NY Night Train Soul Clap & Dance-Off w/Abby Jeanne & Friends

Name: NY Night Train Soul Clap & Dance-Off w/Abby Jeanne & Friends
Start: 2026-08-30T00:00:00+00:00
End: 2026-08-30T00:00:00+00:00
Location: TV Eye

August 29, 2026 at 8:00 PM · TV Eye, Ridgewood, NY

Lineup: w/MC Steve Myers, 1AM Dance Contest, & a Distinguished Panel of Judges!, The Stones, The Problem with Kids Today, Jonathan Toubin

NY Night Train SOUL CLAP & DANCE-OFF! Show, Dance Party, & Contest! Live ABBY JEANNE & THE SHADOWBAND, THE STONES, & THE PROBLEM WITH KIDS TODAY! Soul Dancing w/DJs JONATHAN TOUBIN & LENNY KAYE, MC STEVE MYERS, and more!SAT, AUG 29 | TV EYE BALLROOM | 8PM BANDS | 11PM DANCE | 1AM CONTESTALL NIGHT (Bands + Dance): $15 | DANCE PARTY ONLY (After-11PM Entry): $10A lot of bang for your buck and a night to remember! Come early! Stay late!The 21st Century’s most popular and prolific soul party, NY Night Train Soul Clap and Dance-Off features vital live bands, dancing to the soul 45s of DJ legend Jonathan Toubin, and a Dance Contest determined by a jury of notable judges. It's the first dance party with its own night at Lincoln Center’s Midsummer Night’s Swing, the first dance party with an entire dedicated night at South By Southwest ( the festival’s official annual closing party for nearly a decade), and the only party with its own compilations on the classic Norton Records imprint - with five sold-out international volumes of its Souvenirs of the Soul Clap LP series. After an extended hiatus, Thee Clap is back for this special TV Eye edition with a constellation of stars! Make a night of it!8PM THE PROBLEM WITH KIDS TODAY: This New Haven, CT's hot new trio of rock and roll delinquents, recently buzzing in Pitchfork and other media outlets, shakes NYC with their 70s-informed punk, power pop, and good time R&R sound!9PM THE STONES: Just back from their European tour with The Lemon Twigs, Brookyn's hottest new rock'n'roll party band features former members of Josephine Network, The Wand-ers, and more, are no longer NYC's best-kept secret!10PM ABBY JEANNE & THE SHADOWBAND: Prolific Milwaukee singer, songwriter, music legend, and visualartist Abby Jeanne has assembled a new all-girl supergroup featuring Toni Lynn (Josephine Network, The Voluptuous Horror of Karen Black, etc), Kim The Beat (Sloppy Jane, Miranda & The Beat, etc), and artist/musician/DJ Taylor Copeland. They've been laying down killer singles and burning up the road all over the USA with their infectious brand of soulful garage rock and exuberant live shows!11PM DJ JONATHAN TOUBIN: Spinning his raw, wild, and unique original 7-inch vinyl sides at over 3000 gigs on five continents over the last twenty years everywhere from nightclubs and venues to parks and museums to all-ages warehouses and afterhours to dozens of major music festivals, Toubin is also internationally recognized for persistently throwing the some of the world’s most popular, prolific, and distinctive events of their kind under his New York Night Train moniker.1AM $100 DANCE CONTEST:<ul><li>DJ LENNY KAYE: Iconic founding member and decades-long bandleader of The Patti Smith Group, visionary conceptualist behind the world-changing 1972 Nuggets compilation, prolific producer, songwriter, and musician, author of countless music books, articles, and liner notes, Lenny Kaye is also famous for his record collecting and DJing! So get ready to get down! Also check out Lenny's just-released LP Goin' Local on Yep Rock Records!</li><li>MC STEVE MYERS: Vocalist for Mighty Fine and Afghan Whigs, this walking New Orleans-to-NYC cultural institution has also been the Emcee of Thee Clap's Tri-State editions since 2011!</li></ul> <ul><li>TONIGHT'S DISTINGUISHED PANEL OF JUDGES: </li><li>ABBY JEANNE, KIM THE BEAT, TONI LYNN, and TAYLOR COPELAND from Abby Jeanne & The Shadowband!</li><li>HURRICANE DITA: Skate queen and hell on wheels of Xanadu Roller Arts!</li><li>OWEINAMA BIU aka CAPTAIN HEARTLOCK aka OBSIDIAN BASILISK of 95 Bulls, London Plane, Calamity Glamour, etc!</li><li>SEAN JONES: Jones Bar proprietor, DJ, and member of Nice Knife, Nick Cage, Ouster Nash, and a number of other bands!</li></ul>

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