+1 all access: January 31 - February 6, 2025
It's may be the year of the snake, but I'm still not letting my opps win.
Welcome to +1 all access: the weekly HEADS KNOW music and nightlife guide. On Fridays, we round up our recommendations of parties, concerts, and other events that are happening in NYC this week.
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Audio Gold
Venue: Take Off Lounge (Newark)
Date: Friday, January 31
Time: 10PM - 3AM
Cost: $10
Lineup: 400 Proof / Cryostatik / Miss Jones + Special Guests
Hosts: QOOL / 6ixty|Seven / Mike Gip
Genres: Jersey Club, Footwork, Jungle
✍︎ HEADS NOTE: New Jersey legend Mike Gip comes home and hosts a night out in Newark.
TWIST 3 Year Anniversary
Venue: H0l0 (Ridgewood)
Date: Friday, January 31
Time: 10PM - 6AM
Cost: $34.30
Lineup: Mak 10 / Jurango / livwutang / Sage de Lestrogen / Don-Ri / Miles Still / nguyendowsXP / Dope on Plastic / jaql b2b Poisonfrog
Genres: Grime, Dubstep, Bass, UK Garage, Jungle
✍︎ HEADS NOTE: Celebrate 3 years of NYC party Twist at H0l0 with two rooms of high-energy music going all night long.
Escape
Venue: Paragon (Bushwick)
Date: Friday, January 31
Time: 9:30PM - 3AM
Cost: $5 Before 11PM, $20 GA
Lineup: Ikonika / Leonce / Akanbi / Sterling Juan Diaz / LOKA
Genres: Techno, Afrobeats, Amapiano, Grime
✍︎ HEADS NOTE: Hyperdub resident Ikonika comes to Paragon with an all-star lineup that touches all genres.
Club Night: Rendezvous
Venue: 99 Scott (East Williamsburg)
Date: Friday, January 31
Time: 10PM - 4AM
Cost: $21.70-$27.10
Lineup: DJ Python / rrao / Doctor Jeep / Viiaan b2b Laenz
Genres: Club
✍︎ HEADS NOTE: Sexy rhythms in 99 Scott’s Inner Room.
Club Melody: Lunar New Year Edition
Venue: Mood Ring (Buwshwick)
Date: Friday, January 31
Time: 10PM - 4AM
Cost: [RSVP before 11PM] Free [GA] $11.05 [Open Bar] $66.40
Lineup: Haruka / JiaLing / Geng PTP / amita / WILHELMINA / EMZ!
Genres: Baltimore Club, Footwork, Juke, Hard Drum, Jersey Club, Breaks
✍︎ HEADS NOTE: Celebrate Lunar New Year with some of the best club DJs from around the Asia diaspora.
UK X Brooklyn: UKG ALL NIGHT
Venue: Jade (Bushwick)
Date: Friday, January 31
Time: 10PM - 4AM
Cost: [GA] $11.45 [GA+] $17.15
Lineup: D3NIM / Gabalicious / Abang / kasp / DNC Official / Xtina
Genres: UK Garage, UK Funky
✍︎ HEADS NOTE: Catch HEADS KNOW fam D3NIM branch out from his regular Jersey Club realm to spin some UK sounds.
Discovery
Venue: Black Flamingo (Williamsburg)
Date: Friday, January 31
Time: 11:30PM-4AM
Cost: $11.45
Lineup: [Upstairs] zak zodiak [Club] Donis / DJ Lita / Bendito
Genres: Afro House, Techno, Club
✍︎ HEADS NOTE: Catch HEADS KNOW fam LITA.
DBL 2.5
Venue: Bossa Nova Civic Club (Bushwick)
Date: Friday, January 31
Time: 10PM - 4AM
Cost: $15
Lineup: MoMA Ready / SAM-E / Mariposa / DJ Healthy
Genres: Techno, House
✍︎ HEADS NOTE: Another great lineup at Bossa.
El Clásico
Venue: Earthly Delights (Ridgewood)
Date: Friday, January 31
Time: 10PM - 4AM
Cost: $11.45
Lineup: Andy Pry / Planet B / Matt FX
Genres: House, Disco
✍︎ HEADS NOTE: Celebrate Matt FX’s birthday at El Clásico, the new party created by TIKI DISCO founder Andy Pry Ortega.
milk thot
Venue: Abrons Arts Center (Lower East Side)
Date: Friday, January 31; Saturday, February 1; Sunday, February 2
Time: 7:30PM
Cost: $18.39-$48.88
Lineup: keiyaA
Genres: Experimental
✍︎ HEADS NOTE: The innovative keiyaA performs original live music, poetry, and choreography as she reflects on self-image, family lineage, consumption, and a burning world.
Club Chronicles
Venue: Paragon (Bushwick)
Date: Saturday, February 1
Time: 9:30PM-3AM
Cost: $25
Lineup: [Upstairs] UNiiQU3 / Dj Sliink / Zaida Zane [Downstairs] Devoye / Nutek
Genres: Jersey Club, House
✍︎ HEADS NOTE: HEADS KNOW mainstay DJ Sliink returns to New York City for UNIIQU3’s Club Chronicles.
Mizz Softee
Venue: TBA (East Williamsburg)
Date: Saturday, February 1
Time: 11PM-8AM
Cost: $44.25
Lineup: Jeans / Juliana Huxtable / RYKER / Samuel Fish
Genres: Trance, Techno
✍︎ HEADS NOTE: NYC party Mizz Softee serves up another sweet treat with this billing.
LUNAR NEW YEAR: GONG HAY BABY PHAT CHOY
Venue: Mood Ring (Buwshwick)
Date: Saturday, February 1
Time: 10PM - 4AM
Cost: [RSVP before 11PM] Free [GA] $11.05 [Open Bar] $66.40
Lineup: Kaili / Lil Bun Buns / Yellowtech / tinasnow / DJ Erewhon / Pressure Assist
Genres: Club
✍︎ HEADS NOTE: Ring in the Lunar New Year at the Chinese-American-owned Bushwick bar.
Venue: SILO (East Williamsburg}
Date: Saturday, February 1
Time: 10PM - 4AM
Cost: [RSVP before 11:30PM + after 3AM] Free [GA] $22.66
Lineup: Derrick Carter / JADALAREIGN / Roman Chappelle
Genres: House, Disco
✍︎ HEADS NOTE: Chicago House legend Derrick Carter returns to Brooklyn with support from local hero JADALAREIGN and NYC’s Roman Chappelle.
The Great Summit Apres Ski Party
Venue: HK Hall (Hells Kitchen)
Date: Saturday, February 1
Time: 10PM - 4AM
Cost: [GA] $57.24 [VIP] $68.24
Lineup: Cash Cobain
Genres: Sexy Drill, Rap
✍︎ HEADS NOTE: Have to hype up my fellow horny people.
Sorry Records
Venue: Bossa Nova Civic Club (Bushwick)
Date: Sunday, February 2
Time: 10PM - 4AM
Cost: Free before 11PM, $10 after
Lineup: Scotia b2b Nick Boyd / Cisne
Genres: House / Acid
✍︎ HEADS NOTE: Sorry Records invites Scotia (co-promoter of quarterly queer Catskill party Community Rave Network) and Cisne (BODY HACK resident) to join them for their monthly Bossa residency.
Music in the Streets: How to Create Social Gatherings in Public Space
Venue: 651 Arts (Bushwick)
Date: Tuesday, February 4
Time: 6PM-8PM
Cost: Free
Presenters: Street Activity Permit Office (SAPO), Department of Transportation (DOT), NYC Parks, NYC Office of Nightlife (ONL/SBS)
Event Creators: Public Service (Toribio and Mickey Perez), Saint James Joy, Karlala Soundsystem
Hosts: DJ Tara, Boo Lean
Event Type: Informational Session
✍︎ HEADS NOTE: Learn the ins and outs of getting permits, working with city agencies, and finding resources to produce affordable and accessible events in public outdoor spaces in NYC.
Body Rock
Venue: Wu Lou Lounge (Crown Heights/Bed-Stuy)
Date: Wednesday, February 5
Time: 8PM - 2AM
Cost: Free with RSVP
Lineup: Kilopatrah Jones / Stonie Blue / Kiyjayh
Genres: House
✍︎ HEADS NOTE: A hump day special: NYC’s best DJs spinning house at a venue outside of Bushwick, plus the kitchen’s open all night.
TELLTHEHOMIES x Meadows NYFW Takeover
Venue: Blind Barber (East Village)
Date: Thursday, February 6
Time: 9PM - 3AM
Cost: Free with RSVP
Lineup: Dylan Ali / Mellow Domingo / Grabba Ranks / Rico Mars / NoahG
Genres: Open-Format
✍︎ HEADS NOTE: TELLTHEHOMIES sets the scene on the first night of NYFW with a lineup of NYC’s coolest multidisciplinary DJs.
☆☆☆ HEADS KNOW CALENDAR ☆☆☆
Venue: Elsewhere Zone One (East Williamsburg)
Date: Friday, April 11
Time: 10:30PM - 4AM
Cost: $24.50-$41
Lineup: TBA
Genres: Club, Footwork, Breaks