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Posted by Souvlkispc on Mar-04-2006 02:32:

thinking about moving to calgary

Hello everyone.

I found tranceaddict through another site some acquaintences of mine frequent called detroitclubscene.com.
I live in Detroit, MI. I was born in Canada and my family moved to the US in 1991. Recently my boyfriend and I have been thinking about moving out of the states and back to Canada. We hear Calgary is booming and plan to visit in May. We are fairly involved in the club scene here in Detroit and were wondering what are some clubs to check out while in Calgary. My boy & I actually are househeads. I know this forum is geared towards Trance music, but I've been trying to find other forums that might cater to house or the nightclub scene and I keep coming up empty. Are there some good nights for house music out in Calgary? Or is there another site(s) that I should check out?

Thanks in Advance,
Karen

I appologize in advance if this wasn't posted in the right place or if there is another forum that this would be better suited in.

Posted by j_spot on Mar-04-2006 03:41:

you posted in just the right place.

2 years ago, I would have been the guy to help you out..but I got stupid and moved to Toronto for school and only returned this week. So im pretty out of whos playing where and whats hot.

anyways, Calgary in May is pretty dull. Its all weather dependant. The ski/boarding season in teh rockies is over, but the outdoor summer tourism hasnt started because its still too cold. But yes, it is booming. Skilled labour is in very high demand.

if you want to check another board, i might suggest subtutious. www.subtutious.com
if the board hasnt changed much its an older, hippie oriented, house/breaks board. I dont share the same attitude as many people there, so I dont frequent it much, but it is calgary centered, and might be more help than I am.(but if you give me 2 weeks, Ill be back up to speed on everything)

Posted by tvmann on Mar-04-2006 05:34:

If Toronto is a possibility, check out http://houseaddict.com - much smaller than this forum & house-oriented of course - most people on that forum are in the Toronto area - very active scene there.

Although since you're so close you may have already checked out the place.

I lived in Calgary for several years, but not recently. Found it was a good place to work & low taxes, but dull otherwise. Most people were there to work and raise families.

Posted by ChadVanDyk on Mar-04-2006 06:11:

J gave you a good lead. Also check www.electrocalgary.com in the events forum or www.barstar.tk Barstar lists every possible event covering every musical genre including house. To be honest, I find Calgary to be much more house friendly than trance friendly...and booming is an understatement. I've never seen so many Help Wanted signs in my life.

Posted by Tony Morello on Mar-05-2006 18:45:

moving to calgary was one of the smartest things i've ever done

Posted by j_spot on Mar-05-2006 21:27:

you were in winnipeg
shes in detroit.

at least detroit is a city with living people. Winnipeg is umm...
a frozen hut on the side of a river?

Posted by Souvlkispc on Mar-06-2006 00:25:

quote:
Originally posted by j_spot
you were in winnipeg
shes in detroit.

at least detroit is a city with living people. Winnipeg is umm...
a frozen hut on the side of a river?

Ehhh... As far as Detroit having people, it barely does. There are more people living in the city of CAlgary than there are in the actual city of Detroit. Unemployment is skyrocketing, my boyfriend has been unemployed for 7 months and there is no signs that the bad times will end soon because the Auto industry is in the toilet. I've got some wonderful friends here and there's usually a good party going on, but it's kind of a moot point when you have no money to go out. Most of my acquaintences who have the means to leave are doing so and I'm not going down with the ship either.

Posted by Souvlkispc on Mar-06-2006 00:28:

Thank you to everyone who has given me sites to check out!

Posted by kabelicious on Mar-06-2006 13:28:

Listen to j-spot

And take care of my former roomie out there in Calgary! She's an amazing asset that the city of Detroit is losing if she moves.

Kris

Posted by <tuss> on Mar-06-2006 17:14:

if you move here your bf can find work instantly in the oil/gas industry, all he needs is a few tickets (h2s, first aid) and voila $6k/mo+ easy, work 2 months straight and he'd have well over $12k to get something else going. not to mention our weed is fantastic!

Posted by kanadianiceman on Mar-06-2006 20:53:

id wait until like april/june.

we get snow until like mid april sometimes lol

Posted by Tony Morello on Mar-07-2006 02:12:

if you can't find a job in calgary you're not trying, i've been working 3 on more than one occasion

all i see are help wanted signs

Posted by TrancEuphoria on Mar-07-2006 04:59:

Calgary definately has jobs for you but not much night compared to other cities. There isn't much of a club scene but if you look hard enough you can find some house nights around. I haven't been to any in a while so I couldn't think of any off hand. Although, speaking of house, Satoshi Tomiie is coming on Wednesday, sometimes we get a dj or two that drops by.

Posted by kanadianiceman on Mar-07-2006 05:07:

if you have a pretty face and big breasts im sure any club wouldnt midn having you has a tub girl or a bartender.

Posted by on Mar-07-2006 06:17:

quote:
Originally posted by kanadianiceman
tub girl or a bartender.

www.*******.com

Posted by Tony Morello on Mar-08-2006 00:17:

quote:
Originally posted by J:\Digital
www.*******.com

i hate you

...so wrong

Posted by on Mar-08-2006 01:10:

quote:
Originally posted by Tony Morello
i hate you

...so wrong

Sorry man... I just HAD to when Mitch posted that "word".