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popular nightclub for local artists and lovers of hip hop, soca, and reggae.

”This ad from June 12 1969 represents what is probably their very first Toronto appearance.'”

”NYC's Dynamic Breakers -- The Assoon Brothers created a revolutionary nightclub that played a mix of music from new wave/ disco/ hip-hop/ calypso and much more. ”

”Harry Belafonte’s explosive popularity in the late 1950s touched off a new craze for calypso-themed music; Hollywood films; West-Indian-inspired ruffled shirts and 'Calypso Cut' hairdos targeted at a mainstream white audience.”

”The Warehouse - a concert venue that occasionally hosted DJs would make up the rest of the Guvernment venue.”

”Located one block west of Bay Street just south of College... the Port of Spain featured The Original Tropitones steelband—”Toronto’s most exciting group” one ad proclaimed—as the house band.'”

”Eleven months after The Diamond closed at 410 Sherbourne -- The Phoenix Concert Theatre rose in its place.”

”Yorkville dance club and concert venue The Copa made its mark as one of the largest and busiest nightclubs to emerge in early 1980s Toronto.”

”Hip Hop Jam Swingers.' At a nightclub in Queen West before it became commercialized and trendy... the Comfort Zone was a welcoming space for fans of funky electronic music. ”

”Let Us Party! Another club in Eglinton West/ Little Jamaica community.”