Not too long ago, the poles on Toronto’s Queen Street West would bulge at their centers with inches upon inches of posters. The street promotion scene was incredibly competitive, with different crews covering and re-covering the district multiple times a day.
In the past couple years there’s been a crackdown on posting on polls downtown, with designated poster boards being erected, vigilant anti-poster clean-up crews and fines for everyone from the venues being promoted to the kids putting the stuff up for $10 an hour or 10¢ a piece.
The heat has lifted slightly recently, but the Queen West strip is still significantly quieter visually (and otherwise, I guess) than it once was. Some of the bigger companies have started posting again during peak hours, but the material gets taken down just as quickly. Here’s a sampling of what was still up after the weekend, and the usual club district poster binge-and-purge.
OCADU Material Art & Design Thesis Fundraiser
The Lifts, Chris Collins, Serb Superb, The Dying Arts
Friday, March 8th, 9:00pm
Bovine Sex Club
542 Queen Street West
Stop The World
DJ Akalepse (NYC, Truth & Soul)
Friday, March 8th, 10:00pm
Supermarket
268 Augusta Avenue
The Eden Wells
Wednesday, March 13th, 8:40pm
The Legendary Horseshoe Tavern
370 Queen Street West
IREMEMBER
Pressue Busspipe, Black Reaction, Xixgon Intl and Roots Redemption
Saturday, March 16th, 10:00pm
Revival
783 College Street
Triple 7 Presents: Ovation
Marcus Visionary, Spiritually Minded, Groovemixer
Saturday, March 16th, 10:00pm
Bassline Music Bar
865 Bloor Street West
I also ran into this buncha dudes who often get mistaken for One Direction or the Jonas Brothers. Their actual band name is The Frisky Kids. They’re from Montreal, and are seen here pretending to have won an MMVA.
Flipside
DJ & Collectors Vintage Record Sale
Sunday, April 28th, 10:00am
The Gladstone Hotel
1214 Queen Street West
Snoopy Mpeso – Just Smile
This dude really just printed out his press release and posted it around town.
Unknowne Landes 