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Welcome to our September 2001 REGGAEMANIA EVENTS — We present to you a look through the lens of past September 2001 Reggae-Dancehall Events that took place the Toronto and surrounding areas.
SEPTEMBER 2001 REGGAEMANIA EVENT LISTINGS
Friday September 28th @ Illusion City
Bus Da Dance, Flames Millineum
2111 Jane St @ Wilson
Sunday September 23rd @ The Kool Haus
(inside the Guvernment)
Jada Kiss, Kardinal Offishall, Ghetto Concept,
Red I, Richie Lu, Snow, Soul Controllers,
Lindo P, Starting From Scratch
132 Queens Quay @ Jarvis
Friday September 21st @ Illusion City
Black Chiney
Night Hawk, Star Track
2111 Jane @ Wilson
(beside Lucky’s Restaurant)
info: 416-733-6873
Sunday September 16th @ Club Epiphany
Body Rock
11 Arrow Rd.
Friday September 7th @ Illusion City
Ron BUS DA DANCE Nelson,
Magnum Force,Flames Millineum
2111 Jane @ Wilson
(beside Lucky’s Restaurant)
info: 416-706-5055
Sunday September 2nd @ Mirage
Jagga B/Afrique, Wee-Pow of Stonelove,
Lloydie of Soulville, Rosa of Soul-To-Soul
55 Nugget Rd.
info: 416-332-0376
Saturday September 1st @ Lola’s Banquet Hall
Jagga B/Afrique, Wee-Pow of Stonelove
Lloydie of Soulville, Rosa of Soul-To-Soul
3687 Naushua Drive
(1 light W. of #427 & Derry Rd.)
info: 416-873-7672
INTERNATIONAL SOUNDS WHO PERFORMED IN TORONTO SEPTEMBER 2001
INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS WHO PERFORMED IN TORONTO SEPTEMBER 2001
no international reggae artists this month!
POPULAR DANCES FOR THE MONTH of SEPTEMBER Log On
POPULAR SEPTEMBER 2001 SONGS God Is Standing By | Chi Chi Man | By His Deeds | Rock Away
STONELOVE + AFRIQUE @ LOLA’s BANQUET HALL SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 1st 2001
The relatively unknown Lola’s Banquet Hall was the chosen spot inside our city’s west for a Soul To Soul promotion of Stonelove, Afrique, Soulville and Soul To Soul, each sound featuring the original veteran selectors. This dance was troubled by a lack of a proper liquor license, causing many people who had arrived at the venue to leave. Word had it the sounds still played through night’s end, despite a dry dancehall and relatively small audience.
STONELOVE + AFRIQUE @ MIRAGE NIGHTCLUB SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 2nd 2001
After a troubled Saturday night in the city’s West end, Rosa (Soul To Soul) took the exact same group of sounds to our city’s East inside Mirage Nightclub. This night was full of good vibes and a strong attendance made it easy for sounds to score with virtually every vintage selection chosen.
BODYROCK @ EPIPHANY SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 15th 2001
I wasnt’ at this dance, and didn’t feel a ways about it as Bodyrock hadn’t been making any noise lately anyway. I will be scouting for feedback so I can post a review. By this time however, the Epiphany Sunday night fever had worn off, so E would guess attendance was no more than average, about 250 – 300 people.
BLACK CHINEY @ ILLUSION CITY FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 21st 2001
I went to this dance with high anticipation but was a bit set back and puzzled as to why no more than 100 people attended. The promotion was weak, yes, but Black Chiney had come to Toronto and performed for over 600 people only two weeks back. Having said that, it was nice to see Black Chiney up close and intimate, and they didn’t seem to mind the low attendance as they proceeded to rock the crowd anyway, selector is DJ booth while the mic talker performed about 10 metres away on the stage.
Despite the distance separating these two selectors, the Black Chiney duo functioned like a well-oiled precision machine. The DJ and Black Chiney owner didn’t skip a beat, and his MC knew every tune that was coming without even glancing inside the DJ booth. Wow! These guys had their act together, and they thrilled the small Illusion City crowd without any reliance on dubs. Good for Black Chiney. Next time I hope the start earlier than 2:00 am though.
