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SHAKIN’ ALL OVER and JOE BATAAN SOUL CLAP


Friday, April 20 New York, NY – Home Sweet Home: NY Night Train Shakin’ All Over Under Sideways Down! w/Jonathan Toubin Danny Kroha of The Gories, and London’s DJ Scratchy (The Clash’s DJ) 4/20 Dancing and debauchery to 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 with special guest DJ set by birthday boy Clevland’s DJ Alr!ght (Get Your Enjoys, Secret Soul Club). 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 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, April 21 Brooklyn, NY – Elsewhere: NY Night Train Soul Clap and Dance-Off w/Joe Bataan and the Barrio Boys +1, Spanglish Fly, Juan El Alto, and Sessa, and dancing with DJ Turmix Boogaloo Party in Zone One and Jonathan Toubin and the New York Night Train Shadow Dancers in the Main Hall with contest dj Tony Salvaje, 21+, 7pm – 4am, $20 all night / $10 after the bands! Thee fabulous king of latin soul himself, iconic Fania Records superstar Joe Bataan and his phenomenal orchestra Barrio Boys +1 headline the live half of the April edition of thee best party of all time… Two rooms of music and dancing all night long! This latin-tinged edition not only includes Bataan and NYC’s premier 21st Century boogaloo revue Spanglish Fly but Zone 1 features Tall Juan’s Cumbia alter-ego Juan El Alto and the post-Tropicalia project of Brazilian singer/songwriter/bandleader Sessa of Garotas Suecas/Yonatan Gat, etc. Then dancing ’til late with Jonathan Toubin and the NY Night Train Shadow Dancers with a Midnight $100 Dance Contest featuring selector Tony Salvaje and determined by judges Harry Wilson, Hayley and Bailey of Je T’aime Oh No, artist/model George Smith, Tito of The Trash Bags, and secret guitar god Harry Wilson! NYC’s premier boogaloo spinner DJ Turmix turns it on in Zone 1. Its a good good feeling and something you gotta experience! Catch Thee Clap!facebook event | tickets
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Post-Gories Shakin and Chicago Clap


Friday, April 13 New York, NY – Home Sweet Home: NY Night Train Shakin’ All Over Under Sideways Down! w/Jonathan Toubin Danny Kroha of The Gories, and London’s DJ Scratchy (The Clash’s DJ) After The Gories show at Elsewhere, follow singer/guitarist Danny Kroha to Manhattan for a special Friday the 13th edition of Shakin’ All Over Under Sideways Down! 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 with special guest DJ sets by Danny Kroha and a cameo by The Clash’s legendary DJ Scratchy! 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 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, April 14 Chicago, IL – The Hideout: NY Night Train Soul Clap and Dance-Off w/Jonathan Toubin, live James Swanberg’s Sh!tty Beatles, and contest selector Ayana Contreras (Sound Opinions, host of Reclaimed Soul on Vocalo on Vocalo.org 91.1fm) Tell yr friends! NY Night Train to Chicago! Live Sh!tty Beatles! Dancing to the soul of Jonathan Toubin! 12AM $100 Dance-Off with Sound Opinions’ Ayana Contreras! And more….facebook event | tickets


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NY Night Train to L.A.


Friday, April 6 New York, NY – Home Sweet Home: NY Night Train Shakin’ All Over Under Sideways Down! w/Jonathan Toubin Get outta the rain and turn up the warm up with 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 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, April 7 Los Angeles, CA: NY Night Train Shakin’ All Over Under Sideways Down! w/Jonathan Toubin, Ex Stains, and Hit Bargain 8pm doors, 9pm show, 11pm dancing, 21+, $10! NY Night Train to El Lay!
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TONIGHT! CURTIS HARDING AFTERPARTY! TOMORROW MIAMI!


Friday, March 30 New York, NY – Home Sweet Home: NY Night Train Shakin’ All Over Under Sideways Down! w/Jonathan Toubin Get outta the rain and turn up the warm up with 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 warm cozy basement confines of Home Sweet Home! Tonight is the official afterparty of the Curtis Harding, Un Femme, Daisy Glaze show at Bowery Ballroom and Daisy Glaze’s Alix Brown is our special guest DJ. 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, March 31 Miami, FL – Gramps: NY Night Train Soul Clap and Dance-Off w/djs Jonathan Toubin and friends! 10pm -3am, 21+, FREE! The 21st Century’s most popular and most prolific soul party return to its Magic City home base for another hot night of dancing to Jonathan Toubin’s most exciting and exquisite 45rpm soul vinyl with thee Midnight $100 Dance Contest!
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SOUL CLAP 11TH ANNIVERSARY + SXSW CLAP! SUN RA ARKESTRA, JAMES CHANCE & THE CONTORTIONS, KID CONGO, MISS LAVELLE WHITE, XYLOURIS WHITE, & MORE


Friday, March 16 New York, NY – Home Sweet Home: NY Night Train Shakin’ All Over Under Sideways Down! w/Jonathan Toubin Get outta the cold and turn up the heat with 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 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, March 17 Brooklyn, NY – Elsewhere: NY Night Train Soul Clap and Dance-Off 11th Anniversary Party with Sun Ra Arkestra, James Chance and the Contortions, Ice Balloons, and Ryan Sawyer and visuals by Spencer Bewley followed by dancing with Jonathan Toubin and the NY Night Train Shadow Dancers, James Chance Dance Party Meets Kid Congo’s Sex Beat with special guest Phast Phreddie the Boogaloo Omnibus, and Midnight Dance Contest w/dj Kid Congo Powers and surprises! 8pm – 4am, $10/$20: The world’s most popular and prolific soul party marks 11 wild years of 60s soul satisfaction with an unprecedented spectacular featuring live Sun Ra Arkestra, James Chance and the Contortions, Ice Balloons, Ryan Sawyer, and Phast Phreddie the Boogaloo Omnibus followed by all night dancing in one room with Jonathan Toubin and the New York Night Train Shadow Dancers and in the other with Kid Congo Powers’ Sex Beat party taking on James Chance Dance Party with another taste of Phreddie! Plus thee Midnight $100 Dance-Off with Kid Congo and special surprises! You definitely don’t wanna miss this! Get your tickets now! Catch thee Clap!
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Sunday, March 18, 7th Annual SXSW Soul Clap & Dance-Off with Jonathan Toubin and friends, a live music by thee legendary Miss Lavelle White and The L Men, Xylouris White, Croy and the Boys, and Vockah Redu and The Cru, 8pm – 2am, FREE! Soul Party #1 returns to Austin for the 7th Annual South By Southwest Soul Clap and Dance-Off! The official annual closing party of the festival, this year’s Clap is the best one yet! Featuring a live performance one of NY Night Train’s all-time favorite vocalists, o.g. rhythm and blues goddess Miss Lavelle White and her dy-no-mite showband The L Men, the party also includes an appearance by dynamic duo Xylouris White (featuring Dirty Three drum god Jim White’s hair-raising new project with Cretan laouto virtuoso Georgios Xylouris!), Austin honky tonk heroes Croy and the Boys, and heart-stopping post-New Orleans bounce superstars, thee fabulous Vockah Redu and the Cru! After that get ready to get down ’til 2am to Jonathan Toubin’s 60s soul magic! And get in the Midnight $100 Dance-Off determined by Surfbort, Boytoy, and Vockah Redu! Catch thee Clap!
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NYC SHAKIN’ AND BURLINGTON VERMONT CLAP

Friday, March 9 New York, NY – Home Sweet Home: NY Night Train Shakin’ All Over Under Sideways Down! w/Jonathan Toubin (facebook event)

Saturday, March 10 Winooski, VT – The Monkeyhouse: NY Night Train Soul Clap and Dance-Off w/Jonathan Toubin (facebook event)
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NYC SHAKIN’ & GRAND RAPIDS CLAP!


Friday, March 2 New York, NY – Home Sweet Home: NY Night Train Shakin’ All Over Under Sideways Down! w/Jonathan Toubin


Saturday, March 3 Grand Rapids, MI – Pyramid Scheme: NY Night Train Soul Clap and Dance-Off w/Jonathan Toubin, Hollywood Makeout, and Grand Rapids Soul Club! 9pm-2am, $10 facebook event | tickets



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NYC SHAKIN’ ALL OVER & CLEVELAND CLAP

Friday, February 23 New York, NY – Home Sweet Home: NY Night Train Shakin’ All Over Under Sideways Down! w/Jonathan Toubin, 10:30pm – 4am, $5:

Saturday, February 24 Cleveland, OH – Mahall’s: NY Night Train Soul Clap and Dance-Off w/Jonathan Toubin and friends (facebook event | tickets)

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