NIGHT II: OCTO OCTA + SOFIA FLY + SUBR

Event Details

Event type: Ages 19+

NIGHT II OF VENUS FEST
This will be a super fun night of live hardware dance music and beautiful experimental sounds, filling the newly renovated Palm House at Allan Gardens.

Live Hardware Music and Sounds
OCTO OCTA + SOFIA FLY + SUBR

Live Projections 
FONGKIKID

Visual Art
Curated by JUDE ABU ZAINEH
feat. ANAHITA NOROUZI, LIDO PIMIENTA, SUKAINA KUBBA

Mahjong Drop-In 
Four Winds

For more info, visit
www.venusfest.net 
@venusfestival

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OCTO OCTA (Maya Bouldry-Morrison) had logged years as a fringe IDM artist and sound designer before her 2011 debut EP "Let Me See You" lasso'd a mighty wave of international house-heads to the dance-floor and helped push underground label 100% Silk onto everyone's radar. Since then, Bouldry-Morrison's finely-tuned blend of exquisite compositional flare, meticulously-sculpted sonics, and primal dance-floor rhythms has seen her touring worldwide as well as continuing to produce music that reflects her unique artistic perspective. In 2019 she co-founded a label, T4T LUV NRG with her partner Eris Drew, which will be releasing her third studio album “Resonant Body” -- recorded at her cabin in New Hampshire in order to channel the resonance of the forest, the beauty of the river, and the energy from the rituals she conducts within it, drawing on themes of togetherness, embodiment, love, healing and survival.
@octoocta

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SOFIA FLY is a music artist, DJ and a beloved fixture of Toronto’s Queer nightlife going 7 years strong. Her unique DJ sets blend her own high-energy productions with bold pop flourishes and dancefloor-ready rhythms woven together with unforgettable melodic builds and big bass drops. In June 2025, she released TEKNOPATHY, an entirely self-produced instrumental album, showcasing a deeper side of her sonic vision beyond the party. She is the co-founder of Veneno, an event series that explores Latin, Electronic, Club music showcasing DJs from around the world in its third year of bi-monthly-ish events.
@sofiafly_

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SUBR صبر is a deep listening music project by DJ and creative Lougien Dawoudiah. Through reconfigured music controllers and layered speakers, SUBR offers a study into Palestinian traditional sounds, modern productions, and field recordings. The immersive soundscapes are sonically framed with deep ambient tones that carry a series of altered Palestinian music, produced by deconstructing, filtering and examining its bare elements: drums, harmony, vocals, bass.

The name SUBR (صبر) is based on the Arabic word "Sabir" which means patience, forbearance, tolerance. The same word also means cactus : Thorny, resilient. Sometimes it flowers, sometimes it bears fruit.
@with_subr

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ACCESSIBILITY INFO

Flanked by Jarvis on the west, Sherbourne on the east, Carlton on the north and Gerrard on the south, the gardens are easily accessible by foot, TTC and excellent bicycle lanes. Street parking available. The entrance to the Palm House faces east.

There are stairs and a ramp to the Palm House and an accessible door.

All washrooms are all gender and accessible.

As this is an instrumental concert w/ limited words, there will not be a live ASL.