New York parties this week: five picks for May 20 to May 27, 2026
Five parties in New York this week, May 20 to May 27. Club nights, raves, late warehouse rooms. The picks below are ranked by what we would actually do on the night.
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Five parties for the week
Rødhåd / Rene Wise / Quelza / The Carry Nation / Sevyn
Rødhåd headlines a techno bill at BASEMENT, with Rene Wise, Quelza, The Carry Nation in support.
Lineup. Rødhåd, Rene Wise, Quelza, The Carry Nation, Sevyn
Focus: Dub Techno with Moritz von Oswald, Exos & Loidis
Loidis headlines a techno bill at Nowadays, with Moritz von Oswald, Exos in support.
Lineup. Loidis, Moritz von Oswald, Exos
Blawan (live), Emsho, Ike Release, Sploofi, Nicolò Bernardi
Blawan live at Good Room on Friday from 10pm, $30 to $40 at the door, with Emsho and Ike Release on the bill. Karl Blawan's live show is one of the more uncompromising techno performances working right now, the modular setup pushing the records into territory the DJ sets cannot. Good Room is the right Brooklyn scale for it, the sound calibrated, the back room open for the breaks. Friday late start. Earplugs strongly recommended. The Greenpoint walk afterward is part of the deal.
Lineup. Blawan, Emsho, Ike Release, Sploofi, Nicolò Bernardi
THE GAYEST OFFICE SIREN RAVE
GGG x NSFW at H0L0 on Thursday 10pm, presented by The FADER, free with RSVP. The lesbian collective taking over the Ridgewood room with CH3RI, purp, and LIL2HOOD on the bill plus a guest the door is keeping quiet about until the night. H0L0 has been one of the more interesting recent additions to the Brooklyn-Queens club axis and the format suits the high-energy rap focus the collective has been building. Doors at 10pm. Office siren dress code, which is loosely enforced. RSVP early.
Lineup. CH3RI, purp, LIL2HOOD
Pressure: DJ Bone, Volvox, Juno + S'aint Panic, DJ Sanna
Pressure at Paragon on Friday from 9:30pm, $25 advance, DJ Bone topping a bill that runs into Volvox and Juno. Bone is the Detroit-via-Amsterdam techno operator whose sets have stayed sharper than most of his generation and Paragon's main floor is the right scale for him. Volvox and Juno hold the warm-up and the back end with the kind of acid-leaning bookings the Pressure series has built its reputation on. 21+. Dress 2 impress, which the door enforces. Arrive by 11.
Lineup. DJ Bone, Volvox, Juno (NY), S'aint Panic, DJ Sanna
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