What started as a simple idea in February 2018 has turned into a vibrant, beautiful community where people know they can have a safe space to express, release, and GET DOWN to the grooviest, freshest dance music coming out of Sub-Saharan Africa & her diaspora!

We've created something totally different in Toronto--breathing a fresh new vibe into the city that was much needed: No screw faces. No stushness. Just bare vibes.

To celebrate our first birthday, we had to go BIG:

-12 DJs

-2 floors

-Live drummer

-THE MOST EXCELLENT LONG WEEKEND VIBES

For this edition, resident DJ Sarah Jane Riegler & 11 guest DJs will be serving up a delicious elixir of: afrohouse, gqom, afrobeats, kuduro, sgubhu...deep from the bottom of Africa & her diaspora.

WHEN: Sunday, February 17; 8pm-3am

WHERE: Socialite Restaurant & Bar (276 Augusta)

COVER: $20; $15 advanced tickets

SOUNDS BY:

FLOOR I (afrobeats, dancehall, hip-hop, soca, grime)

DJ Shai

Curator Fly

Lovebonez the DJ

Barz

Kush Nubia

Owabowa

FLOOR II (afrohouse, kuduro, afrotech, gqom)

Sarah Jane Riegler (Afro Haus resident DJ)

DJ Shaq-t

Docteur Mephisto

Cheba Khadijah

TK Smoothe

Dave Rankin

DRUMMER

Osman Okey

HAUS RULES (à la AFROPUNK):

NO sexism

NO racism

NO ageism

NO homophobia

NO fatphobia

NO transphobia

NO hatefulness

✭ Let us rise. Let us be known. ✭