HMD takes over Knockdown Center on Labor Day.
NYC’s biggest, best, and most fun underground Halloween party tradition, annually since 2006, the New York Night Train Haunted Hop, saw over 3000 revelers last year and is raising the bar even higher for 2023! Jonathan Toubin’s annual record hop has evolved over 18 editions into an action-packed multi-room indoor/outdoor music festival/dance party featuring nonstop live acts (36 bands!), dancing (7 DJs!), horror cinema (projected from 16mm reels), performance, art installations, visuals, decor galore, food, drink, and the annual $500 costume contest! Hour after hour of action-packed thrills and chills in a massive haunted house sprawled out across a labyrinth of unique party environments! Free shuttle back and forth from the Jefferson L Train stop all night long! Dress up! Make a night of it!
Tiki Disco’s sixth Ruins takeover of 2023 basks in the last days of sweaty euphoria.
NYC Sept 2nd – After a four year hiatus, Photon makes its triumphant return. The full a/v experience curated by Ben Klock is an exploration of the monochromatic elegance of white light in riveting interplay with cutting edge techno. Working in collaboration with Berghain lighting designer Lars Murasch and visual artist Xaver Hirsch, Klock has invited a group of Photon regulars and Klockworks affiliates representing the vanguard of modern techno: FJAAK, Stef Mendesidis and Volvox are joined by Washington DC’s Juana. Using a custom lighting installation, Photon transforms Knockdown Center’s Main Hall into a brilliant, shifting web of light.
Deafheaven celebrate 10 years of “Sunbather,” with Touché Amoré and a special guest.
Join SiriusXM and Pandora as they celebrate Hip-Hop’s 50th Anniversary and legacy as a cultural phenomenon with a LIVE PERFORMANCE from New York legends, Wu-Tang. You won’t want to miss this. Click above for details on how to RSVP for free. Terms apply.
Danny Tenaglia makes his DJing debut at The Ruins at Knockdown Center. Worldwide demand for Danny is at an all-time high, but of course Danny always makes time for his hometown NYC. For this special summer daytime appearance, Danny has brought dance music icon Cevin Fisher on for support. The two recently collaborated on one of this summer’s buzziest releases “Move That Body.”
Hot Since 82 returns to KdC with a Knee Deep Day-into-Night Full Venue takeover. An annual tradition that just keeps growing, he kicks it off in the outdoor Ruins before finishing inside our main hall. Hot Since 82 will play sets at both Day and Night events.
Tickets available for DAY, NIGHT, and DAY & NIGHT.
The Menzingers headline Knockdown Center with special guests Microwave, Cloud Nothings and Rodeo Boys.