New club from team behind Baby’s All Right to open in Manhattan, Night Club 101
The venue will take over the former site of New York’s iconic Pyramid Club, opening in 2025
A brand new music venue from the team behind New York's Baby’s All Right is set to open in Manhattan next year, Night Club 101.
According to Pitchfork, Night Club 101 will take over the former site of New York’s legendary queer venue Pyramid Club on Avenue A in the East Village.
The new venue will open in early 2025, with a preview event set to be hosted by Pitchfork and AdHoc on Thursday, December 19, featuring the likes of RP Boo, Dazegxd B2B Intimacy Simulator, Anysia Kym, and more.
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Night Club 101 promises to host both live performances and DJ sets, including electronic acts, jazz and indie-rock artists, and experimental musicians.
Other events including art shows, community nights, themed dance events, and multi-disciplinary acts are also set to go ahead at Night Club 101 after its opening in 2025, per Pitchfork.
The venue will take over the site of legendary drag venue Pyramid Club, which became synonymous with New York’s buzzing queer nightlife through the ‘80s, and played host to post-punk and new wave subcultures.
Since Pyramid Club’s closure in 2020, a new community-focused bar and rock club named Baker Falls took its place. The venue will now move to the former home of Rockwood Music Hall Stage 2 on the Lower East Side.
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Night Club 101 owners Billy Jones and Tom Moore – who also head up Baby’s All Right, Elvis Guesthouse, and The Dance – tell Pitchfork that the venue will retain Pyramid Club’s cultural legacy.
“This space holds so much history, and we’re excited to pay homage to its incredible legacy of course,” said Jones. “But at the same time, we always want to push the conversation forward.”
“Creating a space that feels alive, surprising, and refreshingly open to the experimental play that makes New York City, and the reason I moved here 23 years ago.”
Grab tickets to Night Club 101’s preview party on December 19 here.
[Via Pitchfork]
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