Black and Blue Festival

The Black & Blue Festival is the world's largest gay-benefit dance festival, attracting thousands of tourists to Montreal every Canadian Thanksgiving weekend, which raises money for HIV/AIDS and the gay community. It is organized annually by the Bad Boy Club Montréal (aka BBCM and Fondation BBCM).

The various events attract up to 70,000 participants as at 2010. [1]

In its current format, the five main events are raves which usually run from late in the evening to the next morning. While the main event takes place on the Sunday of Canadian Thanksgiving, it is preceded and followed by events as follows:

Event Day of Week
Jock Ball Thursday
Leather Ball Friday
Military Ball Saturday
Black & Blue Main Event Sunday
Recovery Party Monday

Other events include the President's Ball, Closing Party, Art Exposition and various sporting activities. All of the events occur in establishments located in the Greater Montreal Area.

Contents

Events, venues, themes and featured DJs by year

Year Series # of events Main Event Participants Venue Theme Main featured DJs
1991 Black & Blue I 1 800 Ancien Hotel des Encans Mark Anthony
1992 Black & Blue II 1 2,500 Metropolis Billy Carroll, Ronnie Ventura
1993 Black & Blue III 4 7,000 Bell Amphitheatre Captain Hollywood Susan Morabito, Stephen Wallace
1994 Black & Blue IV 9 Undetermined Bell Amphitheatre Junior Vasquez, Luc Raymond
1995 Black & Blue V 11 Undetermined Montreal Olympic Stadium Junior Vasquez, Mark Anthony,

Robert Ouimet
1996 Black & Blue VI 18 Undetermined Montreal Olympic Stadium Danny Tenaglia, Mark Anthony, Eddie X.
1997 Black & Blue VII 27 12,000[2] Palais des congrès de Montréal Danny Tenaglia, Mark Anthony, Brent Nicholls
1998 Black & Blue VIII 36 Undetermined Palais des congrès de Montréal Superheros of our World Victor Calderone, Mark Anthony, Rob Davis
1999 Black & Blue IX 50 17,000[3] Montreal Olympic Stadium Cosmos 1999 Mark Anthony, Victor Calderone, Abel
2000 Black & Blue X 50 18,000[4] Montreal Olympic Stadium Mark Anthony, Peter Rauhofer, Tom Stephan, Laflèche, Saeed & Palash, Stephan Grondin
2001 Black & Blue XI 50 Undetermined Montreal Olympic Stadium Manny Lehman, Satoshi Tomiie, Saeed & Palash, Alain Vine, Stephan Grondin
2002 Black & Blue XII 50 Undetermined Montreal Olympic Stadium Humanite The Human League, Tracy Young, DJ Paulette, Tom Stephan, Mark Anthony
2003 Black & Blue XIII 50 Undetermined Palais des congrès de Montréal Nu Mat Ste-Marie, DJ Paulette, Ted Patterson, James Andersen, Mark Anthony
2004 Black & Blue XIV 50 Undetermined Palais des congrès de Montréal Louis XIV Cirque du Soleil, DJ Gilles Massicotte, Michael Kaiser, DJs Chus & Ceballos, Roger Sanchez, Mark Anthony
2005 Black & Blue XV 50 Undetermined Montreal Olympic Stadium X-Treme Ball Danny Tenaglia, Chus & Ceballos, Mat Ste-Marie, Eloi Brunelle
2006 Black & Blue XVI 50 Undetermined Montreal Olympic Stadium SuperSonic Antoine Clamaran, Chus & Ceballos, Charles Poulin, Mark Anthony
2007 Black & Blue XVII 45 Undetermined Montreal Olympic Stadium Power Trip Clubtrotter (aka Mat Ste-Marie), D-Formation, Gabriel & Dresden, Mark Anthony, Michael Kaiser, Misstress Barbara, Peter Rauhofer, Robert de la Gauthier, Stéfane Lippé
2008 Black & Blue XVIII 45 Undetermined Palais des congrès de Montréal Digital Paradise Miguel Graça, Dave Seaman, Peter Rauhofer, Mark Anthony, D-Formation
2009 Black & Blue IXX 7,000[5] Palais des congrès de Montréal Lite Switch Franco Fabi, Dave Seaman, John Digweed, Sasha
2010 Black & Blue XX Undetermined Palais des congrès de Montréal 20 ans (20 Years)
2011 Black & Blue XXI 6,000+ - Metro Montreal / 8,000 - Radio-Canada Montreal Olympic Stadium BlackJack 18 DJs in 2 rooms

See also

References

  1. ^ Montreal Tourisme: Black & Blue Festival
  2. ^ Hays, Matthew (October 7, 2010). "Tripping the light fabulous". Montreal Mirror. http://www.montrealmirror.com/wp/2010/10/07/cover-tripping-the-light-fabulous/. Retrieved 3 April 2011. 
  3. ^ Hays, Matthew (October 7, 2010). "Tripping the light fabulous". Montreal Mirror. http://www.montrealmirror.com/wp/2010/10/07/cover-tripping-the-light-fabulous/. Retrieved 3 April 2011. 
  4. ^ Burnett, Richard (October 9, 2008). "They're all grown up". Hour.ca. http://www.hour.ca/music/music.aspx?iIDArticle=15743. Retrieved 3 April 2011. 
  5. ^ Hays, Matthew (October 7, 2010). "Tripping the light fabulous". Montreal Mirror. http://www.montrealmirror.com/wp/2010/10/07/cover-tripping-the-light-fabulous/. Retrieved 3 April 2011. 

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