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Don't let last weekend's downpour fool you: this week's forecast is mostly sweat.
The rain has finally cleared out, and the city is drying off. Time to dance away a weekend spent stuck indoors.
If you want it deep with a little bite, Off The Record at Public Arts has Musumeci and Ben Ben on Tuesday. Want to hear who's next? Open Decks at SILO hands the booth to whoever's brave enough to sign up.
Catch the city's next favorite DJ before anyone else does. Bragging rights included.
Wednesday gets funky with Neil Macc, Jay Boogie and Jon Elliott at Music City, over at Jupiter Disco. Then there's the New York classic: Dance Dance Dance at Le Bain with DJ Moma and Eli Escobar.
Feeling soulful? Willy Soul keeps the groove rolling on eight wheels at Wednesday on Wheels, Xanadu's skate night.
Then Thursday brings Woodshop at Dead Letter No. 9, the most Let's Go Dancing night of the week. Pop anthems, house and left-field edits, for a crowd that's up for anything and there for each other.
Nobody's judging your moves or your taste in music. No side-eye, no standing around, just people who came to play.
Trance, chill, disco, even roller skates: whatever your vibe, it's in here. It's time to put down that umbrella and put on your dancing shoes.
Tuesday September 29th
Off The Record – Musumeci, Ben Ben @ Public Arts, on Tue, 29 Sep, 23:00–04:00
Deep, Balearic-tinged house with a techno backbone, melodic and slow-burning. It's the late-night reset inside Tuesday Baby Tuesday, and the kind of set that makes a school night feel like a summer terrace.
Open Decks – ceviché @ SILO, on Tue, 29 Sep, 19:00–02:00
House and techno on a custom 15,000-watt Danley rig, played in 12-minute bursts by whoever's brave enough to sign up, with a trance crew co-hosting this week. Half DJ hang, half open mic, it's the friendliest room in East Williamsburg on a Tuesday.
LIFE AFTER TRANCE x SAMUEL X – moistbreezy, TOMMYLOGIK, Franxx, ASTER, Samuelx, Subcultures @ Bossa Nova Civic Club, on Tue, 29 Sep, 22:00–04:00
Trance in all its forms, from euphoric classics to harder, techno-leaning cuts, moving through the eras across one long Tuesday night. In a room as small and cozy as Bossa, every breakdown hits like a group hug.
JOYR!DE – DavinChi @ Loafers Cocktail Bar, on Tue, 29 Sep, 19:00–23:00
A weekly queer kiki that feels like hanging out in your friend's Brooklyn living room, where your friend's friend just happens to be a seriously good DJ who wandered over to the decks. Great cocktails, zero fuss, and the kind of well-connected, great-taste company that makes a Tuesday feel like the city's best-kept secret.
Field Notes 07: Italo Disco – Kristine Barilli @ Car Part Time, on Tue, 29 Sep, 18:30–late
Early-'80s Italo disco at its most futuristic and romantic, all wobbly synths and gloriously off-kilter grooves on a House Under Magic sound system. It's standing room only in a Brooklyn car showroom with the actual cars still parked inside, which is exactly as surreal and delightful as it sounds.
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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.
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Wednesday September 30th
Music City – Neil Macc, Jay Boogie, Jon Elliott @ Jupiter Disco, on Wed, 30 Sep, 19:00–02:00
Funk-forward, genre-hopping selections from crate-diggers who follow the feeling wherever it leads, raw and winding rather than polished. On Jupiter Disco's audiophile system, it's the kind of set that wanders wherever the room wants to go.
Borbón @ Outer Heaven, on Wed, 30 Sep, 20:00–04:00
All-vinyl disco from a regular on one of Brooklyn's best disco-edit labels, stretched out across a full night in the booth. In a plush little cocktail microclub like this one, it feels like a record collector's private stash played just for the room.
Dance Dance Dance – DJ Moma, Eli Escobar @ Le Bain, on Wed, 30 Sep, 22:00–late
House and disco cut with afrobeats, dancehall, baile funk and classic jams, from two of New York's great crowd-readers. It's the last one of the month, and the room always acts like the weekend started early.
Wednesday on Wheels – Willy Soul @ Xanadu, on Wed, 30 Sep, 18:00–late
Funk and house edits built for roller skating, from a selector who lives and breathes rink culture. Wobbly beginners and gliding regulars share the same floor, and everyone rolls out grinning.
LOV.ini @ Animal, on Wed, 30 Sep, 22:00–04:00
Sunny, percussive edits that sway between disco, house and African rhythms, with Brazilian sounds woven all the way through. It's the kind of warm, rolling late-night set that turns a bar hang into a full-body dance floor.
Thursday October 1st
Woodshop – Bae Jing, ellen.j @ Dead Letter No. 9, on Thu, 1 Oct, 21:00–02:00
Pop anthems and big diva theatrics trade off with house, electronica and left-field edits at a monthly queer night built on community, connection and dancing. Wander off to the camper RV, porch or treehouse between songs, then come back to a floor that never quite knows what's coming next.
feedbk Industry Night – Ty Serna, Taiga, Will DiMaggio, Ryan King @ feedbk, on Thu, 1 Oct, 22:00–04:00
Heady house and tech house grooves from four deep-digging locals, spread across both floors of a brand-new East Williamsburg room with vivid sound. Half the dance floor will be the people who keep NYC nightlife running, which makes for a very good crowd to dance next to.
People You May Know – Han G, Jake From State Pharm, ASH, Soggymilktoast, ZIGGGY, RICK E @ Jupiter Disco, on Thu, 1 Oct, 19:00–02:00
90s-inspired dance music built on pulsing basslines and deep grooves, from six selectors going way into the bag for tracks Shazam can't find. It's a crate-digger's night, where the best moments are the ones you'll never be able to name.
Dragoș Ilici, Pablo Romero, Bruno Gervais @ Outer Heaven, on Thu, 1 Oct, 20:00–04:00
Minimal and house from a record bag that wanders into breaks, electro and stranger corners, patient, hypnotic and full of left turns. Up close in a room this small, it's all about the long, rolling groove that keeps you locked in for hours.
Heart Beats 3 Year Anniversary – DAYE., Arielle Lana, Ell.html, Kassita, WTCHCRFT @ Mood Ring, on Thu, 1 Oct, 19:00–03:00
Bass, breaks, footwork and acid-laced techno from a crew that keeps the BPMs in flux, celebrating three years of Heart Beats. Open decks warm things up early, then it turns into a full-on birthday bash for the city's bass-heavy underground.
DJ Plead, rrao @ Good Room, on Thu, 1 Oct, 22:00–04:00
Tough, percussive club music threaded with the rhythms and scales of Lebanese pop and wedding music, pushed up against RnB and left-field dance styles. It's the kind of night where your hips figure it out before your brain does.
Dirty Magazine's Lingerie Skate – Donatella LeRoc @ Xanadu, on Thu, 1 Oct, 20:00–late
A sexy, all-genders roller skate party from New York's radical smut mag, with dancers, live entertainment and a photo booth rolling around the rink. Wear as little as you dare and strut it on eight wheels in one of the most joyfully shameless rooms in the city.
Synthicide – Lloydski, For Future's Sake, Andi @ Bossa Nova Civic Club, on Thu, 1 Oct, 22:00–04:00
House and Italo disco pulled mostly from vinyl by three serious diggers, with real reunion energy after a decade-long wait for one of them to return to these decks. This one's for the NYC real ones: shimmering synths and a crowd that knows every record.
Kruder & Dorfmeister @ Terminal 5, on Thu, 1 Oct, 20:00–late
Lush downtempo, trip-hop and dubby lounge grooves, marking 30 years of one of the most-loved DJ mixes of the 90s. Less a club night than a slow, smoky, head-nodding concert, made for anyone who wore that CD out.
SOLVENT – estro b2b Amy L'Nitrate, Very J, CYCLO BONETTE @ ErF Studios, on Thu, 1 Oct, 21:00–04:00
Biting acid, euphoric rave and pushy, genre-bending house, played almost entirely on vinyl at a queer-run party with a filthy sense of humor. The three-hour closing b2b is built to end things at full, gleeful tilt.
The clouds cleared.
Your excuses went with them.
See you on the floor 🪩
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