Crip Rave™ is a Toronto-based collective, event platform, and consulting hub showcasing and prioritizing Crip, Disabled, Deaf, Mad and Sick body-minds within safer and more accessible rave spaces.

“Crip Rave is the revolutionary collective prioritizing accessibility…”

- Resident Advisor

A rectangular poster with a dark purple background. At the top, the words ‘Cripping the DJ Booth”, in all-caps, appear in bold mustard yellow letters. At the centre are five green blocks with a shadow overlay. The green blocks appear in two rows that
A rectangular event poster. The background of the poster is a deep indigo blue with orange and yellow abstract lines, curves and shapes. At the centre, there is a long orange and yellow rectangle with the words “crip rave™ • 01” written in large, bo
A rectangular poster with a dark purple background. At the top, the words ‘Crip Rave: Free Entry”, in all-caps, appear in bold lime green letters. At the centre are four pink blocks with a shadow overlay. The pink blocks appear in two rows that start
A landscape photograph of a live performance. Various pieces of gear are cast in blue light, including a small midi keyboard. At the top-centre is a piece of gear with orange and green lights and a person's finger pressing a button.
A square-shaped photograph of a live performance. A silhouette of a person with their left hand raised, about to press a button on their music gear, which is hidden in darkness. Behind them is a blue orb casting blue light, and above them are pink an

For the first time, she saw ASL music interpretation and captioning at a party. “People were commenting ‘This is the first time I’ve ever been to a rave. They’ve never been accessible to me before,'” she says. “That’s a paradigm shift that we could never have imagined.”

- NOW Magazine

Image Descriptions (top row):

1) A rectangular poster with a dark purple background. At the top, the words ‘Cripping the DJ Booth”, in all-caps, appear in bold mustard yellow letters. At the centre are five green blocks with a shadow overlay. The green blocks appear in two rows that start under the event title, and run from the top left of the poster to the bottom right corner. On the right side, above the green blocks appears: “July 24th, 2 - 4PM EST, Virtual Workshop, Facilitated by Syrus Marcus Ware”, in off-white letters. These event details are on top of an animal print pattern, and to the right, are two access icons in baby blue: ‘CC’ in all-caps, which represents closed captioning, is placed above two hands signing, which represents ASL-English interpretation. On the left side of the poster are cloud-like baby pink shapes that run from top to bottom. The Crip Rave and Toronto Arts Council logos are at the bottom: bold off-white all-cap letters state ‘Crip Rave’ inside of a thick rectangular border. Off-white all-caps letters state ‘Toronto Arts Council’ between two lines. The ‘A’ in Arts is made up of a triangle. Next to this, is a thin line and the words, ‘Funded by the City of Toronto’ also in off-white all-caps. This graphic was designed by Casey Helm.

2) A rectangular event poster. The background of the poster is a deep indigo blue with orange and yellow abstract lines, curves and shapes. At the centre, there is a long orange and yellow rectangle with the words “crip rave™ • 01” written in large, bold, indigo blue font. Below the main title, the date, time and location appear in yellow digital clock font-type. At the bottom-centre of the poster there is another rectangle with a yellow border and a hollow centre. Inside of the rectangle, “GO HOME EARLY, IT FEELS GREAT!” is written twice, one on top of the other, in all-caps letters. The poster looks slightly washed out, to capture a general newsprint aesthetic.

3) A rectangular poster with a dark purple background. At the top, the words ‘Crip Rave: Free Entry”, in all-caps, appear in bold lime green letters. At the centre are four pink blocks with a shadow overlay. The pink blocks appear in two rows that start under the event title, and run from the top left of the poster to the bottom right corner. On the right side, above the pink blocks appears: “August 7th, 7-10pm EST, Virtual Event, DJ Syrus Marcus Ware, DJ Nik Red, ASL-Music Interpretation by Gaitrie Persaud, Live Illustration by Isabel Lainez" in off-white letters. These event details are on top of an animal print pattern, and to the right, are two access icons in baby blue: ‘CC’ in all-caps, which represents closed captioning, is placed above two hands signing, which represents ASL-English interpretation. On the left side of the poster are cloud-like peach shapes that run from top to bottom. The Crip Rave and Toronto Arts Council logos are at the bottom: bold off-white all-cap letters state ‘Crip Rave’ inside of a thick rectangular border. Off-white all-caps letters state ‘Toronto Arts Council’ between two lines. The ‘A’ in Arts is made up of a triangle. Next to this, is a thin line and the words, ‘Funded by the City of Toronto’ also in off-white all-caps. This graphic was designed by Casey Helm.

Image Descriptions (bottom row):

4) A landscape photograph of a live performance. Various pieces of gear are cast in blue light, including a small midi keyboard. At the top-centre is a piece of gear with orange and green lights and a person's finger pressing a button.

5) A square-shaped photograph of a live performance. A silhouette of a person with their left hand raised, about to press a button on their music gear, which is hidden in darkness. Behind them is a blue orb casting blue light, and above them are pink and orange abstract shapes being projected on the white walls.