Geary Avenue Warehouse in Toronto

Absolutely the worst venue I’ve ever been to. I came here alone and got my wallet stolen within 20 mins. Crowd was boring w a lot of ppl standing on the floor not dancing just taking up space. At least when I called the guy who answered the phone tried to help me find my wallet back.

awesome party, really fun vibe and the music was really great! the bartender was incredible too — Ira, i love you!!!! overall super fun time!!!!!

Great experience. The bartender was excellent, the one bigger black security guard with glasses was on a weird wave. He was trying to go for girls and he was touching them as they walk by, I sat there and he watched him do this for 25 mins. He thinks he’s above everyone else. Never seen that attitude, if he’s removed this would probably be a 5 star club.

This is a seriously hidden gem. The music and atmosphere is amazing! Just what me and my friends were looking for. Can’t wait to go back!

The party was a complete disappointment. I feel bad for the DJ who traveled to Canada only to end up at such a lousy club. I've been to several Essence parties before, and they've always been fantastic. I really hope they don't hold another event at this venue—it needs a lot of improvement!

yea that party was complete garbage...feel sorry for the Dj who came to Canada and was met with such a dump of a club. I've gone to several essence parties and they have alwasy been great, i hope they DO NOT have another event at this place...this club needs a lot of work!

With great disappointment we want to share this information with all of you so we stay trasperant and truthful. On July 20th we had booked Geary warehouse for an event for a talent we brought from Europe by the name of andrewboy. we were promised a working sound system that is tweaked for our production as was written by the contract provided for us by Geary warehouse. We were under the impression that everything was set up and ready to go as soon as we came to the venue. Upon arrival not only nothing was connected but everything was ripped out of the dj equipment and speakers. We contacted the owner of the venue who goes by the name of Gerry. And we voiced out our concerns. At the same time this was happening the bar tender who assured me she has a background in sound and equipment set up, and said she will take care of everything. she connected everything back which was nice of her to do but also obviously a part of the contract we had signed with the venue. Upon completion of the connection of the sound is where our nightmare started, everything was off in terms of sound, the sound was weak and very high pitched, there was no bass sound present which is the main point of any sound system. As Gerry arrived to the venue both us(essence) and the crowd that came and paid to see andrewboy started complaining about the sound. a few minutes later the sound was turned on the right side of the club completely stopped working, Gerry, instead of trying to resolve the issue, just stood there and did nothing. Further more got into a bad argument with us over the sound when he clearly was in breech of contract! As a result nothing was done and we lost a lot of the crowd the kept coming in due to the sound. We want to start of by thanking every single person who came out to see andrewboy and we appreciate your business. As an event company it is our duty to make sure this kind of issues don’t happen. So for that we are deeply sorry and apologize for how the event went down Therefore we want to say this, we have never worked with someone as stubborn and unprofessional as Geary warehouse. We reached out to the venue asking for compensation due to the lack of support of the sound system and the loss that we took. All we got back was ignorance and avoidance. Our message to all the promoters of the city, please keep in mind that what happened to us it can happen to you too if you work with this venue and this individual. Be aware that if you do work with them you need to make sure everything is done a day or two prior and be ready for a difficult time with the sound system. Thank you for the continuous support from our family and fans! We look forward to hosting more events with better sound and light from here on. Best regards Essence event team

209 geary ave great night out... Psy trance: ritmo and artifex