Higher Education

11/09/2024

Paradise Dystopia: Feral and Free - welcome to the untamed. Save the date. November 29. Details and tickets coming soon.

27/08/2024

Friends Club, we think it’s safe to say it lives up to its name 🥰 The stories we hear year after year of folks meeting new friends, finding community and creating new connections is a huge reason why we do what we do 💫

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23/08/2024

11/08/2024

is a Seattle based Burning Man camp we’ve collaborated with over the past few years. We love the creativity, attention to detail and energy they bring to Friends Club 💫 Did you spend time in their beautiful lounge?

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18/06/2024

This is the week!! We are so excited to welcome you to Friends Club on Thursday✨

Slide 1- Coming alone? Don’t miss Carly’s ‘Make New Friends’ mixer on Friday!

Slide 2- Ladies, have you ever wondered if you could read aloud a piece of literature (in public) while having a person (of your choosing) trying to get you off?! Now’s your chance to see how many pages you can get through 😏

Slide 3- 🎶 Coffee in the morrrrning 🎶 Old Hand coffee has your fresh brewed craft coffee every morning. Visit the cafe for some great convo, periodic tarot readings and quiet reflection moments.

Slide 4- 3am massage?! 🙋🏻‍♀️🙋‍♂️ pop into the Avatar Garden for a guided group massage experience with Rob 🦑

Slide 5- Limber up on Friday morning with Thalia. Your body will be prepped and primed for the weekend after her sweet Mobility Flow.

Slide 6- Come explore dance and improv with Liza, and express yourself like you’ve never expressed before!

Slide 7- Want to learn how to connect through your body rather than thinking your way through connection? Jess will offer tools you can implement toward embodiment and connection.

Slide 8- The HI/ED dance crew will be bringing the vibes all weekend long- try to match their vibe, it’s a good one 🤩

13/06/2024

Friends Club 24 ✨ We’re one week away from what will be another beautiful community gathering. The weather is in our favour and the event grounds are coming together nicely. Get your GPS, fun outfits, sunscreen, camping gear, and dancing shoes ready (not a comprehensive list, but we’ll send that out soon). Friends Club is right around the corner.

11/06/2024

Friends Club DJ Feature: Hailing from Squamish BC, meet , an eclectic and experimental music curator, in-demand remixer, and music producer. We consider Nathan’s sets to be works of art, and we’re excited for you to experience him on the decks. Nathan knows how to read a dance floor and keep people moving. His musical vibes combined with HI/ED’s quintessential high energy dance floor promise to make Friday night at Friends Club a memorable one.

Ticket sales for Friends Club end on Wednesday, June 19. Follow the link in our bio to join in the fun.

31/05/2024

Check out this year’s Friends Club schedule! Packed with workshops, talks, activations, installations, and music from members of the HI/ED community and other special guests.

We’re so excited to spend the weekend with you all. If you haven’t yet, get your tickets through the link in our bio. See you soon!

24/05/2024

Friends Club 2024- DJ Feature ✨ Perspectiv is one of our favourite DJ duos! You can always count on them to bring the energy and envelop the dance floor with soul filling tribal beats.

Let’s groove!

Have you got your tix yet??

17/05/2024

Come meet new friends ✨ the Friends Club 2024 pre party is happening tomorrow!

Step into a world where vintage meets modern, where gears and grooves unite in perfect harmony – welcome to the Friends Club Pr...

10/05/2024

We are one week out! 🎉

Introducing the DJs for the Steampunk Soirée on May 17th

Madam Lola is an icon in Canada’s LGBTQ community. She has played with artists like John Summit, Franky Wah and Eli and Fur. She draws influence from the beauty found in many different cultures and genres, from east to west, that she uses to tell a captivating story of music and dance that will keep you mesmerized all night long.

Sacamano’s ability to read a room, drive the energy and play tracks that you didn’t know you needed to hear is his superpower. He will be opening the night and setting the vibe for an awesome dance party 🤩

Nathan Hall has been on the leading edge of the electronic music scene for years. As a producer and a DJ his knowledge runs deep, and we are in for solid closing set with him at the helm on the 17th.

01/05/2024

The power duo Just Emma sets you free, to drift from reality into a different world. For more than a decade Alex and Saskia have been sharing their driving, deep, melodic and playful sound with audiences around the world.

29/04/2024

Hi Friends, we would love to invite you to the Friends Club pre party!

Step into a world where vintage meets modern, where gears and grooves unite in perfect harmony – welcome to the Friends Club Pre-Party: Steampunk Soirée! Get set for an evening of dancing with new and old friends. Our DJs are poised to deliver a sonic journey like no other, playing sexy beats that will keep the dance floor pulsating all night long.

This soirée isn't just about the music; it's about the magic of connection and the excitement of shared experiences. It's your chance to mix, mingle, and make new friends before Friends Club in June. So gather your crew, bring your enthusiasm, and get ready to embark on a steampunk themed journey filled with dancey grooves and unforgettable moments.

Doors at 9:30pm

10pm-12am: Sacamano
12-1:30am: Madam Lola
1:30-3am: Nathan Hall

Step into a world where vintage meets modern, where gears and grooves unite in perfect harmony – welcome to the Friends Club Pr...

26/04/2024

The Friends Club DJ lineup is locked and loaded, and we are so excited! Get ready to groove under the stars.
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Full programming schedule coming soon. Get your tickets through the link in our bio.

31/01/2024

To the crowd who filled with the most immaculate energy we have ever experienced at our events. Thanks to all of you who showed up embracing pure connection, throwin down killer dance moves and putting out high vibes ⚡️

Don’t miss out on our next event, Feb 1 featuring .alessi Limited tickets avail, link in bio

09/01/2024

Remember that time you saw a band in a small venue like 8 years ago and they quickly became one of your favourites. Then one day you hear they’re coming to town to play Rogers Arena. While you’re excited that they’re back, you would give anything to return to that intimate setting and see them in their early days. To be among true fans and experience the raw emotion behind their music.

This is one of those moments!
alessi‘s music sits in its own lane, not to be pigeonholed into any conventional genre. Instead, intentionally blurring the lines between house, indie dance, afro, prog & techno via bending synth lines, earworm hooks and an underlying groove that keeps you locked in on the dance floor.

Alessi is on his first North American tour, and he is one of our favourite producers/DJs in the world right now.

To say we are excited for this one is an understatement. Join us on Thurs, Feb 1 at to experience this creative innovator’s DJ sets on one of the best sound systems in Vancouver. 9pm to 2am.

We’ve got a solid lineup built for the night, with local favourite Sacamano opening for Luke Alessi and long time Calgary legend Kyle Morgan closing the night down.

Ticket link in bio 🪩

28/11/2023

Paradise Dystopia: what a special night this was for the High Ed crew. Vibes were high, outfits on point, and the DJs had us moving all night long. Big thanks to everyone who came out. Stayed tuned for more content rolling out soon.

Huge thanks to for his brilliant work on the lights and lasers, to .images for capturing the night beautifully, and to for hosting us.

15/11/2023

Just over a week away from this underground gathering of cyberpunks, rebels, and ravers.

Get ready for two rooms of music and some sweet outfits. Nov 24!

Tier 2 tickets available for only two more days. Get ‘em while ya can! Link in bio.

🎧 DJ lineup 🎧

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13/11/2023

Paradise Dystopia: Nov 24th
DJ Features✨
We are excited to have Paul Sacamano () hit the decks. Get ready to be taken on a transcendent sonic journey ☄️🎶duo brings a soulful, worldly, Afro house vibe that will have you groovin through the night 💃🕺🏼

We are excited to announce that tickets are nearly sold out! ✨ 3 days left to get your Tier 2 tickets 🎟️
A limited number for Tier 3 tickets will be available.

05/10/2023

The year is 2023. A dark gloom looms over Vancouver, a sobering reflection of the current state of planet Earth. Artificial Intelligence, now sentient, has forced humanity into living in the shadows. As a race, it is unclear how much time human beings have left. It is imperative to live fully while time permits.

On November 24, the underground subculture known as Higher Education calls on all cyberpunks and rebels to gather and do what is expressly human: Dance. Sweat. Feel. Connect. Unplug.

Welcome to Paradise Dystopia.

Join your fellow humans for a night of electronic music, community, and deep connection. Open from 10pm to 5am, Paradise Dystopia is excited to welcome .ofc from with support from local DJs. Expect a solid dance party, your favourite people, and a late night grilled cheese station to satisfy your late night cravings.

Outfit themes: Cyberpunk, dark, leather, straps, sci-fi, Blade, Matrix

07/08/2023

FLUX: Join us on Tuesday, Aug 8 for a one hour guided dance session with from the followed by a hype DJ set by 💃🕺🏼

No experience needed. Details and ticket link in our bio.

Photos from the FCF 2023 dance floor. All taken by

12/07/2023

This year’s festival fashion show was oozing with swagger.

Yet again, capturing us beautifully 📸

30/06/2023

Still basking in everything that last weekend represented.

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28/06/2023

Wow friends! What an incredible weekend together. We witnessed endless moments of connection, expression, dancing, sharing, and eating together. Friends Club this year embodied the community and values that we strive to create. Thank you all for showing up as your authentic selves, for your contributions, your positive energy, and for making this weekend truly unforgettable. Excited to see you all again soon!

Photos by the brilliant 📸

More to come xo

11/05/2023

We are all about meeting new friends, reuniting with old ones, and hugs, lots and lots of hugs 🫂

Tickets in our bio!

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