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This week is for the ones who know where to look.
Bigger acts in smaller rooms. Secret locations. Intimate spaces where the talent is wildly out of proportion to the size of the crowd.
Tuesday, theoretic holds down their Animal residency, an encyclopedic journey through house, techno, disco, and Black club music from a selector who makes the underground feel exactly like it should. And JOYR!DE at Loafers brings CarlosKilledIt to a cocktail bar for four hours of up-close dance music from someone you'd normally catch headlining somewhere considerably louder.
Wednesday runs the full gamut. Intimate listening bars, a drag show, and Big Bob's birthday party on roller skates at Xanadu. Something for every version of a Wednesday night.
And Thursday? Soul In The Horn goes underground.
SITH is one of NYC's biggest and most beloved parties. This week they're taking it to a secret Manhattan location for a World Cup celebration and album release. Natasha Diggs guides the floor through house, hip-hop, disco, and global rhythms, with the address dropping to ticket holders only.
This is the speakeasy version of a night you already love.
This week is about being in the know, seeing serious talent in spaces that feel almost too intimate for what's happening inside them. The city is doing it quietly this week.
Pay attention.
Tuesday July 14th
theoretic @ Animal, on Tue, 14 Jul, 20:00–02:00
theoretic's residency at Animal is a reliable Tuesday anchor. Their sets span house, techno, disco, NY garage, soul, and Black club music with an encyclopedic fluency that never feels academic — co-founder of Queer Vinyl Collective and creator of the House Anatomy series, this is a selector who makes the underground feel exactly like it should.
Open Decks with STEEN and Oppo-Normalè @ SILO, on Tue, 14 Jul, 19:00–02:00
House and techno open decks on SILO's Danley system, this week co-hosted by Oppo-Normalè, co-founder of the Bushwick Domestic Product Collective, whose sets weave together house, techno, bass, and electro into something that prioritizes feeling over genre.
Peace Girlfriend: Kyle Davis, TIMOTHYIISAIAH, sebsisthebest @ Bossa Nova Civic Club, on Tue, 14 Jul, 22:00–04:00
House and club music at Bossa Nova from three selectors who keep the floor moving without overcomplicating it.
Daft Punk: Random Access Memories Vinyl Night @ Arlene's Grocery, on Tue, 14 Jul, 19:00–late
Not a dance floor event — The Vinyl Word hosts a dedicated listening session for Daft Punk's Random Access Memories, played in full from start to finish on vinyl, followed by themed DJ sets from CarlosKilledIt and an album giveaway. A night for people who want to hear the record the way it was meant to be heard.
JOYR!DE – CarlosKilledIt @ Loafers Cocktail Bar, on Tue, 14 Jul, 19:00–23:00
CarlosKilledIt brings his energetic, queer nightlife sensibility to the intimate Loafers setting — the kind of high-energy selector you'd catch headlining 3 Dollar Bill or C'mon Everybody, scaled down to a cocktail bar for four hours of up-close dance music before the rest of the night takes over.
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Wednesday July 15th
David Gaviria, Juan Toca Rico @ MAD Radio NYC, on Wed, 15 Jul, 14:00–00:00
Ten hours of house music at MAD Radio from two selectors who appeared together on the moon lush rooftop listing earlier this session — David Gaviria and Juan Toca Rico building from an early afternoon listening bar energy into something deeper and more rhythmically charged as the night finds its groove.
LOFTUS @ Animal, on Wed, 15 Jul, 22:00–04:00
LOFTUS is a feel-forward selector whose sets lean into hip-commanding rhythms, eroticism, tension, and release — genre is secondary to sensation, and whether he's working a dark basement or a glossy roller disco the approach stays the same. An Animal Wednesday with serious late-night intention.
Village Hidden in Sound: Jazzy Woo, Shawna Solaris, Knostalgia, MISS VEE, Petal, RZN8R @ Jupiter Disco, on Wed, 15 Jul, 19:00–02:00
Village Hidden in Sound returns to Jupiter with a special edition celebrating Afrocentric influence in dance music. Afro house, club, and everything between from six selectors who move between the sounds that built this culture and the ones pushing it forward.
OVAHRON with Essa Noche: Disco Disaster @ Oberon, on Wed, 15 Jul, 20:00–late
The weekly drag show hosted by NYC Essa Noche with Disco Disaster on the music and a different lineup of special guests every time.
Wednesday on Wheels: Big Bob's Birthday Celebration: Donna Edwards, DJ Nile, DJ Big Bob @ Xanadu, on Wed, 15 Jul, 20:00–00:00
Big Bob celebrates his birthday in the only appropriate way — behind the decks at the Xanadu rink with Donna Edwards and DJ Nile alongside him for a night of 70s and 80s disco, funk, R&B, and 90s and 2000s hip-hop on wheels.
Thursday July 16th
SITH: Secret Rendezvous: Natasha Diggs, merlin bobb, Silent H, Franke Estevez @ TBA – Manhattan, on Thu, 16 Jul, 22:00–03:00
Soul In The Horn takes their party underground for a World Cup celebration and Act 4 album release at a secret Manhattan location. Natasha Diggs guides the floor through house, hip-hop, disco, soul, and global rhythms, merlin bobb connects generations through timeless records, Silent H builds from movement and feeling, and Franke Estevez carries the late-night pulse into close. Address drops to ticket holders.
ROMANCE: Eli Escobar @ Gabriela, on Thu, 16 Jul, 21:00–03:00
Big emotions, sad bangers, pop that doesn't apologize. Eli's weekly dream party keeps doing exactly what it does best, every Thursday.
Compass Rose presents: A lana @ Moondog Hifi, on Thu, 16 Jul, 20:00–02:00
A night celebrating women who love women and everyone who supports them, with A lana behind the decks for six hours of deep house and thoughtful selections in one of Brooklyn's most intimate listening rooms.
ReSolute presents B-Side 2nd Edition: Connie, CAMILLA, Elie @ H0L0, on Thu, 16 Jul, 22:00–04:00
ReSolute's intimate H0L0 bar room series returns for its second edition. House and minimal from three local selectors in a setting designed as a proper lead-in to the weekend, centered on community and development over spectacle.
broken beats: cry$cross, Liano @ Jupiter Disco, on Thu, 16 Jul, 22:00–02:00
cry$cross and Liano take Jupiter for a free Thursday night of broken beats — two selectors who treat rhythm as something to be bent and stretched rather than followed.
Shotgun x MAD Radio Takeover: Nhii, Mike Terra, Gab Rhome, Axel Bayo, Mashrik b2b ZOE VI, Greg Paulus (live) @ MAD Radio NYC, on Thu, 16 Jul, 21:00–04:00
Shotgun and MAD Radio join forces for the first time across two rooms. The Mad Records Lab runs deep with Nhii's hypnotic, emotionally charged house alongside Mike Terra, plus a rare live performance from trumpeter and No Regular Play founder Greg Paulus. The main room brings Gab Rhome's organic melodic house and Axel Bayo's versatile selections, closing with Mashrik b2b ZOE VI.
Vereda INTL (live), Tony Flow @ Dead Letter No. 9, on Thu, 16 Jul, 19:00–00:00
Vereda brings their seven-piece blend of funk, soul, Latin, and dance music to CARGO for a live set, followed by Tony Flow taking over the decks for a birthday celebration. Cold drinks, open patio, and a room that knows how to close out a Thursday.
Happy Hour: High Voltage: P.Swaney, lotus., Eyes Wide Shut, Nyoom, Kazeta, GSEPP @ Bossa Nova Civic Club, on Thu, 16 Jul, 19:00–22:00
Curated b2b sets built on chemistry — each pairing intentional, each hour a different frequency through house, bass, and hard techno. A free three-hour happy hour at Bossa Nova to start your weekend in sync.
BUCKLE UP BABY: BEARCAT, ARCHANGEL, LeCamille, EMMALINE @ Bossa Nova Civic Club, on Thu, 16 Jul, 22:00–04:00
Genre-expansive and unapologetically fast — techno, house, breaks, jungle, acid, and trance from four selectors who treat genre as a suggestion and tempo as a challenge. Sudden breaks and winding rhythms guaranteed.
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