Happy Birthday, Ion!

Saturday night, Ion celebrated its five-year anniversary. The magazine has been a welcome addition to Vancouver, it's mandate being to provide an 'unpretentious look at independent culture.' Whether it does that or not depends on who you ask, but I would argue that it's one of the few publications in town that's been great at delivering interesting content along with high production quality. Plus the horoscopes don't pretend like they're true. Plus it's free. Whoo!

The birthday party was held at Railtown, a warehouse that seemed more fit for a rave than anything else. The room started to get packed around the 11 o'clock mark, with more and more people showing up in a steady stream. Drinks were well-priced, which kept the bar with a constant crowd hovering around it. The music was good, with all the usual indie suspects (and some bits of 80s, 90s, whatever) provided by VND&LSM, Trevor Risk, and Tyler Fedchuk.

Lots of beautiful and stylish boys and girls were there, so even though I proved to myself that I am terrible at mingling, there was lots of eye candy to keep me and my friends entertained. Everyone there seemed to know at least a few different people, which made it seem like an industry party more than one for the readers. But of course, the two overlap. Overall, a good way for the magazine to ring in it's five-year mark. Cheers to hoping that many more of these are to come!

Image taken from the Ion Magazine Facebook group.