Warehouse (calgary) Is Closing
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Gamos replied on Thu Jan 28, 2010 @ 1:52pm |
 Coolness: 93530 | ...the raev since. It seems to be dieing :P. First, sunrise Ottawa. Then, Big Bop Toronto. Now The Warehouse Calgary.
The warehouse was the heart of the edm collective in calgary. Unlike afterhours clubs in Toronto and Montreal, the Warehouse served as the vital organ rather than a an extension. In a city of just over a million with a small edm following, the warehouse catered to the collective by playing techno, dnb, electro, dub, hardtek and psy weekly over the past 25 years. It promoted not only international headliners, but also talented upcoming locals. It was a place where friendships were formed and was a second home to many. This is a sad day for the Canadian edm collective. The warehouse will surely be missed. Chris Hewitt
The Warehouse and The Underground are closed permanently as of today. After nearly 26 years in operation as a private club, the Alberta Gaming and Liquor Commission began having an increasing number of issues with the business in the last 2 years. Despite a great deal of dialogue with them, they saw fit to surprise us with a visit last weekend and suspend our licence at 8:45 PM, a mere 15 minutes before opening on a Friday night and clearly at a time when there was nothing that could be done about it. It is certain that they were aware of the severe financial impact this would have on the business but their stance is that they acted "as soon as they were able to do so". Unable to argue, we closed for the weekend and then met with Calgary Police and City officials on Tuesday. They informed me that the loss of our liquor licence affected our business licence by association and that our premises would no longer be zoned correctly to be a nightclub as it had always been designated as a private club/ restaurant in accordance with our special status, originally administered in 1984. As the liquor board was forcing us to apply for a different class of licence, the private club tag would no longer be suitable for our usage. Applying to have the premises re-zoned would be a 7 week waiting period with no guarantee of success and a staggering series of costs associated with the process as well as an endless list of inspections that a building the age of The Warehouse would simply never pass. All of these factors combined at a very difficult time for the club as a new lease was also in the process of being negotiated with a new landlord. His goal was to revitalize the building and he was open to having The Warehouse be a part of that process but requested some serious renovations to bring the room up to date. There would also have been an enormous jump in the monthly lease cost. When faced with all of these issues, there was only one clear and unfortunate decision to have to make. With so many unanswered questions, resistance from every form of bureaucrat imaginable and a need for far more money than the club will ever have, The Warehouse has had to call it a day. Clearly this is very distressing for everybody involved but there were simply no options. There will be a massive hole in the Calgary nightlife now, no matter how anybody felt about the club. After countless numbers of amazing live shows and DJ events, few clubs will ever boast the kind of history that The Warehouse had been making for over 2 1/2 decades. Almost everybody in the city had been there at least once and many of you had been there dozens of times. There are far too many people that I would need to thank individually after so many years at the club. I can say that the business never would have survived for 26 years without the hard work and dedication of all the staff, management and promoters involved. Equal thanks is owed to all of you for coming out and supporting the many concerts and events week after week. The club's notoriety reached far beyond the edge of our city and we were all a part of that. I had an amazing time at the club. Most of my adult life had been spent DJing, managing and owning The Warehouse. In 11 years there, it certainly contributed a great deal to the person I am today. I met good people, heard great music and had countless wonderful nights. I'm honestly not sure what will happen next in the club scene for me, if anything at all, but I can't say for certain that I will never try it out again... just not for a while. If any of you are ever looking for a little bit of The Warehouse spirit and feel like some good live music or just a few drinks, you're welcome to come down and visit me at Dickens Pub any time. Chris Hewitt |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» FUCKERS replied on Thu Jan 28, 2010 @ 2:07pm |
 Coolness: 89775 | dude it has nuthing to do with the rave scene 1st of all.. read up a bit .. ITS A FKIN AFTERHOUR! (CLUB SCENE)
and 2nd, they did the exact same thing in Montreal with the Sona .. as more ppl start living in the area the city officials need to cleanup by re-zoning.. (in our case to build a flugly ass arts district) |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Gamos replied on Thu Jan 28, 2010 @ 2:17pm |
| Coolness: 93530 | The warehouse was a close as anything Calgary had to a rave scene for the past 10+ years. When the rest of the rave scene died here, the warehouse still stood on. It was the heart and soul of the edm collective in our city.
Whats the difference btwn a club and a rave scene? Most raves in Montreal are held in the same venues month after month. Same with Toronto. Its the vibe, the community feeling, the family and the music. The warehouse wasn't like the Circas, Circus's and Guvernments. It was much more. |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» FUCKERS replied on Thu Jan 28, 2010 @ 2:53pm |
| Coolness: 89775 | dude! you ever been to warehouse?
I did .. ITS A FKIN AFTER! |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Gamos replied on Thu Jan 28, 2010 @ 4:49pm |
| Coolness: 93530 | lol, like once every couple weeks for 5 months a year since I was 18...so like 50x plus. Ive also been to raves and afterhours in montreal and toronto. So trust me on this one :P
Did I call it part of the rave scene? No. I said it was an important part of Calgary's edm collective, and means much more to our collective than the afterhours means to Toronto and Montreal. The edm collective across the country varies from region to region and city to city, both in terms of structure and music. The after-hours VS raves classification system you're using based on ur experience out east doesn't really apply to the warehouse in Calgary, or Y-afterhours in Edmonton (which still has kandi ravers btw) because we don't have raves. The afterhours here is kind of a fusion. Maybe you went on a shitty night. I dunno. If you ever make it Inshala, Entheos, Motion Notion, Shambhala, or Astral Harvest, and ask people about the warehouse or Y, you'll understand. Go to eclipse and ask people about Circus and Aria, and you'll get completely different answers. Either way, the warehouse is gone. And im sad. |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» FUCKERS replied on Thu Jan 28, 2010 @ 5:26pm |
| Coolness: 89775 | lol at Y .. my parents basement is bigger then that cracked out natives infested shit hole (no offense the the 1st nations but fuck that place gives you a bad image)
Mind you I lived 5 years in Edmonton and I seen plenty raves either in E-town or Calgy .. been to Shambhala every single years I was out west and Ive spend alot of my weekends down in calgary (most of them I we spent the night at the warehouse. Your not getting my point here .. It's sad that its closed .. BUT IT'S STILL A FUCKING AFTERHOUR! geez get ur head out of ur ass for one minute.. |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» greatjob replied on Thu Jan 28, 2010 @ 6:17pm |
 Coolness: 282490 | after since/rave since
two totally different things |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Nuclear replied on Thu Jan 28, 2010 @ 6:20pm |
 Coolness: 2604020 | My cousin used to play at the Warehouse - DJ Eclipse, and his friends Gemini and Rod were residents. This site is also called [ afterhour.ca ] and I think it's a very valid topic for the discussion board and worthy news. If we don't want the same thing to happen to us, we have to know what is happening around us. |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» JEE3.14_agricole replied on Thu Jan 28, 2010 @ 6:24pm |
 Coolness: 107270 | indeed, its all part of the nightlife and even tho its 2 completely different scene it does have its place here.
Cool thing (i think) about this website is that it englobes alot more then just local raves. |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Gamos replied on Thu Jan 28, 2010 @ 11:01pm |
| Coolness: 93530 | Originally Posted By BATZ
Your not getting my point here .. It's sad that its closed .. BUT IT'S STILL A FUCKING AFTERHOUR! geez get ur head out of ur ass for one minute.. lol... calm down buddy. Where did I in seriousness call it part of the rave scene? I cracked a joke about the raev since dieing. Sunrise isnt part of the rave scene either. What do the three have in common? Big components of the EDM community in their respective cities. When asked to clarify, I said the warehouse was all thats standing from the rave scene era in calgary. This is true. And that it served as the heart of the edm collective. This is also true. And that its a mix of a rave scene and an afterhours club in the sense that its more communal and intimate than the afterhours clubs out east. This is also true. In summary: 1) Warehouse - More communal and intimate than other ah clubs out east 2) Warehouse - Not a rave scene 3) Warehouse - Heart of edm community in Calgary 4) Warehouse - Closed 5) Gamos and other's in Calgary EDM community - sad |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» FUCKERS replied on Thu Jan 28, 2010 @ 11:12pm |
| Coolness: 89775 | wtf is the edm collective ? you talk about it like we should worship it .. |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Gamos replied on Thu Jan 28, 2010 @ 11:23pm |
| Coolness: 93530 | edm collective - Its like saying edm scene, but recognises the fact that its a collective. It also recognises that the edm collective is broader and more diverse than simply the rave collective.
The DJs, promoters, ravers, clubbers etc. They are all part of the collective Its like calling people citizens rather than consumers. It recognizes that they have responsibilities and contribution is required to keep it alive and healthy. They have to give back, just like they take. They have to look out for the community rather than for just for themselves ect. |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» v.2-1 replied on Fri Jan 29, 2010 @ 8:04am |
 Coolness: 159155 | I have a dream... that one day...one day, Gamos.
One day you'll eventually grow a beard, stop bathing, move into a commune, start badgering us about how meat is bad for us and start hugging trees or you'll grow the fuck up, drop the kindergarden fantasy land you live in, what with your collectives, your since dieing and your retarded Ministries of PLUR and your elections and actually join the adult world. One day. It doesn't mean you can't have fun and go out anymore, it just mean you start being interested in things that are a little less trivial like, I dunno, actual politics with actual ministers, ones that have an actual impact on regular people instead of the plastic jewelry wearing pacifier sucking ones, or reflect on real world issues or how complicated it is to get a loan and such... You know, stuff that matters and affects a broader audience, that actually make a difference in people's lives. Club's gone, fond memories, sucks, find another one, case closed. Reality. Yes it's harsh. But you can't escape it for much longer. Call me jaded all you fucking want but... OH LOOK, SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS IS ON ! Gosh ! Now if you'll excuse me, I have to prepare to go to work so I can get hard earned cash to pay for rent and boring stuff like food and detergent to wash my own clothes and clean my apartment and shit, so I can do my tax returns in march and send them to a real government made up of real people (who have nothing to do with PLUR whatsoever and don't care shit if you're a DJ, promoter, raver, clubber etc) and despite the 17 layers of taxes they ask me to pay, still find a way to share the occasional donation to sick and starving earthquake victims whom the DJ/raver/vibe/scene is the farthest thing on their minds right now. I'm out. |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Deadfunk replied on Fri Jan 29, 2010 @ 8:30am |
 Coolness: 153040 | <3 v2-1 |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» FUCKERS replied on Fri Jan 29, 2010 @ 8:40am |
| Coolness: 89775 | Originally Posted By GAMOS
edm collective - Its like saying edm scene, but recognises the fact that its a collective. It also recognises that the edm collective is broader and more diverse than simply the rave collective. The DJs, promoters, ravers, clubbers etc. They are all part of the collective Its like calling people citizens rather than consumers. It recognizes that they have responsibilities and contribution is required to keep it alive and healthy. They have to give back, just like they take. They have to look out for the community rather than for just for themselves ect. WHAT THE FUCK IS EDM! jesus fucking christ man .. are you that retard ? |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Deadfunk replied on Fri Jan 29, 2010 @ 8:42am |
| Coolness: 153040 | electronic dance music.
LOL omg.... |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» FUCKERS replied on Fri Jan 29, 2010 @ 8:47am |
| Coolness: 89775 | wow .. super gay .. cause techno wasn't cool enough for those cowbows out west ? |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Deadfunk replied on Fri Jan 29, 2010 @ 8:48am |
| Coolness: 153040 | edm is use widely around the world, welcome to 2004. |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» FUCKERS replied on Fri Jan 29, 2010 @ 8:49am |
| Coolness: 89775 | used by the rave collective lol ? |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Deadfunk replied on Fri Jan 29, 2010 @ 8:52am |
| Coolness: 153040 | well, its used by everyone related near or far to "electronic dance music"
since techno doesn't really mean anything for people that doesn't now what "real techno" is. i think electronic dance music is a nice name. one i dont get is ebm, electronic "body" music? wtf has your "body" anything to do with that! LOL |
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