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NY NIGHT TRAIN TO L.A.! HANK WOOD ROOFTOP! SHAKIN ALL OVER! WHYTHE ROOFTOP!


5/30 NYC – Wythe Hotel: Jonathan Toubin DJ Set, 9:30pm – 1am, FREE Thursdays! New York Night Train’s soul proprietor turns his latest original 45rpm vinyl finds provide a soundtrack to your cocktails atop the panoramic skyline view on Wythe Hotel’s rooftop lounge!


Friday, May 31 New York, NY – Home Sweet Home: NY Night Train Shakin’ All Over Under Sideways Down! w/Jonathan Toubin, 10:30pm – 4am, $5: 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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06/01 Los Angeles – Zebulon: Soul Clap and Dance-Off with Jonathan Toubin, Los Blancos, contest selector Lee Set, y mas!: The 21st Century’s most popular and prolific soul party makes an intimate appearance at NYNT’s LA headquarters for a wild night of dancing and tomfoolery! Los Blancos celebrates their record release at 9pm then dancing commences at 10pm and Midnight $100 Dance Contest with Lee Set (Beat Bait) and more! Catch thee Clap!
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06/02 NYC – Our Wicked Lady: Sunday Soul Scream with live Hank Wood and the Hammerheads and Pinocchio followed by dancing to DJs Reyes Rodriguez and Heavy Flow aka Natalia Garzon, 8pm – 4am, $8 during bands, FREE after
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06/02 Los Angeles – Hotel Figueroa – Jonathan Toubin spins!


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06/07 New York, NY – Home Sweet Home: NY Night Train Shakin’ All Over Under Sideways Down! facebook event
06/08 Chicago – Sleeping Village: NY Night Train Soul Clap and Dance-Off with Jonathan Toubin
06/09 NYC – Our Wicked Lady: Sunday Soul Scream with live TOWER and Tough Shits followed by soul dancing with Jonathan Toubin and Friends facebook event
6/13 NYC – Wythe Hotel: Jonathan Toubin DJ Set, 9:30pm – 1am, FREE
06/14 New York, NY – Home Sweet Home: NY Night Train Shakin’ All Over Under Sideways Down! w/Jonathan Toubin facebook event
06/16 NYC – Our Wicked Lady: Sunday Soul Scream with live James Chance and the Contortions and Ice Baloons followed by soul dancing with Jonathan Toubin and friends facebook event
6/20 NYC – Wythe Hotel: Jonathan Toubin DJ Set, 9:30pm – 1am, FREE
06/21 New York, NY – Home Sweet Home: NY Night Train Shakin’ All Over Under Sideways Down! w/Jonathan Toubin facebook event
06/23 NYC – Our Wicked Lady: Sunday Soul Scream with live Native Sun (Record Release!) and YAASSS!!! followed by soul dancing with Jonathan Toubin and friends facebook event
6/27 NYC – Wythe Hotel: Jonathan Toubin DJ Set, 9:30pm – 1am, FREE
06/28 New York, NY – Home Sweet Home: NY Night Train Shakin’ All Over Under Sideways Down! w/Jonathan Toubin facebook event
06/30 NYC – Our Wicked Lady: Sunday Soul Scream with live Miranda and the Beat and The Advertisers followed by soul dancing with Jonathan Toubin and friends facebook event
07/03 NYC – Ore Bar: July 3 New York Night Train Madness w/Jonathan Toubin and friends
07/04 NYC – Wythe Hotel: Jonathan Toubin DJ Set, 9:30pm – 1am, FREE
07/05 New York, NY – Home Sweet Home: NY Night Train Shakin’ All Over Under Sideways Down! w/Jonathan Toubin facebook event
07/07 NYC – Our Wicked Lady: Sunday Soul Scream! Alex Amini of Mystery Lights’ birthday party with live Baby Shakes and Flasyd followed by soul dancing with Jonathan Toubin and friends facebook event
07/11 NYC – Wythe Hotel: Jonathan Toubin DJ Set, 9:30pm – 1am, FREE
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Memorial Day NY Night Train action

05/24 NYC – Home Sweet Home: Bailey Fire Benefit with Jonathan Toubin, Todd O Phonic Todd, and London’s Ginger Fizz

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05/25 Woodstock – The Colony: Soul Clap and Dance-Off

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05/26 NYC – Our Wicked Lady: Sunday Soul Scream with live Gnarcissists and Animal Show followed by all night dancing with Jonathan Toubin and friends! Grilled food by Nha Minh! Midnight limbo contest! and more!

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Black Lips/Quintron & Miss Pussycat Afterparty/Soul Clap and Dance-Off w/Sheer Mag and more


Friday, Apr 19 New York, NY – Home Sweet Home: NY Night Train Shakin’ All Over Under Sideways Down! w/Jonathan Toubin – Official Black Lips / Quintron and Miss Pussycat Afterparty
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Sat, Apr 20 Brooklyn, NY – Brooklyn Bazaar Soul Clap & Dance-Off with Sheer Mag, Smarthearts, and Mighty Fine followed by late night dancing with Jonathan Toubin and the NY Night Train Shadow Dancers, 1AM Contest with MC Steve Myers and more! $15 ($7 after bands)
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– Thu, Apr 25 New York, NY Soho Grand: Soul On Fire w/Jonathan Toubin and more
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– Friday, Apr 26 New York, NY – Home Sweet Home: NY Night Train Shakin’ All Over Under Sideways with amazing DJs!

– Friday, Apr 26 Detroit, MI – El Club: John Waters Birthday party w/dj Jonathan Toubin

– Sat, Apr 27 Pittsburgh – Spirit: Soul Clap & Dance-Off w/Jonathan Toubin and more

– Thu, May 2 New Orleans – Poor Boys: Soul Clap and Dance-Off w/Jonathan Toubin and more

– Friday, May 3 New York, NY – Home Sweet Home: NY Night Train Shakin’ All Over Under Sideways Down! w/Jonathan Toubin

– Sat, May 4 Burlington, VT – Walking Windows Festival: Soul Clap & Dance-Off w/Jonathan Toubin and more

KID CONGO 60TH/SOUL CLAP ANNIVERSARY w/PINK MONKEYBIRDS, ESCAPE-ISM, and more!


Friday, Mar 22 New York, NY – Home Sweet Home: NY Night Train Shakin’ All Over Under Sideways Down! w/Jonathan Toubin 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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Sat, Mar 23 Brooklyn, NY – Brooklyn Bazaar Soul Clap & Dance-Off 12th Anniversary/Kid Congo 60th Birthday Edition w/ Kid Congo And The Pink Monkey Birds, Escape-Ism, FLACYD, and late night dancing with Jonathan Toubin and the NY Night Train Shadow Dancers, 1AM Contest with MC Steve Myers and DJ Ian Svenonius, and more… 9pm – 3am, $15 (before 11pm)/$7 (after 11pm): awwwright! Soul Party #1 turns 12 years old at Greenpoint’s cool old Polish wedding hall compound where it also celebrates thee amazing KID CONGO POWERS’ 60th birthday! NYNT is flying KID CONGO & THE PINK MONKEY BIRDS and ESCAPE-ISM in for this very special night! And new favorites FLASYD open the show at 9pm sharp! Stick around after 11pm to dance all night to the o.g. 45rpm soul vinyl dynamism of JONATHAN TOUBIN accompanied by the NY NIGHT TRAIN SHADOW DANCERS! also get in the 1AM METROPOLIS VINTAGE DANCE-OFF with dj IAN SVENONIUS, and a distinguished panel of judges featuring legends from DANCE-OFF history including birthday boy KID CONGO POWERS, 1st ever glasslands winner OJ SAN FELIPE, shadow dancer/champion RENE KLADZYK, shadow dancer/champion SARAH KING, clap projectionist SPENCER BEWLEY, , numbers goddess SYD WALSH, and NYNT manager WENDY WASEIGE. Come early and stay late! Catch thee Clap!
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– Wed, Mar 27 Philadelphia, PA secret

– Thu, Mar 28 New York, NY Soho Grand: Soul On Fire w/Jonathan Toubin

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

– Friday, Apr 5 New York, NY – Home Sweet Home: NY Night Train Shakin’ All Over Under Sideways Down! w/Jonathan Toubin

– Sat, April 6 Miami – Gramps: Soul Clap & Dance-Off w/Jonathan Toubin and more

– Friday, Apr 12 New York, NY – Home Sweet Home: NY Night Train Shakin’ All Over Under Sideways Down!

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NY Night Train to L.A.! Shakin’ All Over! and more…


Friday, Mar 1 New York, NY – Home Sweet Home: NY Night Train Shakin’ All Over Under Sideways Down! w/Jonathan Toubin 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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Sat, Mar 16 Los Angeles, CA – Zebulon: NY Night Train w/Jonathan Toubin Zebulon brings the New York Night Train to the west coast for a rare Los Angeles appearance! Get lost in the weird wild world of NYC dee jay JONATHAN TOUBIN and his exciting and exquisite all-original 45rpm vinyl party platters! Instead of throwing down his exclusively 60s soul Soul Clap and Dance-Off or 50s/60s rock’n’roll Shakin’ All Over Under Sideways Down, this time around your favorite DJ does his thing with no restraints – taking you on an eclectic freeform global sonic time machine up to the present and way back…
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SUICIDE SALLY CAN’T DANCE W/MARTIN REV & A CAST O 1000S! SOUL ON FIRE AT SOHO GRAND! SHAKIN’ ALL OVER IN NYC! DALLAS CLAP!


Wednesday, Feb 27 – Bowery Electric: Sally Can’t Dance Suicide Edition w/Martin Rev (Suicide), Kid Congo Powers, Lydia Lunch, Luke Jenner, Jesse Malin, Cynthia Ross, Mr. Pharmacist, Liz Lamere, Dante Vega, Peter Zaremba (The Fleshtones), Keith Streng (The Fleshtones), Jonathan Toubin, Genesis Breyer P-Orridge DJ Set, Chuck Bones, Mick Collins (The Gories), Ian Wilson (Star Spangles), Dave W/ White Hills, Matthew McAuley, Johnny Scuotto, Stu Spasm, Andrea (Twin Guns), and many more!, 7PM, 21+, $25: Suicide’s Martin Rev and Alan Vega’s son Dante Vega are joined by an epic cast of music heroes in celebrating the work of one of the most important bands of all time! Jonathan Toubin MC’s and plays spacious reverb records!
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Thursday, Feb 28 – NYC Soho Grand Club Room: Soul On Fire w/dj Jonathan Toubin and hosts Bailey Leiter, Rachel Lynn Watson, and Charity Stratos, 10pm-2am, FREE!
Bailey Leiter, Rachel Lynn Watson, and Charity Stratos present hot dancing on a cold night with Jonathan Toubin and his flaming o.g. 45rpm soul vinyl to Club Room at Soho Grand Hotel! Last Thursdays! Don’t fight it! Feel it!
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Friday, Mar 1 New York, NY – Home Sweet Home: NY Night Train Shakin’ All Over Under Sideways Down! w/Jonathan Toubin 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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Sat, Mar 2 Dallas, TX – Midnight Rambler: NY Night Train Soul Clap and Dance-Off w/Jonathan Toubin, Tropicalia Joe, and more! Soul party #1 returns to its Big D headquarters The Midnight Rambler – where they named a cocktail after NY Night Train’s flagship event! Tell yr dallas peeps! Midnight Dance-Off with Austin’s own Tropicalia Joe! Catch thee clap!
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– Friday, Mar 8 New York, NY – Home Sweet Home: NY Night Train Shakin’ All Over Under Sideways Down! w/Jonathan Toubin

– Sat, Mar 9 Hudson, NY – The Half Moon: NY Night Train Soul Clap and Dance-Off w/Jonathan Toubin facebook event

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SHAKIN’ TONIGHT! SOUL CLAPPIN w/HAILU MERGIA and more!


– Friday, Feb 22 New York, NY – Home Sweet Home: NY Night Train Shakin’ All Over Under Sideways Down! w/Jonathan Toubin 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, Feb 23 Brooklyn, NY – Brooklyn Bazaar: NY Night Train Soul Clap and Dance-Off w/Hailu Mergia followed by all night soul dancing w/dj Jonathan Toubin, 1AM Dance-Off w/Steve Myers and more! door 11:30pm, dancing 12am – 4am, 21+, $15 (before 11pm) / $7 (after 11pm): awwwright! Soul Party #1 returns for a monthly run at this cool old Polish wedding hall with a 90 minute live performance by Ethiopian music innovator and living legend Hailu Mergia! This is not an everyday show! Hailu is the man! Mergia made his name in the 1970s playing keyboards and concocting an eternally fresh blend of funk, jazz, and Ethiopian sounds in Walias Band. In the 1980s Hailu went solo and started experimenting with synthesizers and accordion you hear on Awesome Tapes From Africa’s LP release of the composer’s 1985 cassette “Hailu Mergia & His Classical Instrument.” And he’s never stopped challenging himself and creating vital music! The last year has seen the release of his universally praised “Lala Belu” (8.0 in Pitchfork, etc) and found him the subject of recent features in the NY Times, The Guardian, and more… You don’t want to miss this uncommon live music experience! After 11pm get ready to dance all night to the o.g. 45rpm soul vinyl dynamism of JONATHAN TOUBIN ! also get in the 1AM METROPOLIS VINTAGE DANCE-OFF determined by a distinguished panel of judges curated by birthday girl DJ BAILEY! Come early and stay late! Catch thee Clap!

THE LIVE MUSIC HALF OF THE NIGHT JUST SOLD OUT! But there are still $7 TICKETS for the DANCE PARTY! facebook event | tickets

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SOUL CLAP & DANCE-OFF is now monthly at BROOKLYN BAZAAR with PSYCHIC ILLS & more! plus SHAKIN’ ALL OVER


Friday, Jan 18 New York, NY – Home Sweet Home: NY Night Train Shakin’ All Over Under Sideways Down! w/Jonathan Toubin 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, January 19 Brooklyn, NY – Brooklyn Bazaar: NY Night Train Soul Clap and Dance-Off w/live Psychic Ills, HONEY, and Max Pain and the Groovies followed by all night soul dancing w/dj Jonathan Toubin and the NY Night Train Shadow Dancers, 1AM Dance-Off w/Steve Myers and more! door 11:30pm, dancing 12am – 4am, 21+, $15 (before 11pm) / $7 (after 11pm): awwwright! Soul Party #1 returns for a monthly run at this cool old Polish wedding hall with an amazing live bill headlined by NYC psych-rock legends Sacred Bones Records’ PSYCHIC ILLS plus local rock supergroup HONEY and recent Salt Lake City – to NYC transplants thee fabulous MAX PAIN & THE GROOVIES! After 11pm get ready to dance all night to the o.g. 45rpm soul vinyl dynamism of JONATHAN TOUBIN and thee NY NIGHT TRAIN SHADOW DANCERS DEE DEE DAME & ERIN SHEEHY! also get in the 1AM METROPOLIS VINTAGE DANCE-OFF determined by Acacia Marie Fusco of The Advertisers, Austin Brose and Zachary Donald Merrill of The Nude Party, Caleb Braaten of Sacred Bones Records, Cory Feierman of Academy Record Annex / HONEY, Gabrielle Edelman of Thorn Occult & Leather, and fine artiste Kate Atkinson! Come early and stay late! Catch thee Clap!
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upcoming nite training:

– Friday, Jan 25 New York, NY – Home Sweet Home: NY Night Train Shakin’ All Over Under Sideways Down! w/Jonathan Toubin facebook event

– Saturday, Jan 26 Oakland – The Uptown: NY Night Train Soul Clap and Dance-Off facebook event | tickets

– Thursday, January 31 – NYC Soho Grand: Soul On Fire w/Jonathan Toubin

– Friday, Feb 1 New York, NY – Home Sweet Home: NY Night Train Shakin’ All Over Under Sideways Down! w/Jonathan Toubin facebook event

– Sat, Feb 2 – Montreal – Le Ministère: NY Night Train Soul Clap and Dance-Off (facebook event)

– Friday, Feb 8 New York, NY – Home Sweet Home: NY Night Train Shakin’ All Over Under Sideways Down! w/Jonathan Toubin facebook event

– Saturday, Feb 9 Calgary, Alberta – The Palomino: NY Night Train Soul Clap and Dance-Off facebook event | tickets

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