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Posted by 404 Science on Jan-17-2003 02:57:

Montreal Afterhours Scene for visitors

Hey, im coming down to montreal on the last thursday of january, i want to check out the afterhours scene in montreal. So far the only event i see is Sona on Friday night. Question: can you get tickets at the door of Sona? what is sona like? dresscode? drinks? how about drug use? what are the people like compared to say, the Guv in toronto. any better things i should check out? i had my heart set on Aria, but there is nothing lined up, the weekend in between J00F and Corsten im staying at mcgill upper res. ie at the top of university st. is sona walking distance from there? what do you recommend for a thursday night and for saturday. not only afterhours, but regular clubs too. thx.

Posted by ZinG on Jan-17-2003 04:18:

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Posted by DJ Charlie on Jan-17-2003 04:24:

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Posted by alec on Jan-17-2003 17:44:

Doesn't lool like there are too many Sona fans on this forum and for good reason. they havent' had anything good since June 2001 and that was for PVD.

Its sole purpose is to cater to cracked out kids and that's it, so they don't care for good dj's anymore.

Judge Jules unfortunately mad an appearence there a month ago and Dave Seaman never showed in the fall

Alec

Hers's a hint: GO TO ARIA

Posted by Czaoth on Jan-17-2003 18:58:

Dude, Sona is not for cracked out kids, those are at every club.
Sona is more about the local Montreal scene, which has a strong following. Sona avoids competing for bookings with Aria and save money by catering to local talent while still filling their club...i understand their business model. That being said, i haven't gone to Sona since I started going to Aria because i live out of town and come in for the names and Aria's got them!

Posted by malek on Jan-17-2003 19:09:

i think the reason why no one answered is because he touched the drug use question, while this being a music board.

Posted by ZinG on Jan-17-2003 19:16:

Posted by hatman on Jan-17-2003 19:35:

come on - like no one on this forum does any drugs!!

Posted by Czaoth on Jan-17-2003 19:40:

point taken, it's still an stupid question

Posted by mastercongo on Jan-17-2003 19:57:

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Originally posted by alec
Doesn't lool like there are too many Sona fans on this forum and for good reason. they havent' had anything good since June 2001 and that was for PVD.

Alec

Hers's a hint: GO TO ARIA

not true there has been other good dj's there. including tiesto and that was last year.

Posted by 404 Science on Jan-17-2003 20:57:

Wow, Ive never been flamed so bad in my life! I dont know these things im sorry! im not from montreal. im V-I-S-I-T-I-N-G. I looked on the aria page and there is nothing lined up for that weekend does that mean its still open? i want to go to aria moreso than Sona. and i was just asking about drug use to know which of the clubs are more sketchy than others. can anyone give me some info? im sorry for mentioning Sona on this board.

Posted by alec on Jan-17-2003 21:04:

Sona had Tiesto last year! point being they still don't get much in the way of djs there. They can't compete with Aria, but they never even really tried. yet they're stilling selling out every night for resident djs which still costs a fair bit. REason why its packed is because kids are going straight up for the drugs and only the drugs, not the music. I'm also not really sure why you guys flamed him for that question on drugs as there was a new thread started in this forum called: What's your DRUG ? where people were posting their fav drugs be it weed or music it was still there, why wasn't that flamed?

Posted by alec on Jan-17-2003 21:05:

oh and Aria has something on every weekend, regardless, and not just their residents either.

Posted by exergo on Jan-17-2003 21:55:

if ya go to sona..its walking distance from mcgill....fridays and saturdays are pretty much the same....banging house, tribal, and progressive....

maybe go see lafleche play......he owns sona and he KILLS it...no trance though : (
the music is hard, the crowd is usually good......they are there to party and they party hard...the bar room is okay and has some good deep house and funky disco, but really you should show up after 2....drug use is high, but not rediculous.....lots of hot quebec women, sound is super loud but pretty shitty imho(bring ear plugs)

anyway, its a fun place......but go there to party, if ya wanna go watch superstar dj's and trainspot then head to aria....

however, STEREO on fridays is the best club for sure...brad copeland is a resident and plays sick tech-house and progressive/trance, the most amazing sound ever, and just so ya know, it is frequesnted by the gay crowd, but its my favorite club in MTL...super friendly and deep warm house beatz....

thats all..back to work : )

Posted by 404 Science on Jan-17-2003 22:20:

thx exergo, so does anyone know whats goin on at aria on feb 1st? i think im gonna hit sona on friday and aria on saturday. i really want to go to aria, anyone know whats happening that weekend?

Posted by Mpl4ever on Jan-22-2003 22:55:

Nothing special!

There is nothing lined up for this week-end but its still going to be good!!!!
There is good resident Djs at Area!
Im 99.99% sure that Yaz will be there and he is great!

You should go!

Posted by 404 Science on Jan-24-2003 16:52:

im there