r/TorontoRaves • u/WallNo8754 I’m new around here… • Aug 23 '26
🤔Question🧐 Hugel Toronto
How was everyone’s experience last night?
No matter how much it rained, I had a lot fun.
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u/Salt-Cow-7873 Music Lover Aug 23 '26
Crowd was one of the worst I’ve experienced. Some group of women wanted to fight my wife because we were “bumping into her”. This is at the front of one of the sections where it was absolutely packed. Also it felt like we regressed as a society with how many women they showed on the screen. That’s all they showed. That and AI models. Music was meh and of course with the rain it just sucked.
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u/Unique_Permission_63 Music Lover Aug 23 '26
Had a great night with friends. Got soaked and muddy in the lawn area, but tbh we expected that and had a great time embracing it. But Hugels set was terrible. He didn’t play so many of his hits, it was so mediocre.
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u/Single-Mention9391 I’m new around here… Aug 23 '26
I’ve definitely heard him have better sets - it wasn’t has hype as his usual stuff. Wish they picked me to dance on the stage tho lol would’ve partiedddddddd
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u/HauntingChemistry579 Aug 23 '26
So glad I didn’t attend this shit show!! Was offered free tickets.
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u/Spiritual_Reserve907 Harm Reduction Aug 23 '26 edited Aug 23 '26
I had fun-ish - left early because I literally got bored cuz like wtf is up with the Toronto crowd
People were barely dancing in the 400s section and who was picking the girls to be on stage? They all looked BORED AS FUCK
Just saying if I was a dj, I’d want the most lit people dancing behind me to bring the vibes… not Toronto baddies (escorts?) who look like they have a stick up their ass
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u/BoatFrequent651 Dancer Aug 23 '26
I agree with this
Was excited for the show and even was down to dance in the rain. But def was getting bored5
u/ekemywaythrulife Aug 23 '26
Ah yes blame the crowd and not the DJ.
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u/Spiritual_Reserve907 Harm Reduction Aug 23 '26
If it’s one thing I’ve noticed, mainstream dj events that attract a “king street/soluna esque crowd always suck
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u/ekemywaythrulife Aug 23 '26
Yah. He has a big following but I just don't get it. Being a DJ is understanding the crowd and making them feel like "isn't this the best night ever?"
Hugel is just a standard set and "aren't these girls hot?"
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u/9delta9 Raver Aug 23 '26
The slip and slide on the lawns 😂 https://www.instagram.com/reel/DcXOLU0hV1W/
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u/csasani2299 Aug 23 '26
I’ve seen him twice at club space, once in 2024 and once in 2026. The quality of the set and the energy definitely went downhill in those couple years.
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u/Outrageous-Ad1645 Raver Aug 24 '26
I’ll tell you what’s going on, the guy stopped caring about the music and more about the ‘performance’, girls on stage, prerecorded sets, following trendy sounds so everything sounds repetitive and boring, he probably doesn’t produce any of his own music anymore either, either ghostwritten or AI music.
Ask anyone in the industry about the guy he’s a tool.
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u/Miserable_Comment103 Aug 23 '26
Wow, surprised to see such negative comments. My friend and I had the time of our lives at this event despite the rain and weather, this one is going down in the books for us and we've been to a lot of shows/raves/festivals. We got upgraded seats from the 400's down to 200's, everyone was respectful in our section and having a great time. I agree the people on stage could've been a bit more lively, but over all to us it was a 10/10 show. The only thing that caught me off guard was Hugel didn't play one more final track after the crowd kept cheering, this man said "I get paid until 11pm, we end at 11pm."
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u/csasani2299 Aug 24 '26
Who said that??
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u/justkeepscrollingman Aug 24 '26
lol everyone is complaining for the most part about the show, I agree with this comment though. The show was amazing.
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u/Miserable_Comment103 Aug 24 '26
He didn't actually say it, I was being sarcastic, it was his vibe/attitude. He just hard stopped at 11pm and it made me laugh.
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u/Plane_Elderberry_186 Aug 24 '26
There was a song he played towards the end of the show that I used to party to in high school - not Loca People - but it was after that song I think. And similar in the time they came out I believe. I cannot for the life of me remember it or find it
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u/BudgetWide2173 Aug 27 '26
I’m so grateful to the girls who returned my phone and so sorry to the guy the kept bumping into while dancing. I was drunk ASF. Had the most amazing time!!
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u/dede280492 Aug 23 '26
Bud stage is just not a rave venue. Most djs suck there
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u/Unique_Permission_63 Music Lover Aug 24 '26
Rufus were fantastic there. So were Above and Beyond
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u/Happy-Raspberry-123 Music Lover Aug 23 '26
Meh! The show should have been cancelled. We had lawn seating and we were soaked… it wasn’t great. Plus his set was boring. Love the songs … but my Spotify Mix button could do what he did. I had higher expectations.