World Famous Kenton Club
8:00pm Saturday, June 14, 2025
Let's
find inspiration in the LGBTQ community of the 1980s who literally
fought for their lives through radical and clever activism. We don't
give up, we ACT UP!
It's my very first (and probably only) entirely 1980s music party! Woo! A Pride Month 19-GAYTEES dance party!
As
part of my 30th anniversary of becoming a DJ, all year I've been making
DJ-related things happen that I've always wanted to do. This is one of
them - a night of 1980s records I loved and hated (but now enjoy as
guilty pleasures) WAY back in the day.
In
my mind, the era of "the 80s" is the years of the Ronald Reagan regime
(1981-1988), a conservative backlash/rollback reaction to the
progressivism of the 1960s/1970s (a little like what we're living
through right now).
I
grew up in the 80s, and for me they were all about rebellion,
irreverence, and rolling our eyes at authority while being "grossed
out" at everything that came along with the Reagan-era (greed, excess,
superficiality, consumerism, conformity, the Establishment,
whitewashing, misogyny, racism, homophobia, Lifestyles of the Rich &
Famous, Spuds MacKenzie, etc) This is why I chose to put an
anti-establishment (and GAY) character on my poster, PEE WEE HERMAN (a
loner & a rebel)!
As
much as I am repelled by much of what happened in mainstream culture
during the 1980s, strangely a lot of the pop stars were extremely
representative of fluidity in gender expression. This is a big reason I
can still enjoy the music of that time (genuinely AND ironically). In
fact, these days it's bringing me a lot of joy to revisit songs of my
childhood.
So, JOIN ME in dancing, singing along, and "partying hardy" to songs you most likely know! Do it irreverently or sincerely - I don't care as long as you're there having fun and bonding with your community.
White Eagle Saloon (836 N Russell St)
6:00pm–9:00pm Sunday, June 22, 2025
No Requests Vurzez Series: Queens vs The Bay
The Vurzez Series returns with a heavyweight showdown between two iconic regions in hip-hop history—Queens vs The Bay.
Join DJ Ambush and DJ Klyph as they dig deep into the crates, spinning classic and underground joints from Queens, NY and the Bay Area, CA. From Nas to Mac Dre, LL to E-40, Mobb Deep to Hiero—expect a night of gritty bars, hyphy energy, and non-stop head-nods.
🗓 Sunday, June 22nd
🕕 6–9pm
📍 White Eagle Saloon
💵 No Cover
Strictly vibes. No requests.
Let the music speak—who you got?