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contact: Dreadnex.Inc@gmail.com
| UPDATE: event is now THREE NIGHTS, FOUR DAYS
(nightfall Friday Sept 2 until mid-day Holiday Monday Sept 5) |
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When you were a child (of any age) did you ever make as nasty, vicious and as evil a face as you could, only to break down in laughter? That's this event in a nutshell. Come make fun of all of the tribes of humanity (and dance culture), and prepare your cliché-ridden garments of war. Make fun of any stereotypes that might apply to you, whether you embrace them or despise them. Prepare for Armageddon in style. If you are, or have ever been described as a 'Candy Raver', bring out your Candy Battle Armour. But beware of War Hippies, Gothic Dreadnaughts, Mega-Junglists, Metalheads of Doom (c'mon, a lot of us have leather or denim roots) and the Hosts of the Eternal Self Parody. If you don't make fun of yourself, we will do it for you. Seriously. I. Workshops II. Rules of Engagement III. Performer Lineup (to be updated as the event nears) IV. About the Events' Aims V. Tickets VI. Directions I. Workshops The workshop list at this time includes: Sacred Slam Dancing (the urban_savage): A modern approach to modern tribal spiritualism as applied via high impact contact dancing, with an emphasis on the inter-relation between Metallica and the Chakra system. The Fine Art of Flailing, Level One Certification (Aurora): An introduction to the intentionality of flailing. Participants in this groundbreaking workshop will receive the prestigious "License to Flail" certificate. As a "certified flailer" you will have the tools to: flail with precision and intention, avoiding the pitfalls and enhancing the sacred connections created by this modern ritual. Spinning Into the Darkness, The Fire in the Void (Daxxiferal): The ancient art of moving combustible materials in hypnotically geometric spirals, as a means of inducing states of mental clarity. A power based modality as presented by a plexal vortex incarnate in human form. Otherwise known as a poi workshop. Hair Guitar, the Ancient Art of Striking the Pose (DJ Hair): A primer on the skills and underlying philosophy and modalities of air guitar as a means of vicarious rockstardom. The workshop will be followed by a juried competition, with prizes for the best performances in the categories of best hair band, as well as best hair guitar soloist. Bring your own music. Salsa and Swing Dancing (Partygirlstayc): Exactly what it sounds like, a good way to come down from the dark evil intense darkness of the darkness weekend. II. Rules of Engagement We are enforcing several basic guidelines for this event. They are as follows: I. Leave no Trace. Clean up after yourself. II. No Stupidity. Respect yourself and others or be punished severely. III. This is All a Joke. If you take anything about this party seriously or personally, you don't belong at this event. IV. Safety. Be responsible for your actions. V. Violators of any of the above rules will be punished by being hogtied with zapstraps, ball-gagged, and being used as part of the environmental design for several hours while being periodically lectured by a preachy hippy-esque Dreadneck on the merits of Social and Environmental responsibility. If you think that's a joke, you don't know the promoter. He's bringing the Zap Straps and Ball Gag. VI. This is a moshing friendly event, as long as certain guidelines are followed (no blindsiding, slamdancing is restricted to certain areas, etc). These guidelines and protections do not apply to people not wearing event wristbands on the dance floors. Although this event is being held on crown land, and therefore we cannot make paying admission mandatory, sneaking in makes you a target for some severe thumpage. This is also a joke. But you get the idea. More than 50 people are donating their time and energy to this event for free. If you can't afford to attend and really want in, we can put you to work. Sneaking in is just plain lame. III. Performer Line-up Eo.S. (www.eos4life.com) -Live PA, all flavours of Progressive Transgress (THX, Inject, Black Hole Club, Thirteen Moons Productions) -Live PA, Dark Techno/Breaks DJ Logik -Hard House, Hard Trance, EBM DJ Hair (aka Rytalin) -Happytribalemocountrygeddoncore Granolaboy (Pod 6) -Mixed Vegetables of Doom GI Jody (Pod 6, EV, rebelsoundsystem) -Hard, Fast, In your Face. Skinni-B (lsdsoundtribe) -Ragga Jungle/Drum n Bass DJ Stimz (lsdsoundtribe) -Dark Psychedelic Drum n Bass NiGHtHawK (Haus uv Freex) -Progressive Deth Goa Angel (organix) -Psytrance Willow (dreamtribe) -Weirdness Causai (psicotic) -Dark psytrance Chris (Phantasm) -Psytrance Midnight Sons, (Soundwarp Music, S.O.S. Music) -Live PA Techno, Electro & Breaks T3000 -Dark Psytrance Dr Doom -Hardcore Dj Dijitek - Seattle (Ruffnek Playas, Holy Roman Empire) -Happy gabber Robb Peppertree (24-PPQN Alliance) -Cheddar & Bad-Ass Italian Gabber Major Josh (No Name Productions, Elvolve Ent, Dark Rave, Last Word) -Breaks & Speed Garage DJ Krakrjaxx (Haus uv Freex) -Hard Trance N' Dance Ajax -Funky Hip-Hop West Coast Breaks Deranged Hermit -Psy N' Didge (think Ghetto Ghanga Giri) Left Spine Down - Most Definitely Not From Chilliwack -Live Multi-Media Punk/Industrial http://www.leftspinedown.cjb.net http://www.newmusiccanada.com/genres/artist.cfm?Band_Id=10456 Dubious (Independent, Yo!) -Dancehall and Ragga Jungle, Make You Go Hard Like Rottweiller Tank Girl (Hella Independent) -Heep Hoop Buttrock and Other Grimey Shiat Kondukt (lsdsoundtribe) -Japanoytretchcore Unknown Stealth (lsdsoundtribe) -Dirty Old School DJ Shamus (Fixed Fridays) -Synth Noir Boogaloo dj://spaz - Live PA, industrial, experimental, IDM, drunk'n'bass. http://spaz.mindstab.net Patient Zero (Virgin Wednesdays) (note: NOT the same Patient Zero as Jim Crowley from Black Hole Club... but a different guy) -Metal/Industrial/IDM/Electro Big Thunder and General Labourer (Dreadnex.Inc) -Rock Hip Hop Jungle Pop DJ Hawklord -Space Rock, and 60's Mayhem and more TBA... IV. About the Event's Aims This is a three night, two stage outdoor event that will be going down rain or shine. We'll be tarping over the dance floors a couple of days in advance so as to guarantee a dry dance space, and we're going to try and provide some semi-enclosed chill space, but it's up to individuals to bring gear for their own comfort. Camping is first come, first serve, the later you show up, the further you'll be walking to get to your tent. 80% of proceeds from this event are being donated to Mom's Agape Street Ministry: http://www.geocities.com/solarwindvan/Moms_agape_ministry.html For more information on this angel of the downtown core, do a google search on Ellen Shonsta, "Mom" to the people on the streets of Vancouver. 'Street Mom', an independent documentary about this amazing woman will be screened on Saturday, right after the Ritual Virgin Sacrifice at the Altar of Darkness second stage. No actual virgins will be injured during this sacrifice (hint: bring CD's of mainstream pop bands that you truly despise, preferably purchased at Virgin Records). People are being encouraged to stay an extra day to camp out and chill after the party, and maybe help do a summer's end cleaning of the sites used this summer in the Squamish River Valley. For information about vending, volunteering, workshop proposals, or miscellaneous enquiries, contact: Dreadnex.Inc@gmail.com Dreadnex.Inc is an informal collective dedicated to promoting strategically targeted charitable events, and breaking down demographic borders of all forms. With attitude. V. Tickets Tickets are now a flat $20 until the week of, $30 week of, and also at the gate. Tix will be offered at a reduced rate at the gate Saturday ($20) and Sunday ($15). Gate admissions will also be reduced by $2 with the donation of a non-perishable food item. Tickets may be purchased by contacting the organizer directly via email to arrange pickup. They are also available at Grassroots at 2048 Commercial Drive. NOTE: if the organizer is already on the site and unreachable for ticket sales (as of Thursday afternoon), and you can't get them from Grassroots for some reason, please phone Fish at 778-896-2297 and maybe he can help you. Otherwise, you will have to get them at the door. VI. Directions If you know the Squamish Valley well, just go to the spot known as Mile 38. That's where the party is. Details of how to get to the site in the Squamish River Valley are listed below. It does involve gravel roads of intermediate quality, so you will have to drive cautiously (they’re not bad, but they could be hard on your shocks if you aren’t careful). Overloading tiny cars with people and gear is a bad idea, although car pooling is encouraged. People who will be able to help transport other people should contact the organizer, we didn’t have time to set up a ride board for this event. Ghetto version: Drive north of Squamish past the last traffic lights and turn left at the Alice lake turn off. Continue on the MAIN road , keeping to the LEFT at forks for about 37 miles (there are markers for the miles), cross over a bridge to your left over the river, and take the right turn at the other side. Drive slowly and carefully on gravel sections, avoiding pot holes. more detailed directions (as blatantly ripped off from the websites of other fine events in the area) first set of detailed directions:
second set of directions to same site: (courtesy of some friendly Burners. Use these if you prefer, or print them both off and compare!)
- 22.5 km/23 km: cattleguard, then start of gravel road; Mile 20; 20 minutes - 24.6 km keep right; DO NOT take the bridge to the left going up the Ashlu Valley - 26.5 km: you will drive past a hydroelectric generating station - 36.4km (around mile 28), and for the next kilometer, you will drive through "The Bayou"; - 38.2km (after mile 29) there is a great view of spectacular waterfalls from the riverside pullout - 43.7 one lane bridge / Shovel Nose Creek - 48 km Terminal Creek map: Finally, here's a map drawn by some guy named Narc, posted to some raver website somewhere, for another event at some point. Everything on here looks correct to us, except that the road isn't really arrow-straight, he just drew it that way. :-) Also one other thing: as some Vancouverites do, he refers to Mile 36 as Mile 37 instead (it's a rounding up or down thing), and therefore Mile 38 (the Renegade site) as Mile 39. Not to worry, the bridge will be your landmark. The area marked as "Interfor Logging Base Camp" is where the last right turn is, before you are on the site itself.
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