Playing to more people in more places and generating more capital than any of its contemporaries by far, New York Night Train's Soul Clap and Dance-Off is North America's most popular soul party. The night is centered around dancing to wild 45s of Mr. Jonathan Toubin - the prolific NYC DJ/conceptualist behind Shakin' All Over Under Sideways Down, the Happening, Polyglot Discotheque, Boogie Night, and, his latest concoction, Land of a Thousand Dances. The climax of the party is a $100 dance contest determined by an interesting panel of judges - past juries have included everyone from classic subcultural icons like Mike Watt and Jello Biafra, to rock stars like Andrew Van Wyngarden (MGMT) and Nick Zinner (Yeah Yeah Yeahs), to interesting cultural figures like Karla LaVey (Satanic Priestess) and Matt Gonzalez (Green Party Vice Presidential Candidate) to your favorite neighborhood heroes. Recession-friendly mass entertainment with a $5 door price, the dance party/spectacle not only sells beyond capacity at home, but has brought its excitement to domestic markets all the way from Portland, Oregon to Portland, Maine and internationally from Tel Aviv to Mexico City - including monthly residencies in New York, Chicago, LA, San Francisco, Oakland, and PDX. Catch The Soul Clap!
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