Clubs & Nightlife
Clubs in New York guide. Discover the best nightclubs and bars for dancing and partying the night away
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Copycat: A Tribute to Siouxsie and the Banshees
- Critics choice
- Free
East Village tiki bar Otto’s Shrunken Head is the setting for an evening of covers, remixes and do-over tracks, with DJ Xerox and guest spinners playing the tunes. Bands regularly stop by to supply
- Otto’s Shrunken Head 538 E 14th St, between Aves A and B, 10009
- Wed May 22
Knockers Up! A Benefit for the Burlesque Hall of Fame
- Price band: 2/4
- Critics choice
An alluring cast of New York burly-Q artists—including Legs Malone, Darlinda Just Darlinda, Creamy Stevens, Kita St. Cyr, Tiny D, Boo Boo Darlin’ and Ginger Twist—take the stage to raise much-needed
- Slipper Room 167 Orchard St, at Stanton St
- Wed May 22
Nuit Blanche: Ginger Burlesque
- Critics choice
- Free
Dances of Vice brings a glamorous gaggle of glittering showgirls and exotic performers to the Meatpacking District; the burlesque affair features three sets in an all-new production each week.
- Beaumarchais 409 W 13th St, between Ninth Ave and Washington St, 10014
- Wed May 22
Roots
- Price band: 1/4
- Critics choice
Two of the city’s veteran house heroes, Masters at Work’s Louie Vega and Blaze’s Kevin Hedge, keep the four-to-the-floor goods coming at their long-running midweek dance party
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A/jus/ted: “A Brighter Light” (Under the Shade)
- Rated as: 4/5
Justin Strauss and Teddy "Eddie Mars" Stuart team up on a hot new house track.
Pantha Du Prince and the Bell Laboratory: Elements of Light (Rough Trade)
Hendrik Weber joins forces with a brigade of bells, chimes and ringers.
Free Magic & JKriv: Catalano EP (Discovery)
- Rated as: 4/5
The young Discovery label comes up with a boogie-wonderland treat.
Guillaume & the Coutu Dumonts, Twice Around the Sun (Circus Company)
- Rated as: 4/5
An ode to spiritual hedonism? Perhaps. A collection of beautifully-produced tunes? Definitely!
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Glitter Gutter
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Shaken & Stirred
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