Kama Sutra Comedy Event

In early February, well-dressed couples and singles alike attended Jay Martin’s Kama Sutra What’s love got to do with it? event at The Vue venue in Toronto to celebrate Valentine’s Day with food, music and comedy.
Tricia Trotter, from Sherwood Mortgage Group, who has been sponsoring Jay Martin and his events for the last six years, said that events such as Kama Sutra are unique and very important. “A lot of people don’t want to come out anymore, with all the violence and so forth, so what Jay Martin has done is an amazing thing,” said Trotter. “He wants to bring comedy and entertainment all in one… But it’s to bring back unity and to bring back couples and to appreciate one another and it’s Valentine’s.”

The night started with the packed house having a chance to mingle while enjoying eats catered by Island Mix Restaurant and desserts provided by Georgie Porgie’s Grill. DJ Malachi Streets spun on the 1s and 2s, before Jay Martin opened the show, singing with Omar Lunan of the Chicken N Waffles band who comedian Trixx later referred to as prison inmates. Singers Owen “O’Sound” Lee and Grace took to the stage next, warming the crowd with R&B talent.
Grace performed Jill Scott’s “A Long Walk” and D’Angelo’s “I Feel Like Makin’ Love”. The soulful singer stated that an event like Kama Sutra is important to bring artists with different niches together to provide quality entertainment. “Just being able to socialize, especially in these times where many things are happening. People are not really collaborating together to see that we can really accomplish things like this and talk about love and just have a good time. It’s very important,” she said.

At the event, it had been announced that Whitney Houston had passed away. O’Sound altered his set to provide a tribute to the legend with a version of “My Love is Your Love”, which the crowd sang along with. “It kind of put a damper [on the evening] but everyone’s laughing, everyone’s rejoicing so we’re turning it from something to mourn about into something to rejoice about,” he said.
Dwayne Morgan changed up the mood with his sexually charged poetry which lifted the audience’s spirits before comedians Jay Martin, his nephew Torvil Martin and Trixx hit the stage to provide side-splitting humour.

Jay Martin had the crowd in tears with his stand up set and cover of Drake’s “Headlines”. The Vue was erupting with laughter at Trixx’s hysterical set, as he cracked jokes about Rick Ross, camping and dominoes.
“Kama Sutra is usually a pretty dope event that Jay puts on every year around Valentine’s Day. He asked me to be a part of it and I said ‘Hell yeah,’” explains Trixx, who started his career working with Martin.

“The first year of my career, I used to do a lot of shows with Jay, and then I kind of branched off and sort of did my own thing, but Jay is like a big brother, so every now and then it’s kind of cool to come back together with him and do shows.”
The night was filled with many emotions, but it was very fitting to celebrate Valentine’s Day, because isn’t that what love really is?





Photos by: Priya Ramanujam