What we're trying to create with the tranceformers series is very simple.

Smaller acts

Guys who havent played in Montreal or maybe once

Get lower prices for tickets and make it a big happening

The trance crowd is fun to have in a club

They know what they want to listen and they go out for very specific parties

Usually the trance djs that come in town are very expensive so clubs need to jum the door price

The regulars that go in the club arent happy because they're not used to that kind of music and they payed twice the price for something they dont know

We want to educate people

Create a good vibe around trance / progressive and make sure its affordable for everyone

We have a lot of interesting djs coming in


John O'Callaghan (Ireland) @ Circus Afterhours - Friday October 24th


Here is a group on facebook to stay informed about whats coming in our trance world

Enjoy


Facebook Group : http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=33823163904

Nice booking for John O Callaghan

If you wanna educate people, I got a few DJ names that you could use

Nice work with Tranceformers

sick sick sick sick sick booking for john o'callaghan, hes been my favorite trance dj/producer for the past few years. Ill be there with bells on.

Another suggestion is to possibly get some new openers and closers every now and again. Im not taking anything away from the ones that spin now, but its usually the same names all the time.

Great job circus at bringing some trance. I also have a bunch of other dj names like neo hacker if you guys ever need any suggestions.

+1 Circus that is all I have to say...

very very smart idea.

LOL!!! This thread's hilarious...Circus trying to educate people...HA!

Good luck with the trance bookings Stereo was doing the same thing with their monthly trance night...so what Circus is doing is nothing new at all. Simply keeping up with the Jones', following the trend(s) other afterhours have already set months ago.

These bookings are defo a trance heads' dream...Too bad there really isn't much for the house heads at Circus in terms of bigger, fresher bookings. Grondin, Fabi & Lippe...those same names all the time...it gets redundant and boring.

But like I said, defo providing SOMEthing for the trance heads.

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Afterhours is a state of mind, but significantly, it's more a state of 'I don't mind'. A determined continuation, contentment and relief that 'it ain't over yet!' An injection of music into attitude and occasion which creates an emotional wave forth that isolates globally, a ringing harmonic, a signal to a like-minded collective that 'we are only us'.

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Originally posted by ~*Stereohead*~ LOL!!! This thread's hilarious...Circus trying to educate people...HA! Good luck with the trance bookings Stereo was doing the same thing with their monthly trance night...so what Circus is doing is nothing new at all. Simply keeping up with the Jones'!

Circus is booking artists that haven't even been booked in MTL before... Aly&Fila, John O'Callaghan...
It is a different touch I must say. I actually wonder how this will turn out.

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Originally posted by zeKsg Circus is booking artists that haven't even been booked in MTL before... Aly&Fila, John O'Callaghan... It is a different touch I must say. I actually wonder how this will turn out.

Ya, totally +1 for booking names MTL hasn't seen before. Anyone that does that in my city deserves a little respect at least.

I'd like to see it done for their main House room too though. The names I've seen in the Gallery are puuuuuuure producers trying to be DJs (with the exception of one or two)...Anyways, it's just m opinion.

No matter what formula Circus puts in for their bookings though, I still think that place is dangerous, sketchy as fuck and downright scary. Too bad they have the MTL monopoly of afterhours now...but only by default due to the fire at Stereo.

My summer 2008 includes 0 afterhours now, unfortunately. Cherry and PikNik are where I'm at this summer.

Anyways I don't wanna hijack so, sorry in advance; for sure someone's gonna shit on me for saying what I said (what else is new)?

TRANCE saves the day!!

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Afterhours is a state of mind, but significantly, it's more a state of 'I don't mind'. A determined continuation, contentment and relief that 'it ain't over yet!' An injection of music into attitude and occasion which creates an emotional wave forth that isolates globally, a ringing harmonic, a signal to a like-minded collective that 'we are only us'.

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Originally posted by ~*Stereohead*~ No matter what formula Circus puts in for their bookings though, I still think that place is dangerous, sketchy as fuck and downright scary. Too bad they have the MTL monopoly of afterhours now...but only by default due to the fire at Stereo. My summer 2008 includes 0 afterhours now, unfortunately.

I went to Circus 2 times last weekend and there were quite a lot of people from Stereo I must say, people I knew... The vibe is by far different and of course it is a more sketchy... But I would say it is a definite alternative for clubs like Redlite...

For the time being it is the only thing we have got, so I don't mind.

These trance nights should be a lot of fun... not always musically speaking ofcourse

EDIT: Of course somebody has to argue with you Erika, otherwise it just wouldn't be fun on the MTLforum anymore

yeah its too bad.

from another board.

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no choice ...my beloved home no longer exists ...so i decided to go to circus 4 the first time ...i was physically assaulted ..b4 i realized that i had just been punched in the face ...the security was on him ...blew my mind man ..this place is cold and dry ..nobody really looks like they are having fun ..and guys have to pay more than girls 4 admission ..whats that all about ..did see a few stereo heads...i think we all looked like fish out of water...one month ago i mentioned that i felt homeless when my house burnt down ....now i feel abused and homeless ...it aint pretty ...please lord may my beloved temple rise from its ashes soon

sketch and security that makes you feel like you have been raped when searched.

no thx.

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Originally posted by ~*Stereohead*~ puuuuuuure producers trying to be DJs

welcome to the future

hooray for kiddies and their cracked copys of abletonzzzz

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Thanks for the major hijack hehehe

I won't argue with you on bringing always the same djs

But booking the top 100 dj mag poll isnt something that much smarter

The huge difference with Circus is that the crowd is more of an afterbar/club crowd

The majority of people going to Aria + Sona + Stereo used to be real hardcore partiers going out to hear their favourite dj...

People were in the line at 1h30 and leaving at 8,9,10 or whatever

We get a lot of club staffs... bartenders... club clients that are curious and dont want to go home so fast

It's a totally different ball game

For names that we brought ... well do i need to put up a list really ? hehe

Tom Pooks / Cube Guys / Funkagenda / Micky Slim / Kyau & Albert / Thomas Gold / Aly & Fila / John Ocallaghan / And more and more that all have never been to Montreal

Brining big djs like Gervais / Howells / Behrouz / Honey Dijon / Sean Tyas / Tenaglia / Lawler / Dubfire / Ferry / Cox / Vibe / etc etc etc is fun... but not every weekend for us because of 3 things


First these guys charge 3, 4, 5, 10 15 sometime 20 or 30 000 dollars for a night

+ you gotta pay for couple hotel rooms... set up immigration + working papers

pay sombody to do all that instead of bringing people to your club... put up a big campain for promo and stuff

Put banners on the web + print flyers + print posters + print tickets

Pay for your resident djs to open and close

Distribute in stores, hire extra promoters + this + that ++++++++

So at the end it cost you instead fo 3, 4, 5 or 10.... it is now 8, 9, 10 or 15 000 dollars you invested in a single dj

Now you have to obviously put the price at the door much higher.... you need to charge 40 or 50 dollars at the door

Regular customers who come in only to chill for an hour or two after the bars dont wanna come in because its pointless to pay that just to relax.... or even go in the hip hop room

So youre missing 200 or 300 of the regular mass crowd from the start which is almost 30$ a head that they would spend... so almost 8 or 9k in the red right there

If the weather is shit... people dont come

If the weather is too nice outside... people dont come in because they wanna have a nice day on sunday morning and enjoy

If theres a bigger dj in another afterhour... people dont come

If the street is closed for some reason... some kids fight outside of a bar... police is in front of the club... people are scared to come in

Some guest djs could be sick... they dont show up... miss their planes... people wanna get refund...

For all those reasons... i'm not saying we DONT want to book djs... but there are other reasons and i wont mention them... that make dj bookings a BIG BIG BIG BIG BIG nightmare

I'm not saying we dont wanna do bookings

Cuz we do

But not always at that price

Not every weekend.... twice a week

And that is why we bring smaller acts.... but good ones and djs that we believe can bring something different to the plate

That never played in Montreal

But we want to focus on our people... our djs... its out goal

Because we believe in our resident djs and what they bring to the club

We have solid nights and are the club in town that hires and give their chance to the biggest amount of local djs ever in Montreal

Vivie-Ann / Kal / Tone Depth / Franco Fabi / David Laguer / King Louis / Domenic Pandolfo / Driss / Big Al / Stefane Lippé / Pat Boogie / Mr E / Just Jonathan / Nick Pilon / Carl Muren / Axel Klein / Project Underdog / Etienne Ozborne / Patrick Dream / Mini / Max Julien / Eddie Jasmin ( I think im missing one or two ) ..... these are all djs that play once a month or once every two months.... and they deliver every night

I hope after reading this you understand a little more our vision of the market....

The younger crowd isnt as much into afterhours than us when we first started

Montreal is a very different city... but we go with the flow and try to make the afterhour experience the best we can

Make it enjoyable and worth the 20$ you invest in here

But most likely... we do it because we love the music and because all our staff enjoy serving you guys.... "hahaha so cheesy"




Now lets dance and enjoy this very nice sunday afternoon