A Burning Man favourite, a smooth mixer with a refined ear, Aubade picked tracks that would slay on our Funktion One sound system and match our dreamy beach dance floor.

Aubade, Promise Cherry Beach, June 12, 2022

Aeryn is an amazing dj, a fierce supporter and motivator of Toronto's queer techno scene and has helped us immensely in building Promise Cherry Beach summer 2022. 

This day was a super queer-forward one featuring New York's incredible Carry Nation. Aeryn helped put this one together with us and it was one for the books - a huge success.

Aeryn Pfaff, Promise Cherry Beach. Aug 28, 2022

Karim is a new Promise favourite and absolutely one of Toronto's best djs. This set perfectly caught the spirit of this amazing day at Promise Cherry Beach.  The Carry Nation headlined that day and brought out a festive group of superfans from across Canada and the States. Karim went right to work on them and completely stormed the beach.

Karim Olen Ash. Promise Cherry Beach Aug 28, 2022.

Me Time - July 3 2023 - Promise Cherry Beach

Mark Baker - July 3 2023 - Promise Cherry Beach

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This was Kika's second Promise German Sparkle Party! Opening up this huge killer warehouse party and banging us into the sparkleverse.

Kika. Promise German Sparkle Party! Dec 03, 2022

Marivs plays this incredibly dreamy strong dark techno that we thought would be perfect to bring this steamy warehouse jam to a close. It was one of the nicest sets we've heard in a long time, a major set for us all and one for you to save and listen often.

Marivs, Promise German Sparkle Party! Dec 3, 2022

The first time we heard Scooter, he played one of the best sets ever at Promise Cherry Beach, and brought a stellar crowd of wild and wonderful dancefloor dandies. He's known to bring the best music and energy to any event he plays and he worked the Promise German Sparkle Party! up perfectly.

Scooter McCreight, Promise German Sparkle Party! Dec 3, 2022

Eejungmi came to us through an incredible crew of Montreal djs. Creative, thoughtful and a master selector of great music, she's the perfect opener to a zany Promise Halloween.

Eejungmi, Promise Halloween! Oct 29, 2022

Aeryn is a Promise favourite. He plays regularly across the city, hammering out wild and wonderful techno sets.

Aeryn Pfaff, Promise Halloween! Oct 29, 2022

Jordan is a lifelong dj who rocketed to prominence during the great renegade open air parties of the pandemic. He's one half of the prominent dj/producer duo Ebony and is one of Toronto's finest djs. This was his first Promise set and it's damn exciting!

Jordan Gardner, Promise Halloween! Oct 29, 2022

Ron is a favourite of ours from New York through the Wrecked Parties and other sexy recordings we've heard. His intense acid/techno/house style really sent this party to the moon, with a lot of acute local techno fans calling him their new favourite dj. Check it out, it's wild!

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Ron Like Hell, Promise Electric Garden Party! Mar 23, 2023

Nuni played the perfect NYE set - every right amount of tech/house/electro all in the mix growing into the perfect New Year's Eve climax. One of Toronto's best djs to be sure, enjoy.

Nuni, Promise Warehouse NYE 2024

Mark's performances are such a revered Toronto dj experience. With a mental and actual catalogue of thousands of records and even more files, he always plays a different set, and picks the perfect track for the moment. This was a very special Cherry Beach experience, and we saw so many old and new friends out for a taste of greatness. 

Mark Oliver Promise Cherry Beach July 10 2016

Mike and Jamie came on hot in the peak of the night with this set. It was in our massive Mayan pyramid-shaped stage Chrystal 6 with the full show - lasers, lights, smoke machine, jumping costumed forest partiers. A great anchor set for a great night. 

Lovingly mastered by James M. Oliver

Mike Gibbs and Jamie Kidd. Harvest Fest 2016

We've heard so much about Carerra and Tavares so we were excited to have them play the mid-afternoon set down on the sand. The dancefloor went from mild to wild over their set. Magic ensued. 

Lovingly mastered by James M. Oliver

Carerra and Tavares, Promise Cherry Beach, June 10, 2018

Hiroko was introduced to us when our favourite Chicago act Mia Wallace sent us a list of Chicago's finest djs. We went through the list and again and again Hiroko's tracks, timing and a sense of attitude and personality came through as incredible. We were so lucky to have her visit for her first Toronto performance, and hopefully not her last. She's pretty bad-ass, hang on!

Hiroko Yamamura, Promise Cherry Beach, June 17, 2018

We find Christian to be the most beautiful and esoteric of the Dirtybird record label founders. Christian's sets always blow us away and we knew that  his sound was perfect for our late night event on the lake on the tall sailing ship Kajama. Yes, that's the Toronto skyline in the background of the picture.

Picture a techno party on a pirate ship with people dressed as Vikings, pirates, seamen and whatever. Christian Martin losing it in the middle of the crowd and pumping the crap out of a huge KV2 soundsystem.  Ya that happened.

Lovingly mastered by James M. Oliver

Christian Martin, Kajama Tall Ship cruise with Promise and alienInFlux 2018

MightyKat is a legendary Montreal underground dj spawned in that city's early rave scene. Her Cherry Beach set was in the middle of the afternoon, right on the beach beside the water. The sound is relaxed and inviting, but always an intensity underneath that got people dancing hard in the mid-day.

Thanks Dominique for sharing a great afternoon with us!

MightyKat, Promise Cherry Beach. Aug 19 2018.

Kenny Glasgow. From the early heady magic of the 90’s warehouse scene to the gloriously messy Industry days to his meteoric rise alongside Jonny White as Art Department, he’s our very own homegrown superstar. 

This was a rare chance for us to experience Kenny in an intimate glow, and it was our most memorable set of a most memorable summer.

Kenny Glasgow, Promise Cherry Beach. Aug 26, 2018

Automaticamore, Promise Cherry Beach June 2, 2019

Borella first played for us beachside in Barbados at our event with the Vujaday festival. We loved her sound. It was calming, infectious, sleek and immensely danceable. Here she is opening the Promise Cherry Beach 2019 season, ushering in a legendary day beside the water that caps off with Kevin Saunderson at the end. So many people were dancing early in the afternoon to this one - enjoy.

Borella, Promise Cherry Beach. June 2, 2019.

Hiroko is one of our best humans. Hailing from Chicago, she's become a fast fan favourite with us and we think she's one of the most smokin' djs in the world. 

Here she is unleashing a battalion of thundering acid stormers to an excited beachside dancefloor. Jawdropping.

Hiroko Yamamura, Promise Cherry Beach. June 9, 2019

Demuir. One of Toronto's best house djs, and a bit of a secret as he plays more travelling gigs than hometown jams. This was his debut for Promise and he got an amazing amount of beach love with us. 
This gig comes just as he releases his first Ep on the world-renowned Hot Creations label, Congrats, Demuir. We will see you again.

Demuir, Promise Cherry Beach. June 9, 2019

This Canada Day version of Promise Cherry Beach was one of our best events ever on the beach. it was our first super hot day that year, all of our friends were there in full force, and there was an incredible happy magic in the air everywhere. 

The focus of the day was Canadian djs and great party music. Smalltown Djs are huge western Canada superstars, creating touring projects with the like-minded Dirtybird crew in California, and slaying great dj slots at the massive westcoast fesivals of Shambala and Bass Coast.  They rolled in with a huge westcoast party smash-down set and helped us create the best Canada Day party.

Smalltown DJs, Promise Cherry Beach, July 1, 2019

Hauy emerged to us as a storied DJ and producer from Brazil who had made his way to Toronto. We heard such great things that we absolutely had to book for the Cherry Beach series. He was so great we immediately booked him for Harvest Festival main room closing set. It was an absolute miracle of time and place and music and spirit and captured many souls.  It was such an incredible moment we extended and extended his set a number of times. Enjoy this capture.

Hauy, Harvest Festival, 2019

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