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Free beer at 7:30am lol + free wifi. Porter is the best airline πŸ‘Œ
06/03/2024

Free beer at 7:30am lol + free wifi. Porter is the best airline πŸ‘Œ

Amazing night!! Big thanks to everyone, the energy was unreal πŸ–€
06/02/2024

Amazing night!! Big thanks to everyone, the energy was unreal πŸ–€

Now we have hats!You should buy one (if you want to)We will have some - along with a selection of other summertime merch...
05/29/2024

Now we have hats!

You should buy one (if you want to)

We will have some - along with a selection of other summertime merch - available at the show in Halifax on Friday. Check .events or the link in my bio for more details!

05/18/2024

Back at The 6 tonight with Check Point YYC πŸ”Š

At the end of the tunnel
05/18/2024

At the end of the tunnel

05/12/2024

Spinnin at The 6 tonight in downtown Calgary - come thru!

04/12/2024

Back at Fire n Ice tonight with Check Point YYC πŸ”Š

The coolest street in
04/02/2024

The coolest street in

St. Patrick’s Day shredss πŸ‚
03/17/2024

St. Patrick’s Day shredss πŸ‚

02/16/2024

Back at Fire n Ice Friday night with checkpointyyc ! Ticket link in comments (door tickets available but it usually sells out pretty quickly)

01/19/2024

I'll be performing again tomorrow night (Friday Jan 19) at Fire n Ice along with some other great DJs (house/techno), pro dancers, and an amazing vocalist πŸ”Š

It is being put on by members of the local (YYC) Ukrainian community and I am so honoured to be a part of it πŸ’™πŸ’› Everyone is welcome, and the last event was an absolute blast! Just get there early - it sold out pretty quick last time!

01/19/2024

A little over a year ago, a friend and I decided we wanted to bring more bass house shows to Halifax. So we started an events company.

We aimed pretty high right out of the gate, and kind of skipped the "starting small" phase. It was exciting but also very challenging. It was a LOT of work building it all from scratch. For a long time, it was basically a full-time job that paid nothing - and in many ways, still is. But it has also been very rewarding.

One of the biggest challenges was venue availability. Coming out of the pandemic, Halifax had fewer electronic music venues and more promoters getting into the game. We had to put a lot of time into knocking on doors, emailing and calling venues to pitch the idea and see what - if anything - was available. This went on for a couple months. And most of the conversations - if they even got back to us - didn't end up going anywhere.

But we persisted, adapted, and worked with what we could get.

And a year later, we've put on 7 shows, in 4 cities spread across 3 provinces. We've given new opportunities to local talent and helped launch careers. And brought in 5 major headliners from the other side of the continent.

Each of these shows was in a different venue. One of them was on a boat - largely because of a lack of available venues on land. Our first show in Halifax was on a (long weekend) Sunday, because Fridays and Saturdays were all booked up. We put on shows in Charlottetown, Saint John NB, and Cape Breton. And our most recent was at the Marquee in Halifax, possibly the most fabled venue east of Montreal and a total bucket-list item for us.

Most of these came with some major, unexpected challenges. Very often, it did not feel like luck was on our side. Last-minute airline shenanigans, bad weather on long drives, major storm warnings on the day of the boat show, waves of sickness hitting the scene right before a couple of the shows. Pretty much all of them ended up being a lot more work than "normal" (if there is such a thing!)

But as we continued to adapt under pressure, each of them taught us valuable lessons, and each of them ended up being a great experience. And in the process we've worked alongside some incredible talent, formed and strengthened some amazing friendships, grown as artists and as people, and helped others around us to do the same πŸ™Œ

And the best part has been the energy at the shows, the excitement around them, the sheer level of happiness and enjoyment from the audience and the artists, the lack of drama or disorderliness, everyone involved bringing their A game every time, the level of quality and expertise and professionalism and positivity.

So this is a big thank you to everyone who has been involved in the Fortress Events journey so far - the performers, the sound and lighting techs, graphic and merch designers, photographers and videographers, the venues who have hosted us, fellow promoters who have supported us and offered their guidance, and most of all our audience for being the best we could ask for ❀

We're also very humbled by the number of people who have expressed interest in performing or helping out in any way - and we truly hope that we'll have the chance to work with all of you as time goes on. It's a big part of what keeps us going, along with people asking us "when's the next show gonna be?" - even when the answer is usually "we're not quite sure yet!"

Also wanna give a big shout-out to all the other promoters who started up around the same time that we did. It's not easy, and you all have been crushing it πŸ‘Š

And an extra special thanks to Amado Nardocchio for going along with my crazy ideas and building all this with me. It's surreal looking back on all we've done over the last year.

And to Prayer Handz, Aaron Jackson, RUMPUS, Khris O'Neil, Cazztek and Nicky Genesis for being such genuinely awesome headliners to work with and making our first year what it was!

TLDR: Aim high, work hard, turn challenges into opportunities, and enjoy the show πŸ”ŠπŸ”ŠπŸ”Š

01/03/2024

Huge thanks to Chris Ritchie aka Hanz Oonz for having me on The HANZ Show on CKDU FM 88.1 last night to talk about our upcoming event and the electronic music scene in general. Great talk!

01/01/2024

Miiiiight be making an appearance on the Hanz Oonz show on CKDU tonight to talk about Fortress Events and our upcoming show with Nicky Genesis and Cazztek this Friday

Tune in tonight from 9-11 on ckdu.ca or 88.1fm in Halifax to find out!

12/23/2023

Calgary friends! I'm playing a show tonight at Fire n Ice on 16 Ave SW. I'll be on from 9:30-10:30. There will be house, techno, live vocalists, Ukrainian dancers and good times all around. Come thru! ❀

Spinning at  this Friday for  birthday bash! Wear πŸ”΄!
11/01/2023

Spinning at this Friday for birthday bash! Wear πŸ”΄!

First show in Calgary was a blast! Big thanks to everyone who made it out to Carte Blanche at  this past weekend πŸ–€   and...
10/25/2023

First show in Calgary was a blast! Big thanks to everyone who made it out to Carte Blanche at this past weekend πŸ–€

and you guys all slayed your sets, the whole night was hype AF and I’m so honoured to have been a part of it πŸ”₯πŸ”₯πŸ”₯

And thanks to for putting it all together πŸ‘Œ

Calgary friends! Catch me at Sub Rosa on Oct 21 with the homies Prayer Handz NITESHADE and WITNESS MEVery stoked to make...
10/03/2023

Calgary friends! Catch me at Sub Rosa on Oct 21 with the homies Prayer Handz NITESHADE and WITNESS ME

Very stoked to make my Calgary debut with such an awesome squad. Gonna be a hype night! πŸ”₯πŸ–€πŸ”Š

When I woke up this morning it was too foggy to see across the street. Fast forward a few hours and you can see the Rock...
10/02/2023

When I woke up this morning it was too foggy to see across the street. Fast forward a few hours and you can see the Rockies, and they’re covered in snow 🀯

When the festival’s over and you have to go β€œbe” again 😩😩😩
09/09/2023

When the festival’s over and you have to go β€œbe” again 😩😩😩

Stoked to kick off the summer performing at groovenbassfestival in Quebec! πŸ”ŠπŸ”ŠπŸ”Š
04/12/2023

Stoked to kick off the summer performing at groovenbassfestival in Quebec! πŸ”ŠπŸ”ŠπŸ”Š

Next show: Friday March 10 with the legend Aaron Jackson!Peep the event page for details!
02/21/2023

Next show: Friday March 10 with the legend Aaron Jackson!

Peep the event page for details!

Stoked to announce as our next show on March 10th at

On support, we have local legends & . This one is going to be special.

Aaron has been making waves recently, playing shows with &

He also signed multiple record deals with the likes of
&

We want to thank Aaron, his team, and the rest of the artists for being a part of the next Fortress Event

This is a show that you won't want to miss.

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