SPECIAL: The Making Of... Transform The Night

SPECIAL: The Making Of... Transform The Night

From The Human Challenge by Vanessa Ferlaino

January 1, 2026 · 11 min

About this episode

Vanessa Ferlaino discusses the making of the benefit concert Transform The Night with DJ Seith and Karen Bird.

In this episode, I talk about headlining Transform The Night and how it all came to be with opening act, DJ Seith, and speaker, Karen Bird, Founder of Nakehndan. Transform The Night was a benefit concert held on Sunday, September 28th, 2025. With a contribution from Northern Credit Union, we were able to contribute $3,000 CAD to our community spotlight partner, Nakehndan, supporting Indigenous survivors of abuse across Northern Ontario. Headliner: Vanessa Ferlaino Opening Artist: DJ Seith Community Spotlight: Nakehndan Speaker: Vanessa Ferlaino Speaker: Karen Bird / Nakehndan Venue: The Speakeasy Video: Rogers The Human Challenge is hosted and produced by Vanessa Ferlaino . Watch the full episode on her Youtube channel here . Don't forget to subscribe! The Human Challenge is an award-winning podcast, recognized by Amazon Music and ACAST as an Indie Podcast Amplifier . Guess what? We're on Rogers TV! Check us out there! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Vanessa Ferlaino

Guests: DJ Seith, Karen Bird

Topics covered

  • benefit concert
  • Indigenous support
  • community engagement
  • music
  • personal stories

Keywords

  • Transform The Night
  • benefit concert
  • Nakehndan
  • Indigenous survivors
  • Vanessa Ferlaino

Sponsors

Northern Credit Union

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Nakehndan, Northern Credit Union

Books & works: The Human Challenge

Places: Northern Ontario, The Speakeasy

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