Comments on: Then & Now: Roxy Blu https://thenandnowtoronto.com/2014/09/then-now-roxy-blu/ Influential Toronto nightclubs from the 1970s through 2000s. The stories of Then & Now explore both Toronto after dark and the ways in which social spaces tend to foreshadow gentrification trends. Tue, 13 May 2025 20:01:29 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.40 By: John Pal https://thenandnowtoronto.com/2014/09/then-now-roxy-blu/#comment-11444 Sun, 23 Oct 2016 16:38:19 +0000 http://thenandnowtoronto.com/?p=4#comment-11444 Great article!
Toronto was (and is again) my refuge, my home away from home while living in my hometown of Buffalo. I came to Roxy Blu one weeknight evening to hear Kevin Yost in ’99 or 2000, the first time I attended a party of strictly house music… it was literally life changing and set a pretty high standard for my expectations! The vibe, the sheer joy, the dancers… it was rivaled my few other dance floors! I was so sad to find out it closed when I returned to buffalo in 2008.
Thanks again! Much love!!

]]> By: E https://thenandnowtoronto.com/2014/09/then-now-roxy-blu/#comment-212 Fri, 09 Jan 2015 22:23:57 +0000 http://thenandnowtoronto.com/?p=4#comment-212 So many great times there and so many firsts. The K and D night was beyond epic. I thought I was an incredible dancer (I was/am) but the room was full of some of the most eclectic, crazy, all out, nutso, inventive dancers I’ve ever seen and that was perfect for the crazy mashup K and D were playing. I remember them somehow smashing from opera (I swear) to country with beats in minutes. It was nuts.

]]> By: Denise Benson https://thenandnowtoronto.com/2014/09/then-now-roxy-blu/#comment-6 Fri, 12 Dec 2014 00:35:46 +0000 http://thenandnowtoronto.com/?p=4#comment-6 All comments in the string below have been republished from their original appearance on The Grid website. We’re including these readers’ comments as they add to the Then & Now stories. We look forward to reading new comments here as well.

Ann Marie
Ahh..this article brings back soo many memories.
This was the only club where I saw literal “Love” ….everyone from all walks of life all dancing to one grove. A club where when you smiled people would smile back …(never any screw face)…if you bumped into someone they would gently guide you to one side and say “no problem”….and the drums!!…ohh…and that night the battle between Jason Palma and Master T’s DJ..how Jason Palma flexed his muscles!:)
Beautiful…this club was symbolic of Toronto and all the love Toronto has running through its veins.
Thanks for this! Just put a happy light in my day !!!
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9:03 am on September 12, 2013

forbsy
I too choked up to comment…waaaay too many memories.
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9:30 pm on June 1, 2013

Maria
Short article for such a class act! Roxy Blu was the place to be for the hot tunes.
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11:42 pm on April 30, 2012

Denise Benson
Hi Maria,
Just caught your post. Yes, the Roxy article is shorter than others in the Then & Now series simply because it was the first one. Originally, these pieces were meant to be fairly short in length, but reader interest led to longer articles.
I’ll definitely expand on the story of Roxy Blu when re-writing its chapter for the Then & Now related book I’m at work on. Roxy is also one of my favourite Toronto clubs of all time!
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2:00 pm on February 4, 2013

EveryonesOpinion
Thanks for this!!
I was 21-22 when I started to go to Roxy Blu and this place was amazing.
While most of my friends were partying in clubland I was having the time of my life here.
I’m now 29 and I still talk about this place as if it still existed.
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2:40 pm on November 30, 2011

ChooRocca
INCREEEASSE… the #goodoldays! I don’t think most youngins know how much influence the “Roxy Days” had on Toronto. King St. W. was a ghost town up until…that stretch till around 2003 or 2004 was a real game changer – things have never been the same…
Love the OG line-up at the Roxy Blu Reuinion Party – just might have to get a sitter and come join the boogie down! Word.
Thanks for posting the article Denise. Used to tune in to your shows back in University! ha… :)
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5:04 pm on September 21, 2011

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