Friday, May 18 New York, NY – Home Sweet Home: NY Night Train Shakin’ All Over Under Sideways Down! w/Jonathan Toubin, 10:30pm-4am, $5: Work your way down into our subterranean party cave to shake a tail feather 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 spinning ’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 below the big city after dark in the 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, May 19 Brooklyn, NY – Elsewhere: NY Night Train Soul Clap and Dance-Off with Kool Keith and the Soul’d U Out Band, Escape-Ism, TV Baby, and Chorizo! Dancing with Jonathan Toubin and the NY Night Train Shadow Dancers Dee Dee Dame and Erin Sheehy accompanied by the live 16mm projections of Spencer Bewley in Main Hall and Edan and Josh Styles in Zone 1! Midnight Dance Contest with DJ Ian Svenonius, MC Steve Myers, and determined by judges from Mandate Of Heaven! 7pm doors, 8pm show, 11pm dancing, 12am Contest, 4am close, 18+, $20 ($10 after the bands):Thee CLAP does it again! Legendary entertainment followed by supreme soul shakin’ ’til the wee hours in two rooms of nonstop action! Hot on the heels of four consecutive monthly Soul Claps headlined by Joe Bataan, Sun Ra, La Luz, and David Johansen, NY Night Train is thrilled to present one of the most most exciting, unique, and iconic figures in hip hop history… Thee one and only Kool Keith aka Dr.Octagon aka Dr. Dooom aka Black Elvis aka an infinity of kool and unusual emanating from one cosmic source… Kool Keith! This hip hop legend and cult of personality has prolifically created some the most groundbreaking game-changing hip hop ever from his days leading the Ultramagnetic MC’s in the 1980s all the way to the present deep into his sci-fi future! Tonight he’ll be backed by the fabulous Soul’D U Out band! And get excited for a stellar performance by Merge Records’ recording artist Escape-Ism – which is of course the critically-acclaimed new solo project of thee fabulous Ian F Svenonius! Universally regarded as one of the most distinctive voices and captivating entertainers in contemporary art and music, Svenonius is known for fronting essential bands like The Make-Up, Nation of Ulysses, Chain and the Gang, Weird War, Scene Creamers, XYZ, and Cupid Car Club, authoring subterranean classic literature like “The Psychic Soviet,” “Supernatural Strategies for Making a Rock’n’Roll Group,” and “Censorship Now,” hosting Vice TV’s “Soft Focus,” participating in the 2017 Whitney Biennial, directing of the film “What Is A Group?,” and so much more.

Kool Keith and Ian Svenonius! Two legends from two worlds brought together under one roof at a big dance party! But that’s just the tip of the iceberg! In Zone 1 witness A.R.E. Weapons force of nature / heartthrob Matthew Mcauley‘s newly expanded killer-diller lineup of T.V. Baby and North Brooklyn supergroup Chorizo! The night concludes with hours of dancing to the 45rpm vinyl magic of NYC’s soul proprietor Jonathan Toubin with thee fabulous NY Night Train Shadow Dancers Dee Dee Dame and Erin Sheehy accompanied by the stunning live 16mm projections of Spencer Bewley! The party is cut in half by the Midnight Metropolis Vintage $100 Dance Contest with DJ Ian F Svenonius, MC Steve Myers of The Afghan Whigs and a distinguished cast of judges from Brooklyn fashion label/store Mandate Of Heaven! Finally we are thrilled to announce that the humble maginificent Beauty and the Beat eclecticism of international hip hop hero Edan and the rumble of mod god Josh Styles of Rebel Rouser/Daddy Long Legs will be turning it on ’til 4am in Zone 1. That’s a whole lotta bang for your buck! And, more than ever, a party like no other. Make a night of it! CATCH THEE CLAP!

MAIN HALL
– 8:45pm Escape-Ism
– 10:00pm The Real Kool Keith
– 11:00pm soul shaking with Jonathan Toubin, the New York Night Train Shadow Dancers, and live 16mm visuals by Spencer Bewley
– 12:00am $100 Metropolis Vintage Dance-Off! with contest dee jay Ian F Svenonius, MC Steve Myers, and a distinguished panel of judges from Mandate Of Heaven
– 12:30am more soul dancing ’til late

ZONE 1
– 8:15pm – Chorizo
– 9:30pm – T.V. Baby
– 11:00pm – eclectic psychedelic hip hop and beyond dance party with Edan and Josh Styles ’til late

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upcoming nite training:


– Friday, May 25 New York, NY – Home Sweet Home: NY Night Train Shakin’ All Over Under Sideways Down! w/Jonathan Toubin and a special guest set by Pete Slovenly facebook event

– Saturday, May 26 Northeastern Pennsylvania – Elements Lakewood Camping Festival w/Jonathan Toubin facebook event | tickets


– Sunday, May 27 Brooklyn, NY Our Wicked Lady – Memorial Day WeekendDusk ‘Til Dawn Rooftop Opening Luau! First NY Night Train Sunday Soul Scream of Summer! Wear white! Dancing w/Jonathan Toubin and NY Night Train Shadow Dancer Erin Sheehy! BBQ! Frozen Tropical Cocktails! Midnight Limbo Contest! and more! facebook event


SOUL CLAP & DANCE-OFF w/JONATHAN TOUBIN & DADDY LONG LEGS UK/NL TOUR 2018
– Thursday, May 31 Amsterdam, NL – Paradiso tickets | facebook event
– Friday, June 1 Lewes, UK – Con Club tickets | facebook event
– Saturday, June 2 Thetford, UK – Red Rooster Festival tickets | facebook event
– Sunday, June 3 Southend, UK – Railway Hotel tickets | facebook event
– Wednesday, June 6 Glasgow, UK – Broadcast tickets | facebook event
– Thursday, June 7 Newcastle, UK – Cluny tickets | facebook event
– Friday, June 8 Leeds, UK – Brudenell Social Club tickets | facebook event
– Saturday, June 9 London, UK – 100 Club tickets | facebook event

– Friday, June 1 New York, NY – Home Sweet Home: NY Night Train Shakin’ All Over Under Sideways Down! with DJ Ian Svenonius

– Sunday, June 3 Brooklyn, NY Our Wicked Lady – NY Night Train Sunday Soul Scream! with DJ Ian Svenonius

– Friday, June 8 New York, NY – Home Sweet Home: NY Night Train Shakin’ All Over Under Sideways Down! with Kid Congo Powers and Todd O Phonic Todd

– Sunday, June 10 Brooklyn, NY Our Wicked Lady – NY Night Train Sunday Soul Scream! with live Mystery Lights, Kid COnto Powers, and more

– Friday, June 15 New York, NY – Home Sweet Home: NY Night Train Shakin’ All Over Under Sideways Down! w/Jonathan Toubin

– Saturday, June 16 Brooklyn, NY – Elsewhere: NY Night Train Soul Clap and Dance-Off with Shopping, Priests, and more!

– Sunday, June 17 Brooklyn, NY Our Wicked Lady – NY Night Train Sunday Soul Scream! w/Jonathan Toubin

– Friday, June 22 New York, NY – Home Sweet Home: NY Night Train Shakin’ All Over Under Sideways Down! w/Jonathan Toubin

– Saturday, June 23 Pittsburgh, PA – Spirit: NY Night Train Soul Clap and Dance-Off (facebook event | tickets)

– Sunday, June 24 Brooklyn, NY Our Wicked Lady – NY Night Train Sunday Soul Scream!

– Friday, June 29 New York, NY – Home Sweet Home: NY Night Train Shakin’ All Over Under Sideways Down! w/Jonathan Toubin

– Saturday, June 30 Oakland, CA – The Uptown: Official Burger Boogaloo Afterparty: NY Night Train Soul Clap and Dance-Off (facebook event | tickets)

– Sunday, July 1 Brooklyn, NY Our Wicked Lady – NY Night Train Sunday Soul Scream!

– Friday, July 6 New York, NY – Home Sweet Home: NY Night Train Shakin’ All Over Under Sideways Down! w/Jonathan Toubin

– Saturday, July 7 Portland, OR – Mississippi Records: NY Night Train Soul Clap and Dance-Off (facebook event | tickets)

– Sunday, July 8 Brooklyn, NY Our Wicked Lady – NY Night Train Sunday Soul Scream!

– Wednesday, October 31 Knockdown Center – 13th Annual Haunted Hop Halloween Spooktacular with Roky Erickson and more facebook event | (get $20 EARLY BIRD TICKETS now while you can!)