Legendary Toronto music venue Guvernment opened its doors to customers and performers for the last time on Sunday night, Jan. 25 and the man to say farewell to the venue was fittingly Toronto native, deadmau5. Deadmau5 had been hyping up his set in the several weeks leading up to the occasion, noting the historic night and hinting at a few of the tricks he had up his sleeve for the night. One of the most talked about ideas from Joel Zimmerman was a 20-minute live edit of his beloved song "Strobe," which he would premiere at the venue.
Lucky enough for those who could not make it to the show because the tickets were snapped up in a hurry or don't live in the area, someone was good enough to catch the whole thing on camera. While a high quality stream on Soundcloud would be preferable, this will suffice.
Guvernment had been a fixture of the Toronto live music scene for 18 years. The venue has seen just about every big name in dance music, rock and pop command its stage. Just a few of the electronic acts to grace the decks at Guvernment have been Avicii, Armin van Buuren, deadmau5, Tiësto, Deep Dish, David Guetta, Hardwell, Steve Angello and more.
In addition to the electronic acts in the main room, the Koolhaus, another room in the venue, has hosted the likes of The Rolling Stones, Prince, Bob Dylan, The Killers, Kings of Leon, Lady Gaga and Coldplay.
The closing parties were played by legends of the craft, Danny Tenaglia, Cosmic Gate, Knife Party and Armin van Buuren, who went on for 6 hours.
Watch the video below via YourEDM as we say farewell to another great music venue.
