NY NIGHT TRAIN 16TH ANNUAL NEW YEARS BALL!
7PM DOORS | 8PM SHOW & DANCE | 8AM CLOSE!
$25 ADV | $40 DOS | $10 AFTER 1AM (TICKETS!)

Ring in another one at thee NY Night Train 2025 NEW YEARS BALL at TV EYE! Non-stop multi-room indoor/outdoor party action from dusk ’til dawn at NYC’s finest New Years tradition! Two live music stages, ten dance parties (one at 8pm, three at 1am, and three at 4am!)

FREE MIDNIGHT CHAMPAGNE TOAST!

Live performances by:
The Ballroom
8PM RUBY
9PM THE KNIGHT SHADES
10PM MALA VISTA
11PM EVOLFO
12AM SURPRISE HEADLINER!
1AM Rock’n’Soul Dance w/DJs JONATHAN TOUBIN, JOSH STYLES (Rebel Rouser), JOEL STONES (Brazil’s Tropicalia In Furs), & FRIENDS!
4AM GARGOYLE (live!)
4:30AM – 7:30AM Future Disco w/DJ PRIMO (SF) meets DJ SLEEVE!

Room 237
11PM & 12AM Live Sets by birthday boy BLOODSHOT BILL!br class=”blank”/>1AM DJS LORD FASCINATOR & PROMISELAND!4AM DJS MARIANA TRENCHCOATS

The Iggy Bar
8PM DJs NOAH WALLACE (LA’s Hammered Satin!), MARS, CAPTAIN HEARTLOCK, DREW REDMOND, and more!
1AM NOCHE ROMANTICA pan-latin dance w/TENOSH, VEE VEE, & FRIENDS
4AM DJ KIRK PODELL & A GALAXY OF STARS ‘TIL 8AM!

Dearest New York Night Train party people,

I’m so thrilled that Halloween and thus thee HAUNTED HOP is upon us! Here’s what you’ll need to get prepared for this year’s spooktacular:

1) A COSTUME! (Do it up right and win the $500 Costume Contest!)



2) A TICKET!



3) THEE 2024 NYNT HAUNTED HOP HALLOWEEN MIX! (to get in the mood!)



4) A SCHEDULE! (There’s a whole lot to do and see indoors and outdoors and across the rooms of the party between 6PM and 4AM and, while the following listings don’t include everything, this is a minute-by-minute schedule of the bands, djs, dance parties, and cinema)



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5) A MAP! (Get orientated and we’re confident you’ll find your way around in no time!)


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And that should just about do it… This is our first year that will sell out and, as of writing this, there’re still a few advance admissions left! After advance tickets are gone, there may still be a few door admissions available for people who turn up early plus there definitely will be plenty of late night after 12:30AM entry admissions (still tons of killer bands and djs plus costume contest between 12:30 and 4AM). But for the moment, some general advance tickets and plenty of after-12:30 tickets are available here!

I can’t wait for you to see what’s in store tomorrow!

I remain,
JT

Every October DJ and mad scientist Jonathan Toubin retires to his laboratory, digs up a pile of old records, and brings them back to life to become the soundtrack of your Halloween season! This mix is comprised exclusively of exquisite original 7-inch vinyl singles. If you live in New York City, dance to these and many more in person at the 19th Annual NY Night Train Haunted Hop Halloween party on October 31 at Knockdown Center! (Tickets | Facebook Event)

TRACKLIST:
1. Pantherman, “Pantherman” (Atlantic, France, 1974)
2. Christine Pilzer “Dracula” (Disques Vogue, France, 1966)
3. Bela La Goldstein “Old Boris” (International Recording Co, USA 1962)
4. The Turnpikes “Cast A Spell” (Capitol, USA 1968)
5. The Id “Boil The Kettle, Mother” (RCA Victor, Canada, 1967)
6. R. Dean Taylor ”There’s A Ghost In My House” (V.I.P., USA 1967)
7. Fumeca Preta “Vou Me Libertar” (Music With Soul Records, Holland, 2013)
8. We The People “You Burn Me Up & Down” (Challenge, Promo, USA 1966)
9. Chants R & B “I’m Your Witchdoctor” (Action, New Zealand, 1966)
10. Jackie Burns “The Raven” (Guyden, USA, 1965)
11. The Green Bananas “The Ape” (Agitated Records, UK, 2016)
12. The Mummies “You Must Fight To Live On The Planet of The Apes” (Sympathy For The Record Industry, USA, 1993)
13. Jeff Wayne’s Space Shuttle “Ape’s Shuffle” (Wonderball, Promo, USA, 1975)
14. Bobby James “Fortune Teller” (Lanor, USA, 1966)
15. Brian Auger & The Trinity “Black Cat” (ATCO, USA, 1968)
16. The Moontrekkers “The Bogey Man” (Decca, UK, 1963)
17. Roky Erickson “Bloody Hammer” (CBS, UK, 1980)
18. Wolfman Jack & The Wolf Pack “Wolfman Boogie, (Part 1)” (Bread, Promo, USA, 1965)
19. Danny James ”Devil Made Me Say That” (Goldband, USA, 1970)
20. Zen Fuller “Doomsday” (Acama Records, USA, 1962)
21. Bob And Lucille “Demon Lover” (Ditto Records, USA, 1958)
22. Chuck And Oneda Harding “Graveyard Ghost”(T.R.C. Texas Recording Company, USA, 1962)
23. Rene Hall “Night Fright” (Castil, Promo, USA, ?)

The 2024 edition of NYC’s iconic Halloween extravaganza (music festival, dance party, haunted house, art happening, and beyond!)! Get ready for another night of nonstop thrills and chills from dusk ’til dawn! Rare appearances by legends like The Mummies! And The Gories! And Kool Keith! And way too many bands to list! 36 in total! Plus 12 DJs! And so much more! Hours upon hours of multi-media excitement across an indoor/outdoor labyrinth of distinctive rooms!

KNOCKDOWN CENTER | OCT 31, 2024 | 6PM – 4AM
$29 (plus tax & ticket fees) Early Bird | $35 Advance (plus tax & ticket fees) | $40 Day of SHow
Tickets | Facebook Event

NYC’s biggest, best, and most fun underground Halloween party tradition, annually since 2006, the New York Night Train HAUNTED HOP, saw over 4000 revelers last year and is raising the bar even higher for 2024! Jonathan Toubin’s humble record hop has evolved over 19 editions into an epic multi-room indoor/outdoor music festival/dance party featuring nonstop live acts, dancing, horror cinema (projected from 16mm reels), performance, art installations, visuals, decor galore, food, drink, and the annual $500 costume contest! Nine straight action-packed hours of nonstop thrills and chills in a gargantuan haunted house sprawled out across a labyrinth of unique party environments! Dress up! Come early! Stay late! Make a night of it!

THE PHANTASMAGORICAL BALLROOM!
Legendary headliners play their own original material for hours until the stage concludes with a massive dance party!
THE MUMMIES
THE GORIES
KOOL KEITH
THE MYSTERY LIGHTS
BIG GIRL as ABBA
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Late night Monster Mashing with JONATHAN TOUBIN & MUMMIES A GO GO (Seattle’s BOOTS party!)
1AM $500 COSTUME CONTEST

ROOM FULL OF MIRRORS and GOO GOO MUCK MANOR
A relentless procession of your favorite bands as their favorite bands every 15 minutes!
THE THING as The Who
SHILPA RAY as Depeche Mode
TCHOCHKE- Shangri-Las
PATTON MAGEE (Nude Party) – Neil Young & Crazy Horse
SID SIMONS as David Bowie
TONY & THE KIKI as Rocky Horror Picture Show
ABBY JEANNE & THE SHADOW BAND as The Doors
EVOLFO as Can
95 BULLS as Thin Lizzy
ALANA AMRAM & THE ROUGH GEMS as The Four Seasons
GNARCISSISTS as Butthole Surfers
FLASYD as Beastie Boys
SKORTS as Heart
FRIDA KILL as X-Ray Spex
MALA VISTA as Blitz
BALACLAVA as Jay Reatard
THE DRACU-LAS as The Go-Go’s
CERTAIN DEATH as T-Rex
THEOPHOBIA as Sparks
SHOP TALK w/JASPER MCGANDY as The Damned
THE KNIGHT SHADES as ? & The Mysterians
LICKS as The Gories
FIREWALL as Blur
MIGHTY FINE as Rick James
THE ROYALE MINKS as The B-52s
WIFEKNIFE as The Pixies
PRINTS as The Fall
GARGOYLE as New Order
GENUINE CONNECTION as Roy Orbison
DITA & THE HURRICANES as Kiss
DJS LINDSEY GARDNER & ELENA CHILDERS

HOWIE PYRO’S ZOMBIE DISCOTHEQUE
NYC’s finest horror specialty vinyl DJs keep recently departed legend Howie Pyro’s annual party room alive by spinning their most exquisite spooky 45s all night long for your dancing pleasure!
TODD O PHONIC TODD (WFMU!)
CARLOS RENE (Mexico City NTS RADIO)
VEE VEE (ROTATION ROCK’N’SOUL RADIO)
MIKE DECAY (MIDNIGHT MONSTER HOP!)
AVI SPIVAK (REBEL ROUSER!)
DREW REDMOND (FADED DIGNITY!)
SICKNIK (SIKNICK PRODUCTIONS)
IRA OKSMAN!
TENOSH + MILES AKE & RUFFY TNT (Noche Romantica meets SF’s Discodelic Crew!)


GARY BALABAN HORROR CINEMA
NYC cinema fixture GARY BALABAN curates and screens a mix of slashers, B-movies, monster movies, and shorts from his legendary collection of 16mm reels!

WITCH ROOM by CULT PARTY
Our Brujas Coven returns hidden in the Knockdown Center Ruins for Tarot Readings and other mystical delights!

HALLOWEEN MAKEUP BOOTH (6PM ’til late)

Get your makeup done by professional SFX makeup artists BEN BORNSTEIN, CHRIS DOOLY, & ERIC ZAPATA!

INSTALLATIONS by B.A. MIALE, AMY FRANZ, SPACE OCTOPUS, and more!

You definitely don’t want to miss FRIDAY’s party! RENALDO DOMINO may be the best live of all of the original 60s/70s soul singers still going! NYNT’s been trying to get him to return to NYC for many years and its finally happening this weekend! Check out this Joel Henderson clip of his last east coast gig, the 2019 SOUL CLAP & DANCE-OFF LIVE REVUE at CONEY ISLAND AMPHITHEATER accompanied by an expanded version of the killer band backing him FRIDAY, thee mighty BROOKLYN RHYTHM BAND:

The iconic New York Night Train SOUL CLAP & DANCE-OFF party returns to TV EYE on FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20 with an epic lineup co-headlined by two Colemine Records artists, supreme o.g. 60s – present soul legend RENALDO DOMINO (first NYC show since 2019!) with the all-star BROOKLYN RHYTHM BAND and the Empire City’s own KENDRA MORRIS (welcome home from tour show!), plus the fabulous ABBY JEANNE & THE SHADOWBAND followed by all night dancing with NYNT conductor and soul proprietor JONATHAN TOUBIN plus the 1AM DANCE CONTEST with DJ JALEEL BUNTON of TV On The Radio, MC STEVE MYERS of Mighty Fine, and a distinguish panel of judges! An action-packed night stacked with stellar live music and dancing from start to finish! Get your TICKET now!

FRI, SEP 20, TV EYE
7PM DOORS, 8PM SHOW, 11PM DANCE, 1AM CONTEST, 4AM CLOSE
tickets | facebook event

Perhaps the most exciting of all active original soul men, RENDALDO DOMINO is a live experience you’ll never forget! Blasting out of the fertile 1960s Chicago soul scene and into national consciousness with singles on iconic imprints like Smash and Blue Rock, he next recorded his universally acclaimed classic singles on Twinight Records between 1969 and 1971 backed by the label’s singular house band. While he’s best remembered for cooking up some of the sexiest heavy funk ever committed to wax on enduring classic sides like “Let Me Come Within” and “You Need to Be Loved On,” he also proved to be a master of deep emotional intensity and dynamism on burners like “Not Too Cool To Cry.” 35 years after Renaldo disappeared from music and embarked upon a new life, his glimmering tracks and stylish cover photo on Numero Group‘s classic 2007 “Eccentric Soul: Twinight’s Lunar Rotation” compilation created global interest in this mysterious lost artist and his music. Re-emerging with a soaring voice, exuberant dance moves, and distinctive visual style, Renaldo appeared prefectly preserved and charmed the world with his uncommon artistry. He will be backed by THE BROOKLYN RHYTHM BAND, a seven-piece ensemble featuring his regular collaborators JEREMY KAY and JB FLATT and an all-star lineup of killer musicians who’ve backed dozens of original soul stars over the years. This is RENALDO’s first NYC show since 2019 and you don’t want to miss it!

“KENDRA MORRIS specializes in vintage-sounding, funk-infused soul with a striking voice and a studied songwriting approach perfectly suited for the style” – All Music Guide. A Brooklyn based singer, songwriter, visual artist, and all-around Renaissance woman, Morris has spent the last fifteen years touring the world and prolifically churning out critically acclaimed releases for prestigious imprints like Wax Poetics and Colemine Records. She’s also collaborated with everyone from Motown guitar wiz Dennis Coffey to 9th Wonder, MF Doom, Czarface, and Ghostface Killah to Scarlet Johansson. Don’t miss this rare hometown performance and celebrate this hero’s return from tour!

ABBY JEANNE & THE SHADOWBAND is the new star-studded project of the singular talent that is ABBY JEANNE! Since arriving from Milwaukee a few years ago, Abby has become a force in NYC music by giving a contemporary twist to soul, garage, beat, and the spectrum of 60s-informed rock’n’roll. She’s been a busy bee – making art, releasing a number of records, and touring the world. Witness her charm, showmanship, songcraft and pipes in front of an ensemble that features members of Sloppy Jane, Evolfo, and other vital musicians.

JONATHAN TOUBIN, DJ, soul proprietor, and conductor of the New York Night Train party machine’s constellation of revolutionary events, who has spent over 3000 nights juxtaposing his unique mix of raw, wild, and unique original 7-inch vinyl sides by unsung artists around the globe, spins hours upon hours of his most exciting and exquisite soul, funk, r&b, boogaloo, and rocksteady records for your dancing pleasure. The 1AM $100 DANCE CONTEST tonight will be helmed by DJ JALEEL BUNTON of TV On The Radio, MC STEVE MYERS of Mighty Fine, and the following distinguished panel of judges: ASHLYN, KENDRA MORRIS, DJ KIM aka THE BEAT (Sloppy Jane, Flasyd, etc), DJ MARIALINA (Frida Kill, etc), MATT GIBBS (Evolfo, etc), SUPREMO MASSIV, TONY of TONY & THE KIKI, and more!

Catch Thee Clap!

7PM DOORS| 8PM – 11PM SHOW |11PM – 4AM DANCE | 1AM CONTEST
8PM TICKET (show + dance): $20
AFTER 11PM TICKET (dance only): $10

also…

The 19th Annual Halloween HAUNTED HOP tickets are moving fast! Get yours now!

Get ready to get down every summer SUNDAY from dusk ‘til dawn to globetrotting NYC dee jay juggernaut JONATHAN TOUBIN and friends’ original 45rpm soul fire on OUR WICKED LADY’s moonlit SKY TERRACE preceded by sunset sets by an eclectic mix of your favorite bands, from new artists to legends, both from the neighborhood and from around the world! New York Night Train’s SUNDAY SOUL SCREAM returns for its 8th season – your dependable weekly escape into the open sky, soulful sounds, starry rooftop ambience, good company, and night breezes of a classic NYC dance party tradition, is back in 2024! Established in 2016 as an outlet for NYNT’s soul proprietor to spin his less-played platters at a free intimate dance for his local friends, over the years this humble informal hang out has grown into a mighty annual nightlife institution powered not only by an epic cast of the most exciting bands and DJs on the planet, but also by a diverse weekly revolving door of revelers from dusk ‘til dawn who are the core of the festivities! The party ebbs and flows throughout the night with waves of party people emerging from the beach, the park, dinner, concerts, dance parties, and stuffy NYC apartments to mingle, cool off with frozen cocktails, get transported by killer bands, and step to the beat of the finest summery soul, funk, r&b, boogaloo, reggae, and beyond vinyl anywhere! Night owls dressed to the nines shake it down with sun worshipers in swim suits and head to the bar for another shot of tequila while another big crew rolls through in the early morn to liven things up just when you thought the night was winding down. It’s that time again! Get down up on the roof every summer Sunday from Memorial Day’s eve to Labor Day!

FREE from 10:30PM ‘til late! Cash cover charge for the early live music portion of the night fluctuates weekly as the artists set their own admission and keep the entire door after a couple production expenses (feel free to throw your favorite bands a few extra bucks upon entry as it goes directly to them)! No advance tickets! No ticket fees! No hidden fees! First come first serve! Come early and stay late!

Below you will find the SUNDAY SOUL SCREAM’s best calendar yet featuring a unique agglomeration of notable bands and DJs from across the contemporary musical spectrum! Doors each week are at 7PM, live bands and early DJs at 8PM, and FREE soul dance with JONATHAN TOUBIN & FRIENDS from 10:30PM ‘til late except where noted…

– Dec 27 Chicago – The Salt Shed: opening for Patti Smith Band (tickets)
– Dec 30 Miami – Gramps: NYNT Soul Clap & Dance-Off (tickets)
– Jan 13 Austin – 13th Floor: NYNT Soul Clap & Dance-Off with live Sailor Poon, Lord Friday, and more (tickets)
– Jan 20 Vancouver – The Pearl: NYNT Soul Clap & Dance-Off with DJs Aladean Kheroufi and Keith McCafferty (tickets)
– Jan 27 New Orleans – Poor Boys: NYNT Soul Clap & Dance-Off post-Krewe Du Vieux Mardi Gras party
– Feb 2 Edmonton – 99Ten: NYNT Soul Clap & Dance-Off with live Bloodshot Bill, Aladean Kheroufi, and more (tickets)
– Feb 3 Calgary – Palomino Smokehouse: NYNT Soul Clap & Dance-Off with live Bloodshot Bill and more (tickets)
– Feb 9 Montreal – Le Ministere: Taverne Tour NYNT Soul Clap & Dance-Off (tickets)
– Feb 24 Mexico City – Foro Indie Rocks: Treasure Club International Festival with live Fran Healy (travis), Tchotchke, The Shelter, Palo Santo, and more (tickets)

Ring in another one at thee NY Night Train 2024 NEW YEARS BALL at TV EYE! Non-stop multi-room indoor/outdoor party action ‘til the wee wee hours at NYC’s finest New Years Bash!

Live performances by:
– KID CONGO & THE PINK MONKEY BIRDS (first tri-state appearance in years!)
– 95 BULLS
– THE ART GRAY NOIZZ QUINTET
– THE WAND-ERS
– THE FABULOUS ROMAN CANDLES!

Dancing in three party rooms from 8 ‘til LATE LATE LATE with 10 DJs:

THE BALLROOM
Rock’n’soul with
– JONATHAN TOUBIN
– JOSH STYLES
– DARKY RAMONE

The IGGY BAR
Noche Romantica pan-Latin dance with
– TENOSH
– VEE VEE

Rock and Soul with
– WILLIAM MARTIN
– KIM THEE BEAT
– MARS
– MATT CLARK

BACK LOUNGE
disco with
– ACACIA & FRIENDS

TREATS & EATS by BARKER & SONS!

FREE MIDNIGHT CHAMPAGNE TOAST!

7PM DOORS/ 8PM SHOW
1AM ‘TIL VERY VERY LATE TRIPLE DANCE PARTY

ALL NIGHT TICKET (show + dance)
$30 advance / $40 day of show

AFTER 1AM ENTRY (3 dance parties only):
$10 advance and day of show