Dancing Mascots & Other Nuit Blanche Highlights

Nuit Blanche 2008 was a night to remember and one that took several days to recover from. As mentioned in my previous post, there were a lot of exciting DJ sets to check out. My fellow art committee members and I started out at The Drake, Toronto's art & cultural boutique hotel, to hear Mike Relm DJ on the rooftop patio. I was a bit disappointed by his performance since it was 90% identical to his last show in Toronto in 2007.

We then headed back to my place for a few pick me up drinks and some delicious cheese. The Ski Queen Gjetost cheese that I inhaled, looked like peanut butter but tasted like caramel. Incredible.


After refueling, we ventured back to Toronto's Art & Design District where we were amused by the red lights in Trinity Bellwoods Park and the random art displays in the numerous galleries and alleyways lining the strip. It was also fun to experience the unplanned run-in's from co-workers and friends who were amongst the thousands of people frolicking in the street.


Next stop was my friend's birthday party on Ossington where we practiced our dance moves at Levack Block, only to show them off when the bar closed at Rolly's Garage, which was one heck of a dance party!


The pics below are of the 84.85 at Rolly's Garage. Colin, the rapper, is in the green hat, while Jay, the DJ, is spinning his magic.






I didn't think the night could get any better until we hit up OPOPO's 2nd annual impromptu Nuit Blanche Take Over the Street Dance Party!!!! The energy in the air was so intense that we decided to head over to Liberty Village around 5am to cool off. Sometimes too much fun can be overwhelming.









We stumbled upon more random art installations in corners, alleys and even coming out of windows, like a giant waterfall! At first I thought I was dreaming cause I was so tired but there was actually a waterfall coming out of a window from one of the old historic buildings in Liberty Village. Click on this youtube video if you don't believe me


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To end off a fantastic night, we danced to early 90's happy music at Lamport Stadium with an assortment of mascots as our guides. Seriously. Check it out on the youtube video bar to the right of the page. Enjoy!