A Gothic Industrial Glamour Party with DJ Phink , DJ Lazarus, and DJ DARQ. Strict Fetish or Kinky Dress Code in Effect. (No jeans, suits, streetwear etc.). With a live performance by Universal Love Attack http://www.universalloveattack.com. For more info see www.fetishmasquerade.com for details

New years ball II with your host dj Pale. It was such a extravagant event last year, that we have decided to once more create a ball for new years eve at Savage Garden. Come celebrate new life whilst saying good-bye to yesteryear in true style. A night of extreme decadence, Where we insist you wear your very best. Be that a Victorian corset ensemble or a PVC ball gown. A dress to impress evening of beauty and passion. Think your wardrobe has what it takes, well prove it. We can guarantee that Savage will be at its very best for the New years Ball, will you? Admittance $10 Doors open 9pm sharp. At Savage Garden, 550 Queen St. W. www.savagegarden.ca

Ring in another crappy year at the Vatikan with Dj bOLT and guest Dj Trauma! Cheap drinks, prizes and cheap drinks. Why stay home and stare at a picture of me when you can see me in the sweaty flesh?! Join me and I will make it a New Years to remember. :)
dooropen: 9 p.m. cost: $10 19+

Doors are opening early at 9:30 and DJ BJ and Letro will be spinning the best in Hard Alternative, Industrial, EBM, SynthPop and Retro. There will be a bunch of prizes and you should dress in your best attire. That doesn't necessarily mean dress 'formally', it just means have some fun and put some effort into it - Be Creative. Dress to Impress because New Year's Eve happens just once a year (what a revelation!). At the Dungeon, 44 Bond St. E (beneath LaserQuest in Oshawa). http://djletro.tripod.com/

You are permitted to enter Cyber Fetish 2003-January 3rd at 10pm! BIG Fashion show, vendors, stage shows, piercing, dj's bolt, darq, the elf & guest, huge giveaways, games & much more.... www.gothgoddess.com At The Vatikan, 1032 Queen St. W. http://www.geocities.com/cyberfetish2003/

Opera House - 735 Queen St East. DJ Lazarus & A Couple of Guys present DARKRAVE live with DARK SOHO (Israel) http:// darksoho.isratrance.com HAUJOBB/Clear Vision (Germany) http://www.planetmyer.de HEADSCAN (Montreal) http://www.headscan.net DJ's Lazarus, Phink, Psi-koTek, and Mark Grimace with Sydney Flashback Launch 10pm-5am 19+ event $25 advance - more @ door !! ON SALE NOW !! www.ticketmaster.ca or (416)870-8000 *buying tickets at a store is MUCH cheaper than using Ticketmaster* advance tickets available NOW at: Siren - 463 Queen St West (416)504-9288 Penguin Music - 2 McCaul St (416)597-1687 Metropolis - 162 Spadina (416)364-0230 Ticket contest now online at http://contests.toronto-goth.com

With artists: The Hollow, Ashley #6, Schema. At the360, Queen W. $5, 19+

Vegasphere will be performing live at the Rivoli in part of the Emergenza Festival competition. There will be 8 bands playing that evening and after each band plays a vote will be taken through the audience and the best 4 bands will move onto the next round which will be helkd at the Big Bop at a later date. For more info on the festival visit http://www.emergenza.net/ Tickets for tonight are $12 adv and $15 door (advance tickets available from Vegasphwere band members - http://www.vegasphere.com)

Canada's minimal pulse-beat pioneers Hypnotech 3 return for another engagement at The Ambient Ping!, and this time they bring along Hamiltonian wall-of-noise artists head|phone|over|tone. This MIGHT just be the release party for Hypnotech 3's second CD, "Prescription Electronics Depth Charge". We'll have to see. http:///www.mp3.com/hypnotech3 Club Nia at C'est What, 9pm, no cover

For this month only, FM is at the 360. Returns to Reverb Next month. Theme is Chinese New Years. Doors 10pm, 19+ only. www.fetishmasquerade.com for details.

With Schizoid, Unitus, Stereofect, Nocore, Antigen Shift, Flatline Construct, C64, Nwodtlem, Dj Squid, Dj Razorgrrl. At The Oasis (294 college st.). Doors 9pm, $8 at the door, 19+. For more info www.dtrashrecords.com or http://smerk.pitas.com or 519 579 4915 (leave msg)

Parental Advisory with Dj' Flipps. The continuation of our all ages events. The turn out has been solid and thanks to your support it will now become a permanent part of Savage Gardens monthly schedule. Dj Flipps spinning all that is hard and good from today's industrial and ebm tunes. Doors open 9pm cover $5 without Id. Wristband policy in effect. Third Thursday of the month. Savage Garden, 550 Queen St. W.

Ariel and Yakudo will collaborate as well as perform seperately. Yakudo-traditional japanese drummers. Ariel-world influences meet ethereal rock for psychedelia of a darker kind.. At Lee's Palace, doors 9pm. cost: $10 or $5 with non-perishable food item. http://www.yakudo.com arielbox@hotmail.com 19+

Artists: Cynthis Gould, monica s. kuebler, J.Sin, Sandra Kasturi and more. location: The Oasis Pub East, 780 Queen St. East. Doors 7pm, no cover. info@parallelchaos.com http://www.parallelchaos.com 647.223.2213 19+

Opeth with Paradise Lost & Tapping the Vein. Note: Lacuna Coil is no longer on the bill. Playing at the Opera House, 735 Queen St. E. All ages, doors open at 8pm. Tickets are $24.25+ from Ticketmaster.

A Special Decompression sans a tanning Human Clone (boo hiss boo). Guest DJ's Heretic and Darq will be there supporting Karnage as the Clone works on his buff self somewhere warm. Don't you dare miss it. This will be a great time to experience two of the hottest DJ's in the scene at Savage Garden, 550 Queen St. W.

R351570R is a Toronto-based movement mandated to propogating the Psychedelic underground culture through events, gatherings, and trance inducing music. Tonights event is at the Big Bop 651 Queen West. 10pm-5am, 16+. For more info visit http://www.r351570r.com/

Eden Ants with guests Krome, Aceface, and DJ Trauma. At The 360 (328 Queen St.W). Doors 9pm, cover is $5 which includes a free copy of the new EP. Video premiere! Free cotton candy! 19+. Sexy body painted women! With DJ Trauma spinning all night. For more info visit http://www.edenants.com or email adymm@edenants.com

Selections from the Hart House Permanent Collection. Love. Sex. Romance. Affection. Who would have ever guessed that Hart House could be a hotbed for this stuff! For more info: http://www.utoronto.ca/gallery/

At Savage Garden, 550 Queen St. W. Featuring Heretic and Harddrive. A night of dark beats presented by members of Screaming Mantra Full details at www.savagegarden.ca & www.screamingmantra.com

Another great night, in the monthly tradition, of dark musical dissonant. Such as Electro-goth, industrial, gloom-pop, ebm, idm, goth-rock, slocore, power-noise, electro-clash, darkwave, electro-pop, death-folk. Shake that winter flat feeling with Djs Vizgig, Waste and thee Illuminati. @ Vatikan 1032 Queen st w, 19+, no cover.

A night at Savage Garden (550 Queen St. W.) to celebrate the hugely popular RSA (Real Synthetic Audio) internet radio show and a rare guest DJ appearance by DJ Todd. Todd (the purveyor of RSA) has made a substantial contribution to Toronto's industrial scene, longtime DJ at the know defunct Sanctuary. Todd was instrumental in introducing Toronto to a large number of the bands currently heard throughout the scene. His weekly internet show garners a staggering 15,000 listners per month. http://www.synthetic.org Free give-aways courtesy of Asleep By Dawn Magazine, Artoffact and others. The First 250 patrons will receive a free magazine and cd sampler courtesy of Asleep By Dawn Magazine.

: courtesy blush, transient noise, reason disappears, façade, shank, drive channel & more location: the reverb dooropen: 6:30pm cost: $9 in advance or $15 at the door all ages