We specialize in showcasing Crip bodyminds within safer and more accessible event spaces.

Accessible events online and offline.

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    Raves

    Crip Raves start/end earlier than other raves (“Go home early, it feels great!”). Online features include: ASL Music Interpretation, sound descriptions, live painting, and tactile bags. Our offline features include a non-alcoholic hydration station, anti-inflammatory snacks, comfortable and varied seating, a stretching area, easily identifiable party organizers, harm reduction supplies, and an accessible bathroom and venue entrance.

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    Workshops

    We’ve hosted workshops focused on reducing barriers in the electronic music scene: “Cripping the DJ Booth”, an introduction to DJing facilitated by Syrus Marcus Ware, and “Sculpting with Sound”, an introduction to sound production facilitated by Kristel Jax.

  • rectangular poster with a teal background speckled with black. At the top, the words "Cripping The Rave: Accessibility in Nightlife,” in all-caps appear in black letters over a solid green stripe.

    Panels

    We’ve participated on accessibility-related panels organized by Nowadays (New York), MUTEK (Montréal), Sled Island (Calgary), and Together Apart (Paris/Toronto).

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 photograph of a live performance. A person in darkness is playing music by pressing buttons on their music gear. There are various pieces of gear with colourful lights, as well a small MIDI keyboard and a large mixer. Behind and to the right of the
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 graphic with a royal blue background and abstract crosshatched black shapes. In the top-left corner are white all-cap letters stating, “WORKSHOP | ATELIER”. In the centre of the graphic are two lines of white text aligned towards the le
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 rectangular poster with a teal background speckled with black. At the top, the words "Cripping The Rave: Accessibility in Nightlife,” in all-caps appear in black letters over a solid green stripe. In the center are the words "Crip Rave" in bold all
A rectangular poster with a dark purple background. At the top, the words ‘Sculpting with Sound” appear in all-caps, bold bubble-gum pink letters. Near the centre there are five mustard yellow blocks with a shadow overlay. The mustard blocks appear i
A rectangular graphic with a royal blue background and abstract crosshatched black shapes. In the top-left corner are white all-cap letters stating, “PANEL”. In the centre of the graphic are two lines of white text aligned towards the left stating, “
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.

Image Descriptions (from left to right):

1) 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.

2) 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.

3) A photograph of a live performance. A person in darkness is playing music by pressing buttons on their music gear. There are various pieces of gear with colourful lights, as well a small MIDI keyboard and a large mixer. Behind and to the right of them is a blue orb casting blue light, and above them are pink and orange abstract shapes being projected onto the white wall.

4) 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.

5) 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.

6) A rectangular graphic with a royal blue background and abstract crosshatched black shapes. In the top-left corner are white all-cap letters stating, “WORKSHOP | ATELIER”. In the centre of the graphic are two lines of white text aligned towards the left stating, “Cripping Music Culture” and “Through Access Riders”. Below this is a white line that runs horizontally across the graphic above three lines of white text aligned towards the left: “Événements musicaux et” and “diversité capacitaire - concevioir” and “des devis techniques plus inclusifs”. In the bottom-left corner are white all-cap letters stating, “MUTEK” and in the bottom-right corner white text reads, “15:30__17:00” below which is “24.08”, and further below that, "2022”.

7) 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.

8) A rectangular poster with a teal background speckled with black. At the top, the words "Cripping The Rave: Accessibility in Nightlife,” in all-caps appear in black letters over a solid green stripe. In the center are the words "Crip Rave" in bold all-caps black letters, with a thick black rectangular border that has rounded edges. At the bottom, over a solid green stripe, appears "Nov. 17, smiley face symbol, Nowadays, Wednesday, open at 4, program at 8."

9) A rectangular poster with a dark purple background. At the top, the words ‘Sculpting with Sound” appear in all-caps, bold bubble-gum pink letters. Near the centre there are five mustard yellow blocks with a shadow overlay. The mustard 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 mustard blocks appears: “September 4th, 2 - 4PM EST, Virtual Workshop, Facilitated by Kristel Jax”, 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 lime-green cloud-like 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.

10) A rectangular graphic with a royal blue background and abstract crosshatched black shapes. In the top-left corner are white all-cap letters stating, “PANEL”. In the centre of the graphic are two lines of white text aligned towards the left stating, “Where Do We Go From Here?” and “Building a Better Future for Live Music”. Below this is a white line that runs horizontally across the graphic above three lines of white text aligned towards the left: “Construire un avenir responsable” and “pour les événements musicaux”. In the bottom-left corner are white all-cap letters stating, “MUTEK” and in the bottom-right corner white text reads, “14:30__13:30” below which is “26.08”, and further below that, "2022”.