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It's mid-August, which means a lot of the bigger New York names are somewhere in Europe right now, playing to festival crowds in fields.
That's not a bad thing. That's actually an opportunity.
This week, the dance floors belong to a new wave of talent — selectors who are building something, whose sound is genuinely their own, and who are playing rooms right now that they simply won't be playing in a few years. You get to hear them before anyone else does, in spaces small enough that you can actually feel what they're doing.
Tuesday, SILO's Open Decks goes producer-focused — bring your original tracks and test them on a club system. The kind of Tuesday where you might hear something that ends up on a record label next year. And Joe Delon and Jay Duncan at Animal bring deep disco, dubwise hypnosis, and 90s tribal house shaped by queer underground scenes across Lisbon, Berlin, and South London.
Wednesday, Technical Difficulties at H0L0 pairs video artists with electronic musicians for a night of live experimentation where nothing is fixed and everything is tested in real time. First edition. Worth being there for.
Thursday is stacked with fresh perspectives. Titonton Duvanté plays a live set at Good Room — a Detroit house legend, but the room is intimate enough that you'll feel every note. Program Audio brings six selectors from the West Coast underground to H0L0 for a full Brooklyn takeover. And BARANGAY returns to Dead Letter for BAHAY KUBO III, transforming the floor into a gathering place rooted in Filipino concepts of home and community.
Ahead of the curve looks like this week.
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Tuesday August 18th
Off The Record Tuesday Sessions: VALENTIN, ARI, ROCKO @ Public Arts, on Tue, 18 Aug, 23:00–04:00
The weekly Off The Record Tuesday night at Public Arts pairs local DJs with artists from around the world for five hours of house and electronica in the Blue Room. VALENTIN, ARI, and ROCKO holding the floor from midnight to close.
Open Decks with STEEN and Surfing DJs: Producer Night @ SILO, on Tue, 18 Aug, 19:00–02:00
A special producer-focused edition of Open Decks on SILO's Danley system, co-hosted by Surfing DJs. Producers especially are encouraged to bring and test their original tracks on a club system — sign up in person for a 12-minute slot, anyone welcome.
Honcho Comedown: Joe Delon, Jay Duncan @ Animal, on Tue, 18 Aug, 20:00–02:00
Joe Delon connects the fundamentals of disco, house, and electro to dance music's vivid present with a deeply personal approach that is both serious and playful. Jay Duncan draws from dubwise hypnosis and 90s tribal house, building tension through texture and letting repetition breathe. Two artists shaped by queer underground scenes across Lisbon, Berlin, and South London sharing a free Tuesday at Animal.
Silver Arrow Band @ DROM, on Tue, 18 Aug, 19:00–late
A live band that knows exactly how to get every single person on the floor. Multi-genre, wildly skilled, and built to make a room lose its mind collectively. If you've been craving the feeling of dancing to something happening right in front of you, this is the one.
🔔 Never Miss a Last-Minute Drop 🔔
NYC club culture runs on its own timeline — which means some of the best events only surface 24 hours before they happen, buried in someone's Instagram stories with an RSVP link that disappears in ten minutes.
I catch as much as I can for the newsletter, but when something drops late, Instagram is where I post it first.
Follow @letsgodancingnyc and turn on notifications. That's how you stop missing Tiki Disco 😘
Wednesday August 19th
A Midsummer Night's Dream: Peter Storm, JØ, DJ Meech @ Jupiter Disco, on Wed, 19 Aug, 19:00–02:00
Deep, hypnotic house cuts at Jupiter for a Wednesday escape — three local selectors flexing the custom Danley system the way it was meant to be heard. Pure high-fidelity energy with none of the weekend chaos.
Technical Difficulties: Pupstar, AJ the VJ, Shura @ H0L0, on Wed, 19 Aug, 20:00–04:00
A new series pairing video artists with electronic musicians and DJs for a night of live experimentation at H0L0. Nothing is fixed — artists test, adjust, and fail in front of a crowd in real time, with video projections running live alongside the music. First edition. New work, tested live.
Outer Heaven presents: Robbie Lumpkin @ Outer Heaven, on Wed, 19 Aug, 20:00–03:00
Outer Heaven's manager and liaison Robbie Lumpkin steps into the booth for an all-night house exploration. The person who knows this room better than almost anyone now gets to shape what happens inside it.
FUSSY @ Animal, on Wed, 19 Aug, 22:00–04:00
FUSSY is a queer New York City-based DJ and party collective whose sets move through groovy house, dark techno, and underground club sounds with the kind of floor knowledge that comes from residencies at UNF*CK! and Naarak across Brooklyn, Hell's Kitchen, and Fire Island.
Wednesday on Wheels: Big Bob @ Xanadu, on Wed, 19 Aug, 20:00–late
Big Bob keeps the Xanadu rink moving with 70s and 80s disco, funk, and R&B flowing into 90s and 2000s hip-hop. Skaterobics workshop at 18:00 for anyone who wants to sharpen their wheels before the rink opens.
Thursday August 20th
BARANGAY presents BAHAY KUBO III: Jay Dalawa, Florence Cecile, DJ Houseplants, Vans, Alcantara, Gabriel Etrata @ Dead Letter No. 9, on Thu, 20 Aug, 19:00–01:00
BARANGAY returns to Dead Letter for their third BAHAY KUBO, transforming the dance floor into a gathering place rooted in Filipino concepts of home and community. Vans, Alcantara, and Gabriel Etrata hold the Foyer from 19:00, while DJ Houseplants, Florence Cecile, and Jay Dalawa take CARGO from 21:00. House, electro, and the sounds of the diaspora bridging New York and Manila.
ROMANCE: Eli Escobar @ Gabriela, on Thu, 20 Aug, 21:00–03:00
Eli's back. Big emotions, sad bangers, pop isn't a dirty word, crying encouraged. Romance keeps doing exactly what it does best, every Thursday.
Outer Heaven presents: Shawn Dub, Hilu, Laila Amira @ Outer Heaven, on Thu, 20 Aug, 20:00–04:00
Shawn Dub is a Long Beach-born, Brooklyn-based DJ and collector with deep crates — a Bay Area underground veteran now spinning regularly across the city as part of I Love Vinyl alongside Amir Abdullah and DJ Scribe. Hilu and Laila Amira open the night.
Fast Times at Friends and Lovers: Savoir Faire XL, Mwandishi, Sol Survivor @ Friends & Lovers, on Thu, 20 Aug, 19:00–00:00
The Groove Continuum collective takes it back to the 80s — Prince and MJ, New Wave, post-disco funk, early drum machines, and the birth of hip-hop and house woven together into a free Thursday night at F&L on Classon Avenue.
ON TOP by Susanne Bartsch: Robyn DaBank, America Rose, Vyper @ Le Bain, on Thu, 20 Aug, 22:00–04:00
Susanne Bartsch's weekly Thursday rooftop institution continues at Le Bain. Robyn DaBank, America Rose, and Vyper holding one of the city's most reliable queer nightlife stages.
Honey Trap x Accessory Records: Titonton Duvanté (live), Rose Kourts, Miles Mercer b2b Simic, Amelia Holt, Greville, Second Contact @ Good Room, on Thu, 20 Aug, 22:00–05:00
Detroit house legend Titonton Duvanté plays a live set in the Good Room alongside Rose Kourts and Miles Mercer b2b Simic, while Amelia Holt, Greville, and Second Contact hold the Bad Room through to close. A two-room night built around the meeting point of house, techno, and club music at its most intentional.
program audio H0L0 takeover: Sevyn Love, erika, sfcowboy, Lexicon, flan, moth @ H0L0, on Thu, 20 Aug, 22:00–04:00
Program audio brings six selectors from the West Coast underground to H0L0 for a full Ridgewood takeover. Sevyn Love, erika, sfcowboy, Lexicon, flan, and moth carrying the San Francisco and wider West Coast club sound to a Brooklyn room built to hold it.
Sunset with Fulano Librizzi @ Le Bain, on Thu, 20 Aug, 18:00–22:00
Fulano Librizzi holds the Le Bain rooftop for a Thursday evening sunset session, the right music for the right hour above the city.
In Trance We Trust: Miss Parker, Pure Immanence, Shyboi @ Bossa Nova Civic Club, on Thu, 20 Aug, 22:00–04:00
Trance at Bossa Nova from three selectors whose approach to the genre is anything but nostalgic. Miss Parker fearlessly moves between trance, acid, techno, and hardstyle without losing the room for a second. Pure Immanence and Shyboi round out a night built for people who trust the drop.
Support Women DJs Open Decks @ Delirium, on Thu, 20 Aug, 19:30–00:30
A weekly open decks night at Delirium open exclusively to women and nonbinary DJs, all genres welcome. Bring your USB and headphones for a 30-minute slot in a space built for experimentation and community.
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