New York City scene guide

New York City scene guide — find your venue by sound. House lands at Nowadays. The venues, promoters and artists shaping New York City’s electronic scene.

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How big is New York City’s electronic scene?

Over the last 12 months soundcheck tracked 13,778 club nights across 1068 venues in New York City, featuring 6,851 artists. Every listing carries the line-up, times and venue — see what’s on in New York City tonight.

Which New York City venues have the most club nights?

Counted over the trailing 12 months of listings:

VenueNights (12 mo)
Bossa Nova Civic Club558
Mood Ring333
Le Bain307
Moondog Hifi290
Jupiter Disco287
SILO279
public records273
Nowadays255
Elsewhere250
Eavesdrop241

What time do New York City club nights actually start and end?

From the 13,778 listings publishing door times: the median New York City night opens at 21:00 — 54% open before 22:00, 45% between 22:00 and midnight, and 1% after midnight. Of the 1,955 listings publishing a close time, the median close is 03:00, 43% run past 04:00 and 9% go to 06:00 or later.

How much does a club night in New York City cost?

Across the 2,345 listings publishing prices (17% of all nights): the median advance ticket is 5, with half of all nights between $0 and $25. 35% of listed nights are free.

When does New York City go out?

Saturday is the biggest night (36% of all listings); Friday and Saturday together carry 63% of the week. The busiest month of the year is September.

What does New York City sound like?

By share of genre tags across the year’s line-ups: House 35% · Techno 21% · Reggaeton 12% · Club 8% · Hip-Hop 7% · Pop 6%. Genre-by-genre venue picks are in the routes above.

All figures derived from soundcheck’s listings database over the trailing 365 days; updated with each rebuild.

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See who’s playing tonight and this weekend across every venue in London. Preview the sets, follow the artists you love, and save the nights you want — soundcheck maps club nights and artist line-ups across 104 cities in 40 countries.

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