New York Latin house music is mostly at clubs in Brooklyn and summer music festivals. The scene mostly left Manhattan because space is just too expensive and The City has become too civilized. East Williamsburg and Bushwick, Brooklyn seem to be the land of House these days.
It all began in a Chicago warehouse spun by New York DJ Frankie Knuckles (1955-2014). House Music picked up where Disco Music left off. Donna Summer’s “I Feel Love” (1977) with Italian Giorgio Moroder, the father of Disco and EDM, was the bridge and the template.
Those were the good old days. House Music evolved into the EDM Electronic Dance Music category which includes House, Techno, Garage, Electro, Drum ‘n’ Bass, and probably some other names we’ll all hear about soon.
New York has many great DJs. Of course, some House Music legends, like Louie Vega, are Latin. We love to dance. It’s cultural.
NYC House Music Venues
- Avant Gardner (Brooklyn Mirage)
- Elsewhere
- House of X
- House of Yes
- La Boom
NYC House Music Festivals
- Electric Zoo
- Governors Ball
NYC House Music Artists
- Eli Escobar 🇵🇷
- Louie Vega 🇵🇷
- Rich Medina 🇺🇸
Latin House Music NYC
Works & Process Underground Uptown Dance Festival 2023 Brings New York Street Dance to the Guggenheim Museum
Thursday-Tuesday, January 12-17, 2023
GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM
Upper East Side
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Brasil Summerfest 2022 Brings the Latest Brazilian Music, Dance, Art & Film to NYC
Sunday, July 24, 2022
BAILE FUNK DANCE PARTY
House of Yes
Bushwick, Brooklyn
FESTIVAL
Wednesday, June 29 – Sunday, July 24, 2022
Art, Baile Funk, Dance, Film, Jazz, MPB, Samba
Brooklyn Public Library, DUMBO Archway, House of Yes, Le Poisson Rouge, Lincoln Center, Nublu, Museum of the Moving Image, Steven Amedee Gallery
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Afro-Latino Festival NYC 2022
Wednesday, June 29, 2022
ONLINE
Thursday, June 30, 2022
RESTORATION PLAZA
Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn
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Louie Vega Plays a Sunset Set at The Brooklyn Mirage
BROOKLYN MIRAGE
East Williamsburg, Brooklyn
Monday, July 5, 2021, 4pm
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November 2022
Poranguí: Beauty Way Tour featuring co-facilitator Ashley Klein, is a House Music, dance and healing experience at House of Yes in Bushwick, Brooklyn, on Thursday, November 10, 2022 at 6:45pm (6pm doors). $41. 🇧🇷🇲🇽
DJs Camilo, Manny Mills, J Star and Enuff spin the Spanglish Saturdays dance party at La Boom in Woodside, Queens on Saturday, November 26, 2022 from 9pm – 3am. No sneakers. Guest list free before midnight. Then $25. 🇨🇴
October 2022
Resident DJ Eli Escobar spins the House of Grooves party at House of Yes in Bushwick, Brooklyn, on Saturday, October 14, 2022, from 10pm to late (9pm doors). Free before 11pm (be there before 10:30). From $24. 🇵🇷
February 2022
Eli Escobar spins the House of Grooves party at House of Yes in Bushwick, Brooklyn on Friday, February 4, 2022 from 10pm – 4am. From $25.
DJ Annita Yes (Pamela Anderson, Real Madrid) spins Spanish House Music at Sabor Latino in Elmhurst, Queens on Friday, February 11, 2022 after midnight (10pm doors). From $10. 🇪🇸
January 2022
Top Colombian DJ Lecktra Fire plays House for Ladies Night at La Boom in Woodside, Queens on Friday, January 21, 2022 at 10pm. Guestlist before midnight. 🇨🇴
NYC House Music Venues
The Avant Gardner (Brooklyn Mirage) is a giant indoor and outdoor club space in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn. avant-gardner.com
Elsewhere is a three story nightclub in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn. elsewherebrooklyn.com
House of Yes is an aerial circus burlesque nightclub in Bushwick, Brooklyn where the 1980s never ended.
La Boom is a Latin nightclub that occasionally presents Latin House.
