Mark down on your calendars, a fabulous event on August 21st at the Marquee Room, upstairs from the Uptown Theatre. Strobelite, an emerging dance event organization for Calgary, is setting the stage and filling the dance floor to benefit of AIDS Calgary, and of show guests a great time.
“This is a brand new event,” says Jon Kozniuk, owner and promoter of Strobelite. “Strobelite was created by myself, Jesse Dolan, Carla Pepper, and Paul Boodang. Paul has 10 years of expertise producing Alberta’s largest dance events. Strobelite is a division of Boodang Music Canada. Boodang is Alberta’s largest event promoter. Carla is head of PR and Admin, and Jesse is in Production and Marketing. We started Strobelite because a lack of gay dance events within Calgary. We are proud to be only promoting gay DJs from Calgary and around the world. Strobelite has been up and running now for 5 months. We have many events planned already for the coming months, and the new year.”
The evening’s DJs are known to Calgary audiences and will certainly make you want to dance. DJ Fleur will be kicking off the event with her Deep House set, while Jesse Dolan follows with Funky Vocal House, with DJ Goldstar finishing off the evening with his Disco House style. There will also be a live saxophone player weaving in and out of sets, and a crew of flaggers keeping the stage moving and colourful.
“Everybody is welcome to attend any event Strobelite is promoting. Our vision is, everybody has the right to dance. It doesn’t matter where you come from or what walk of life, gay or straight. We want everybody to feel they have a place to come dance. We feel that leaving events open to everybody promotes a positive interaction.”
Tickets are $20.00 and half of the profits will go directly to AIDS Calgary. To purchase tickets, visit Strobelite’s website.