Dancing Astronaut

Most clubs give you one night for Halloween. Refuge NYC is giving you four days straight. From Thursday, October 29 through Sunday, November 1, the Brooklyn club is hosting PURGATORY, a run of six parties that will keep its East Williamsburg doors open almost nonstop through the holiday weekend. The lineup features salute, Stacey Pullen, Jayda G, Soul Clap + DJ E-Cology, Vict...

As an independent club challenges the burden of after-midnight policing charges, the bigger question is what happens to a scene when independent venues have less room to take risks.

Before there is a festival headliner, there is an opening slot. Before a sold-out tour, there is a promoter gambling on an unfamiliar name. Before a city becomes a destination f...

Pacha is one of the most recognizable names in clubbing, and this summer New York finally got its own taste of it when Pacha New York opened its open-air venue. Now the brand is heading indoors for the winter. Brooklyn Pacha officially opens on the weekend of November 6 and 7, giving the city a Pacha it can dance in no matter the season, and the two opening nights are stacked...

WORSHIP has officially kicked off its 2026 North American tour, launching the run October 9 at Miami’s Factory Town. The drum & bass supergroup, comprised of UK artists Sub Focus...

Every December, Dancing Astronaut picks the names we believe are about to take over dance music, and it is always a good feeling when one of those picks proves us right. On Sunday, October 11, two of them will be sharing the same room. GENESI, one of our Artists to Watch in 2025, is bringing an extended set to Knockdown Center in Queens, and joining him is WELKER, one of our ...