Party Building

How does one start a party? On April 25th, from 7 PM to 9 PM, join Hamilton-based event organizers and party-throwers Dallas (Strangewaves), Erika (SousBas), and Geneva (TREMA) as they cover what it takes to put together an event—from booking talent, venues, and equipment to managing finances and ensuring sustainability. They will also discuss how event organizing has changed in the post-COVID world, sharing observations and strategies for creating sustainable events.

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Geneva (TREMA).  Being embedded in the GTA underground community, Geneva has spent the past few years playing parties and clubs where music & culture come first. With southern Ontario's close proximity to Detroit, the birthplace of techno, her invigorating sets draw inspiration from early techno, electro, and Detroit club music. Geneva consistently demonstrates her passion for electronic music and culture. She co-owns TREMA AUDIO, a Hamilton based techno/electro record label and party series. As well, she hosts her own techno and techno-adjacent night in Hamilton & Toronto; showing local talent and fostering the budding scenes. Geneva also is involved in the community advocating for less harmful party practices, educating ravers, and fostering a safer dance floor space.

Erika McMeekin. (SousBas)  Community builder, educator, and co-founder of Sous Bas. Currently working in the field of Seniors Programming and seriously considering making my life goal the creation a party-centric retirement community!

Dallas (Strangewaves) Dallas has nested in Hamilton since 2003, lured here by the city's fruitful and magnetic underground music scene. He is a co-founder and programming director of Strangewaves, which has presented 5 camping festivals & 150+ music-centric events within the city of Hamilton and slightly beyond. Since 2015, Strangewaves has been presenting vital artists from near & far - across a wide array of genres - in venues oddly big & uncomfortably small. He co-hosts the Hamiltopia radio program with Becky Katz & Randy Gagne, which aims to broadcast an idyllic hour of intoxicating sounds in Hamilton once weekly. A self-professed "party addict," Dallas believes in broadening the definition of partying to include daily aspects from life from the mundane to the extravagant.