Vminkov
Active Member
Agreed. This niche of house/electronic music lovers have migrated to venues in some pretty unexpected parts of town including Dundas/Lansdowne, Geary ave/Dufferin and even Weston/McCormack street. There are a lot of rusty industrial pockets in former York and the west end in general which have great "warehouse" venue potential that would not pose any residential noise issues. I just hope the city becomes more vocal and assertive in maintaing a more robust and varied nightlife economy.
That depends what scene we're talking about. The underground electronic scene is doing fine right now and that crowd generally wants nothing to do with the likes of Rebel. Not just because the music is cheesy EDM most of the time, but as clubbers grow older, they tend to prefer small/medium size clubs. The options may not be as plentiful as yesteryear, but there are still lots of great parties to choose from every weekend and if I didn't prefer to be in bed by 11 most nights, I would be out as much as I used to be.