On Friday, October 27th, Folamour headlines. The young French producer has become a breakout success in the last couple years, with a bright, joyous disco house sound that is just too sweet to be denied. His own tracks evoke the swooning glamor of Studio 54 and the effervescence of peak-era Daft Punk affiliates like Le Knight Club and DJ Falcon. If those names don’t ring a bell, the instantly-legible emotional generosity of a Folamour set will nonetheless feel as familiar as a treasured memory.

The next night, Horse Meat Disco steps in with their version of a costume party. None other than DJ Harvey headlines, alongside NY’s essential Musclecars. Harvey has, over the past two decades, carved out an utterly unique niche in dance music. He’s a true rock star, with a quintessential swagger that cannot be faked. "You can't understand the blues until you've had your heart broken by a woman,” he once said in an interview. “And you can't understand my music until you've had group sex on Ecstasy." This makes him a perfect fit for HMD.

Sunday sees the return of Everyday People’s Roller Disco party. It’s a large-scale transformation of the space, with a full-on roller rink indoors as well as a mandatory costume theme. Attendees are required to come in ‘70s/’80s attire, suggestive of Diana Ross, Rick James, etc. The combination is too perfect. Everyday People already attracts a photogenic crowd of young bon vivants. The seasonal elevation of that core aesthetic means hundreds of people showing up with their A-game ready to skate, dance and lounge.

Finally, after a short break, Tuesday is NY Night Train’s 18th Annual Haunted Hop. The long-running party from Jonathan Toubin dials the punkish garage rock energy all the up. This year, the Black Lips headline alongside cult favorite the Voluptuous Horror of Karen Black. In the words of SNL’s Stefon, “this party has it all:” Three stages, with local rockers doing cover sets of everyone from the Birthday Party to Lords of the New Church and Butthole Surfers, an all-Black Sabbath stage, scary movies outside and much much more. We’ll be sending over a deeper dive in an upcoming newsletter so you can plan ahead, but the short version is: if you’ve ever loved the Cramps’ psychobilly, the ghoulish fun of the Misfits, the Bride of Frankenstein or the Wolf Man, or the raw, boisterous anthems of the Nuggets compilation, this will be unmissable.