sound Festival will be making a return touring North America this Fall after its debut season in 2014. The festival will be powered by Canada's own PK Sound, a market standard among touring bass DJs.

The 2nd stop on the Safe In Sound tour will be in Toronto on Friday, September 4th. The Sound Academy will be invaded by some of the best artists from the bass world including Bro Safari, Figure, Zomboy, and Terravita. With PK powering the tunes, you can guarantee that everyone will be raging hard. 

EDM Canada is giving away 2 tickets to the Safe In Sound Festival in Toronto to a lucky winner. All you have to do is log in above (counts as an entry), and choose the various other ways to enter. The contest is open now and will end on Tuesday, September 2nd at 1:00 pm. Enter now and good luck!

Safe In Sound Festival is coming to Montreal, Toronto, and Calgary this Fall

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The bass filled Safe In Sound Festival will be making a return touring North America this Fall after its debut season in 2014. The festival will be powered by Canada's own PK Sound, a market standard among touring bass DJs.

Safe In Sound will kick off the tour in Montreal on September 3rd at New City Gas, will continue the next day to Toronto at the Sound Academy, and it will make its way to Calgary on October 16th at the Big Four Calgary Stampede. The lineups are slightly different for each event, check out more details below: 

Thursday, September 3rd - New City Gas, Montreal

  • Bro Safari
  • Datsik
  • Figure
  • Terravita
  • Zomboy

Friday, September 4th - Sound Academy, Toronto

  • Bro Safari
  • Figure
  • Terravita
  • Zomboy

Friday, October 16th - Big Four Calgary Stampede, Calgary

  • Bro Safari
  • Datsik
  • Dotcom
  • Terravita
  • Zomboy

Ticket information is not yet available, please check the Montreal, Toronto, and Calgary calendars within the next few days for updated information. 

What happens after the Guvernment closes? Ink has big plans for the Sound Academy

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Charles Khabouth, the CEO of Ink Entertainment, told Thump about the future of Toronto's Sound Academy post-Guvernment:

“Sound Academy is going to be, in my mind, the next generation of clubbing. That means everything―the layout, the sound and lighting, technology and the overall comfort,” he said. “I recently had a big meeting [about the comfort,] making sure that there’s enough washrooms, enough air conditioning, and enough ventilation. But for the sound and lighting, we’re going to go all out―making sure it’s spectacular.”
Charles is confident that the new vision for the yet-to-be-named space will wow guests and describes it as “somewhere in 2020... not just sitting on a new couch next to a new paint job.”

To read more, head on over to Thump for the full story.   

The scheduled Dada Life show at the Direct Energy Centre has been moved to Sound Academy

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In response to the bad news that the Toronto City Council has voted to ban electronic dance music events from the Exhibition Place, Ink Entertainment, the organizers behind the Dada Life Compound party, has decided to move the party over to Sound Academy. Here's the official statement by Ink Entertainment posted on Facebook: 

"Due to recent decisions made by the Toronto City Council, we have effectively been forced to make the decision that the Dada Land Compound event will not go ahead as planned at the Direct Energy Centre. However, Dada Life still plan to perform in Toronto on Friday April 25th.

Finding a suitable replacement venue for the Dada Land Compound show at such short notice was unfortunately impossible; and with so many tickets sold there were limited options. But Dada Life were clear they had to perform in Toronto so a new event will now take place at Sound Academy with Dada Life performing alongside the scheduled support acts: Adventure Club, Tritonal & Henry Fong, but please note the event will not contain the same elements of the Dada Land Compound.

All tickets for the Direct Energy Centre show will be honored at the new event at Sound Academy on April 25th and will be subject to the following discounts etc.

Tickets that were originally purchased for more than $99.50 will now have the face value of $99.50. The difference will be automatically refunded. In addition ALL TICKET HOLDERS including ones at the new $99.50 price will be refunded 15% of the face value for the original ticket, again these refunds will happen automatically.

Anyone not wishing to attend the new event at Sound Academy can obtain a full refund from point of purchase. The option for a full refund is only available until 1pm EST Monday April 21st.

We are working to reschedule a Dada Land Compound show for Ontario in the near future."

Tickets are still available for this show on April 25th by clicking here.