Wonderment

This Saturday (May 30) at the Fifty-Fifty Arts Collective located at 2516 Douglas Street... an afternoon of drones for International Drone Day! This is an annual event started by Weird Canada that has been going for over a decade now! It's free to attend and all-ages. Drones range from ambient to noise and with 20-minute sets blended continuously it's always changing! Come check out some of Victoria's diverse sound artists performing live between noon and 6pm.

The Garden City Electronic Music Society Call-for-Artists for the November NeuzTec programming has been extended to May 18th by end-of-day....

HAPPY INTERNATIONAL NOISE AWARENESS WEEK!

CALL FOR ARTISTS EXTENDED TO MAY 18!
https://neuztec.ca/call-for-artists/

In 2015, we submitted this demo to the City of Victoria as part of our proposal for what became the first Wonderment at Banfield Park in 2016! It's a DJ mix that represents the range of ambient music we envisioned for our park events. Follow our mixcloud for more DJ and live-DJ sets from past Wonderments!

Wonderment 2015 Demo In 2015, Wonderment curator David Bodrug submitted this demo audio file to the City of Victoria's Arts, Culture and Events Department. It is a DJ mix representing the range of music that might be presented at Wonderment park events, and part of the event proposal package for what would be the first....

DJ Tobias, who played a stellar set at Songhees Park Plaza, returns on Saturday, January 10th to play at The Downbeat. Early bird ticket pricing ($11.98 all in) in effect while supplies last. Link in comments.

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We know 2025 has been a difficult year for many, and we know accessible arts events are an important part of the social fabric when times are tough.

The Garden City Electronic Music Society (GCEMS) has always endeavoured to create low-barrier and all-ages events and cultivate an intergenerational appreciation for electronic music.

While we receive modest grant funding from all levels of government, the Society cannot operate on grants alone. GCEMS is a Canada Revenue Agency registered charity through which donations shore up the ever increasing costs of running our events.

If you've enjoyed our events over the last decade, please consider a donation to the society as part of your year-end giving. Every donation, no matter the amount, helps support the continuation of GCEMS events into the future.

You can donate by e-transfer to gcems [at] gcems [dot] ca or donate by credit card online through CanadaHelps:

https://www.canadahelps.org/en/charities/garden-city-electronic-music-society/

THIS SATURDAY, November 22nd. NeuzTec's 10th edition is an all-ages, admission by donation (kids are free) exploration of live experimental electronic music and multimedia technology, taking place at WOOD HALL at the Victoria Conservatory of Music (900 Johnson Street). The event runs 2pm to 9pm, with a one-hour technical / dinner break from 6-7pm.

Performances by...
2:00 - Þoka
2:30 - SeaLion
3:00 - Troll
3:30 - Wavy Particles
4:00 - Fawn Ballz
4:30 - Peace Frog
5:00 - Isolated Showers
5:30 - Deep Field Array
6:00 - *** Technical Break ***
7:00 - HRDVSION
7:30 - Deniz Pekmezci
8:00 - A Place to Listen Duo
8:30 - Mt. Logan + Errata

NeuzTec is presented by the Garden City Electronic Music Society and the Victoria Conservatory of Music, and supported by the Government of Canada, the Province of British Columbia and the Capital Regional District.

NeuzTec! – Festival of Experimental Sound Design and Multimedia Technology NeuzTec! Festival of Experimental Sound Design and Multimedia Technology celebrating ten years of growing symbiosis of technology and multimedia including experimental sound design, theatrical arts, electroacoustic, video, noise, drone, ambient, electronica, post-rock, improvisational jazz, cinemati...

Wonderment alumni Elisa Thorn, who performed on Sunday, August 3rd at Beacon Hill Park, has finally released her new album (vinyl and CD available) we've been waiting since the summer for! Go take a listen and support Wonderment artists!

xiik, by Elisa Thorn 8 track album

Sabrina's LIVE set from "Space Is The Place" - presented by The Downbeat Event Centre as part of Wonderment's night programming this year...

Wonderment 2025 (Sabrina Live Set at the Downbeat August 2025) A live techno journey born from a summer of creation, carried among the stars! Here's my live set from the Wonderment Music Festival at the Downbeat in Victoria, August 2025.

We are still fundraising and about half-way where we need to be. If you missed our previous appeals for help, here is the direct link to CanadaHelps - who collect online donations for the Garden City Electronic Music Society (the charitable non-profit through which Wonderment is presented). CanadaHelps provide immediate charitable tax receipts and collect minimal administrative fees.

You can also send e-transfers to gcems [at] gcems (dot) ca, but if you want a tax receipt make sure to follow up with an email to the same address with your name and contact info.

Give what you can, and more than you think you can to help ensure events like Wonderment continue into the future.

Garden City Electronic Music Society Garden City Electronic Music Society is a BC-based charitable arts organization dedicated to the advancement of electronic music.

One of the joys of running a music festival is seeing it through your lenses afterwards! If you have photos you'd like to share of the festival, please send the files or links to us (submission at gcems dot ca), or post them in the comments below.

If emailing them please let us know if it's ok to share them publicly and if and how you want your photo credited.