Thursday, January 18 Greenpoint, Brooklyn, NY – Brooklyn Bazaar: Southern Poverty Law Center Benefits with Flying Stars of Brooklyn, Ikebe Shakedown, Alba and the Mighty Lions, The Harlem Gospel Travelers, and Jonathan Toubin, 8pm, $10/$12: Coleman Records’ The Flying Stars of Brooklyn, NY is the gospel project of Aaron Frazer of Durand Jones & The Indications whose new “My God Has A Telephone” went viral and has already been streamed over a million times on Spotify. The live band touts an explosive lineup featuring Eli Paperboy Reed as well as members of The Soul Survivors and The Gospel Queens. Check out their hit if you haven’t already! Coleman label-mates Ikebe Shakedown are an eclectic instrumental funk band celebrating the release of their third LP “The Way Home.” And Alba and the Mighty Lions “blend soulful swampy southern blues with loose rock n’ roll vibes.” The Harlem Gospel Travelers, Coleman’s most recent signing, are the young gospel quartet led by Eli Paperboy Reed! Jonathan Toubin plays records between the bands. The Southern Poverty Law Center is of course of our great national institutions, fighting hate and battling for civil rights for nearly a half century. you can learn more and also donate at their site.
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Friday, January 19 New York, NY – Home Sweet Home: NY Night Train Shakin’ All Over Under Sideways Down! w/Jonathan Toubin , 10:30pm – 4am, $5: Warm up to thee wop bop a loo bop a lop bam boom of Jonathan Toubin’s most exciting and exquisite o.g. 1950s/1960s “maximum rock’n’soul” vinyl fire turning ’round and ’round ’til the wee wee hours! Eccentric postcards from the old weird America addressed to you in the here and now! The wild rumble way down deep below the big city after dark in the warm cozy basement confines of Home Sweet Home! NYC’s biggest and longest-running weekly rock’n’roll dance and a NYC institution since 2008… Get down in the basement!
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Saturday, January 20 Elsewhere: NY Night Train Soul Clap and Dance-Off with live David Johansen, Daddy Long Legs, Baby Shakes, and Beechwood followed by soul dancing with Jonathan Toubin and the NY Night Train Shadow Dancers, the $100 Metropolis Vintage Dance-Off, Rebel Rouser dance party, and more! Bands at 8pm sharp! Dancing from 11pm to 4am! 21+, $20 all night / $10 after the bands! Thee Clap is Back! Don’t miss this legendary night! Can you believe it? Taking a few years off of its residency and becoming a global Saturday party, Thee NY Night Train Soul Clap and Dance-Off settles back into its traditional third Saturdays schedule (as it was from 2007 – 2015)! Come dancing every month at Bushwick’s Elswhere where once again we are upping the ante with amazing early bands and three rooms of DJs. We kick off the residency with something you don’t see every day, David Johansen revisiting his solo and New York Dolls classics with a full live non-Buster rock’n’roll show! Anyone whose seen David Jo do his thing knows he’s one of the best entertainers in the biz and this night is one for the history books! And turn up early because the music starts at 8pm sharp with an amazing cast including Daddy Long Legs, Baby Shakes, and Beechwood! Then stick around for dancing from 11pm – til late with Jonathan Toubin and the NY Night Train Shadow Dancers. Get in the Midnight Metropolis Vintage $100 Dance-Off with MC Steve Myers determined by a distinguished panel of judges including The Baby Shakes and Lianna Le! And get down in the front room to the Rebel Rouser DJs all night long! Get your tickets now! Catch thee Clap!
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upcoming nite training:
– Friday, January 26 New York, NY – Home Sweet Home: NY Night Train Shakin’ All Over Under Sideways Down! w/Jonathan Toubin and Alberto from Wowsville (facebook event)
– Saturday, January 27 Minneapolis, MN – Nomad World Pub: NY Night Train Soul Clap & Dance-Off (facebook event)
– Friday, February 2 New York, NY – Home Sweet Home: NY Night Train Shakin’ All Over Under Sideways Down! w/Jonathan Toubin
– Saturday, February 3 Kingston, NY – BSP Lounge: NY Night Train Soul Clap and Dance-Off w/Jonathan Toubin, The Young Skulls facebook event | tickets
– Friday, February 9 New York, NY – Home Sweet Home: NY Night Train Shakin’ All Over Under Sideways Down! w/Jonathan Toubin
– Saturday, February 10 Calgary, CA – Palomino Smokehouse: NY Night Train Soul Clap and Dance-Off w/Jonathan Toubin facebook event | tickets
– Wednesday, February 14 – Brooklyn, NYC: Music Hall of Williamsburg: 5th Annual NY Night Train / Panache Valentines Day Village of Love Planned Parenthood Benefit (tickets)
– Friday, February 16 New York, NY – Home Sweet Home: NY Night Train Shakin’ All Over Under Sideways Down! w/Jonathan Toubin
– Saturday, February 17 Brooklyn, NY – Elsewhere: NY Night Train Soul Clap and Dance-Off w/Jonathan Toubin and live La Luz and Mystery Lights! facebook event | tickets
– Friday, February 23 New York, NY – Home Sweet Home: NY Night Train Shakin’ All Over Under Sideways Down! w/Jonathan Toubin