HarthFEST is all over, and the feedback has been overwhelmingly positive, and that’s kind of understanting it. People were god damn stunned by it, not even joking!

HarthFEST was the giant, colorful, chaotic after party for AndroidTO which itself was a huge success by any measure. The BNOTIONS people are on a roll here with two giant hits in one day! We had performances by headliner Andy Milonakis, Tiny Danza who did their own material and jumped in to back up Andy and TALWST, we got food raps by Heavvy, and we closed it out with Fucker and the Men. We had food, roller derby girls, the Harth Airlettes airline personnel, and everyone was basking in the glow of both colorful lights and beautiful ladies.

I have to send thanks to everyone who came, and special thanks to all of the talent and exhibitors who made it an awesome night.  There’s been some amazing coverage of HarthFEST on Raymi’s blog and all over Facebook and Twitter, but here’s a look the event from my point of view as both producer and the MC/ring Announcer…

Look at this crowd! Not even a cold, rainy, crappy night in Toronto could keep people away.

Meet the HarthFEST performers!!

Tiny Danza:

TALWST:

Heavvy:

The food (modeled by the lovely Sura) was by Pegasus Catering, who hooked us up with over 1000 pieces just because Raymi was involved. How’s that for pull??

FLY HARTH AIR

These are the Harth Airlettes – (l-r) Bunny Angora, Raymi the Minx, Jasmine Valentine. These were the lovely faces that greeted you upon arrival to the Harth Air departure lounge.

These graphics were all done by me. Clouds whipped by the Harth Air jet on screens all over the venue, and the Harth Air arrivals board was fully animated. I worked my ass off on this show like I work my ass off on every show. There’s a whole magic trick around setting up a few key dazzling moments, and when those are in place the party is set and the rest is controlled chaos to see how good it’s going to be. The work that I do behind the scenes is always in a bunch of different areas and disciplines. A big thing in life for me in 2011 has been coming to the realization that this is the thing that makes life singular to me, that I will never relate to anyone over how it all fits together.  People only see what I do out front of the thing and think it’s all glamour & show biz and that it’s easy, or that I’m just looking for my moment in the spotlight or something.  But it’s work!

Now let me ask you this: What do you do when these guys walk up to the edge of the ring, other than invite them up and into the middle of the action??

And now check it out… me and Andy Milonakis!!

Me and Andy Milonakis, talkin’ serious business.

One of my favorite attractions was the Roller Derby Girls. They were literally skating circles around me!!

Put on some skates and be your own hero!

Here is guest of honor Andy Milonakis chatting it up with Zaira:

And Raymi the Minx:

Call it what you want, bay-beh…. I calls it loooooooove……..

There’s just so much to report!! Between people showing up in their Halloween costumes, the roller- and airline ladies, the scenery, the performances… Just too much for this blog post!!  I’ll be putting up more material over the next few days here and on the Harth TV blog & Facebook page, and in the mean time you can check out Raymi’s and Rob’s posts.  If you have any pics or if you put up a post about HarthFEST, let me know!!  Get at me on Twitter or comment right here!

HarthFEST was the brainchild of the BNOTIONS crew who gave birth to HarthFEST with a series of meetings in the Harth TV studio.  It was all a bunch of silly ideas on a white board and now here it is, having come beautifully and spectacularly to life.

You have these men (and several more) to thank for this silliness!! What up Alkarim (Batman) and Mark (Green Lantern), and Farah and Lutfiyya and Puleen and Chantelle and Mary and Paul and Zemina and Zaira and all of the dozens of people who worked to give Toronto something really special on October 26.

Special thanks as well to Eliot Lazor, Speedboats & Big Explosions, J_Lab, Groin Twins, and Numeric for holding it down on the party music tip.

Love you bitches, and I’ll see you at the next party!

Click here to read THE MAKING OF HARTHFEST…

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