Desertfest NYC returns this September for their fourth edition. taking place September 12th - 14th.

2-3 Day Festival passes, and single day tickets are available now.

**Thursday, September 12th @ The Meadows Lineup:**

Legons of Doom

Satan's Satyrs

Mirror Queen

Mustafina

**Friday, September 13th Lineup:**

High on Fire

Amenra

Belzebong

Primitive Man

Blackwater Holylight

Domkraft

Abrams

Guhts

**Saturday, September 14th Lineup:**

Russian Circles

Green Lung

Truckighters

Acid King

Eagle Twin

Spaceslug

Dozer

Tower

Gozu

Kadabra

Hippie Death Cult

High Desert Queen

Beinn

The Infinity Ring

Trace Amount

Knockdown Center

Desertscene US (2024)

Desertfest

Youngblood

Russian Circles

High On Fire

Amenra

Acid King

Green Lung

Gigs

New York

TBA Location New York 

Live Nation presents KNEECAP Fine Art USA Tour

KNEECAP 

Get Your Brits Out

KNEECAP

Outline lands in September with an all-out party. A series of live electronic sets draw on overlapping facets of house, disco and r&b with Outline's signature left-of-center twist. Starting in pools of ambient beauty, the night moves through a sequence of performances and escalating BPMs that finally give way to a proper DJ set to cap it off.

Yaeji headlines with a DJ set and immersive a/v show. The Korean-American artist has become a major figurehead, balancing underground dance sounds with breezy, fluid songwriting. Make it rain. Ninja Tune artist Sofia Kourtesis reinvents deep house on a cinematic scale, tapping into unbridled emotion and ancestral lineages. Ela Minus' tender, sometimes bristing pop weaves a revolutionary streak around themes of love. Nourished by Time's fearless intimacy calls to mind the diaristic yearning of Arthur Russell and the joyous rawness of boogie rarities. Malibu opens with waves of lush, transportive ambient.

Outline: Yaeji (DJ), Sofia Kourtesis, Ela Minus, Nourished by Time, Malibu

Raingurl

Yaeji

Sofia Kourtesis

Ela Minus

Nourished by Time

Malibu

NYC! SUNDAY, September 22nd we running it back outside + inside the Warehouse for our NYC SUMMER FINALE and this time we got the our WRAY PULL UP! in the house to add to the viiiibessss!!! So PULL UP!, grab a Wray & Nephew RUM PUNCH, a Ting and rock with us Day & Night at Knockdown Center.

Everyday People NYC x WRAY PULL UP: Warehouse Edition

Presented by Wray & Nephew Overproof Rum

OUTSIDE: 4pm - 10pm

Sounds by DJ mOma & Milhouse: 4pm - 10pm:

Hosted by Gitoo, Shernita, Studio TwoSixEight, MoChamp, & Fatuma.

Dance Motion by: Call Me Tight, Hooliboy, Esi Samuels, Beasty, Shawtyme & Jayy Wayy.

WAREHOUSE (INSIDE): 10pm - 2am

Sounds by HEAT HOUSE (Wemi & AQ) & Friends

Hosted by Pedrito, Moodi, Kale & Tany Ora

Food Available from Jamrock Jerk all day & night.

This event is 21+

Please drink responsibly. Do not drink & drive.

Everyday People x WRAY PULL UP

DJ Moma

Milhouse

I Hate Models presents his new Face II Face A/V show at RUSH, less than a year after headlining the series' debut edition.

RUSH - I Hate Models presents Face II Face: A/V show [6hr set]

Daydream

I Hate Models

999999999 returns to RUSH, and this time they've brought company. The Italian acid techno heavyweights have invited an all-killer-no-filler lineup to join them for their full venue takeover. Their first set at RUSH was instantly legendary. This is history in the making, do not miss.

RUSH - 999999999 invites SNTS, Amstra, Juana

300000003

999999999

SNTS

Amstra

Juana

party

Party

Toro y Moi's HOLE ERTH Tour 2024 lands in New York on October 3 at Knockdown Center.

Toro y Moi – HOLE ERTH Tour 2024

Toro Y Moi - So Many Details

Toro y Moi

We are stoked to welcome back Paco Osuna and his event brand party, NowHere, for Round 2 at the Knockdown Center on October 5th!

Last year, the brand made its debut with us at the 160-year-old historical venue, featuring artists like Iglesias and Melanie Ribbe. The event was such a success that we decided to run it back! With a hugely successful Ibiza residency at the world’s number one nightclub, Hï Ibiza, NowHere is constantly evolving. No surprise since a house and techno OG is the brains behind the operation!

NowHere dominated the Club Room at Hï Ibiza every Tuesday, featuring acts like Chris Stussy, Mason Collective, Blackchild, Dennis Cruz, Nicole Moudaber, and many more iconic names. Paco's hand-picked lineups are as impressive as the artists he signs to his label, MindShake Records, which includes talents like Cocodrills, Cuartero, Iglesias, and other rising stars.

With a long-standing career and deep history with the magical island of Ibiza, Paco Osuna brings his knowledge and experience to his brand party for us to enjoy again at the special Knockdown Center! Get pumped because this will be one for the books!

Gray Area

NOW HERE by Paco Osuna | Gray Area

House With Me - Paco Osuna Remix

Paco Osuna - Atopisimo

Paco Osuna

SOSA

Melanie Ribbe

TONES of NYC, a brand new IRL cultural day and night experience curated by COLORS.

Featuring a program of live music, exhibitions, workshops, conversations, panels, pop ups and more, at Queens’ very own Knockdown Center on October 10th and 11th. With a stacked line-up featuring:

By Day, 12pm - 4pm:

Across October 10th and 11th: Street Dreams, Half Moon BK, Daily Paper, KidSuper, le PÈRE, Charm La'Donna, Amari Marshall, Metalabel, Red Hot Org presents TRAИƧA, Alphonse Pierre, Margeaux Labat & more

By Night:

October 10th  
7pm - Midnight  
Mustafa --- Naomi Sharon --- Baby Rose --- Alicia Creti

October 11th  
7pm - 11:30pm  
Moses Sumney --- Bellah --- chlothegod --- SadBoi

Full details at: https://colors.lnk.to/TONESofNYC

COLORS: TONES of NYC w/ Moses Sumney, Mustafa, Naomi Sharon & more

Air Forces

Mustafa

Moses Sumney

Naomi Sharon

Bellah

Baby Rose

UK phenom Aluna brings Noir Fever to Knockdown Center.

A versatile vocalist and producer whose discography veers from infectious dance pop to massive modern house anthems, Aluna has defined herself as a modern renaissance woman. The Noir Fever series is an extension of her landmark, all-Black electronic music festival of the same name. Using her platform to foster community, Aluna has become a major advocate for Black visibility. “When we were trying to work out what the lineup would be,” she told DJ Mag, “we actually had way too many artists. There’s too many for one festival!"

She's invited special guests Coco & Breezy, DJ Karaba and NY's Papi Juice to join her in the Atrium.

Aluna presents Noir Fever

Aluna

Coco & Breezy

Papi Juice

Sega Bodega - Tears, Tours & Sighs

Eartheater (DJ set)

Cecile Believe

Rick Farin

Sega Bodega w/ Eartheater (DJ), Cecile Believe, Rick Farin

Sega Bodega - Elk Skin

Sega Bodega

Eartheater

Cecile Believe

The Voidz

Leave It In My Dreams

Crack Cloud

This is an 21+ event

Elsewhere Presents: Club Shy

Shygirl - SLIME

Shygirl

JWP Presents

Horse Meat Disco New York

Music by

HORSE MEAT DISCO

WILL AUTOMAGIC

X3BUTTERFLY

Suggested Dress: Bloody Disco

Hosts:

Apollo

Ejim

Phillip Evelyn II

Fashion Faguette

Justin Justfan

Nirco

NYSOCIAL BEE

Paloma Perez

Dahlia Sin

Knockdown Center

52-19 Flushing Avenue, Queens

280/1500

This is a 21+ event

Horse Meat Disco

Horse Meat Disco New York Halloween

Horse Meat Disco - Fight For Love (feat. N'Dea Davenport)

NYC's iconic Halloween party tradition! Nonstop Multi-Room Action! Free shuttle back and forth from the Jefferson L Train!

Phantasmagorical Ballroom

THE MUMMIES

THE GORIES

KOOL KEITH

THE MYSTERY LIGHTS

ACID TONGUE

BIG GIRL as ABBA

Monster Mashing with JONATHAN TOUBIN & MUMMIES A GO GO (Seattle's BOOTS party!)

1AM $500 COSTUME CONTEST

Room Full of Mirrors | Goo Goo Muck Manor

THE THING - The Who

SHILPA RAY - Depeche Mode

TCHOCHKE- Shangri Las

SID SIMONS - David Bowie

TONY & THE KIKI - Rocky Horror Picture Show

ABBY JEANNE & THE SHADOW BAND - The Doors

EVOLFO - Can

95 BULLS - Thin Lizzy

ALANA AMRAM & THE ROUGH GEMS - The Four Seasons

GNARCISSISTS - Butthole Surfers

FLASYD - Beastie Boys

SKORTS - Heart

FRIDA KILL - X-Ray Spex

MALA VISTA - Blitz

BALACLAVA - Jay Reatard

THE DRACU-LAS - The Go-Gos

CERTAIN DEATH - T-Rex

ADULT HUMAN FEMALES - Bikini Kill

THEOPHOBIA - Sparks

SHOP TALK w/JASPER MCGANDY - The Damned

THE KNIGHT SHADES - ? & The Mysterians

LICKS - The Gories

FIREWALL - Blur

MIGHTY FINE - Rick James

ROYAL MINKS - The B-52s

WIFEKNIFE - The Pixies

PRINTS - The Fall

GARGOYLE - New Order

GENUINE CONNECTION - Roy Orbison

DITA & THE HURRICANES - Kiss

DJS LINDSEY GARDNER & ELENA CHILDERS

Howie Pyro Zombie Discotheque

PRIMO

TODD O PHONIC TODD

CARLOS RENE

VEE VEE

MIKE DECAY

AVI SPIVAK

DREW REDMOND

SICK NICK

& more

GARY BALABAN HORROR CINEMA

CULT PARTY WITCH ROOM

INSTALLATIONS by B.A. MIALE, AMY FRANZ & more!

NY Night Train 19th Annual HAUNTED HOP Halloween Spooktacular!

The Mummies

The Gories

Kool Keith

The Mystery Lights

Acid Tongue

Show Me The Body headlines at Knockdown Center for the first time since their 2022 takeover for In Broad Daylight.

Show Me the Body

We Came To Play

Show Me The Body

High Vis

Zelooperz

Black Noi$e

RUSH x UNREAL: Klangkuenstler all night long

UNREAL x RUSH: Klangkuenstler all night long

Klangkuenstler - Die Welt Brennt

Klangkuenstler

November 9th 2024, Jeff Mills headlines Knockdown Center. Mills is one of the most essential and innovative artists in techno, full stop. A founding member of Underground Resistance, a prolific solo producer whose works include some of the genre's most canonical entries and a DJ of jaw dropping virtuosity, Mills has defined the scope and artistic promise of techno as much as anyone. His performances redefine DJing, mixing ultraprecise beat matching with live 909 drum machine programming. Many practice the dark art of techno; Mills lives it. As he said himself, "I know now that the term ‘techno’ is irrelevant. It is what is being said with the sound of techno that is most important." Knockdown Center is proud to host one of the most visionary artists of our lifetime.

Jeff Mills

A.G. Cook - The BritpopMania Tour

A. G. Cook

House legend MK headlines Knockdown Center as part of his run of US dates celebrating the relaunch of his Area10 label.

MK: Area 10

Mayhem will celebrate their 40th anniversary with an exclusive performance in New York City at Knockdown Center.

The show will feature a setlist spanning their entire career, from *Deathcrush* to the present, alongside rare footage and iconic photos. As pioneers of black metal, Mayhem remains one of the most influential bands in extreme metal, continually pushing the genre's boundaries.

Presented by Live Nation.

This is an 18+ event

Mayhem - 40th Anniversary Tour

Mayhem - Deathcrush

Mayhem

It’s no Secret that the Secret Soca Society has hit Year ✋🏾🤚🏾!!

Can you believe it?

If you have ever rocked with us, even if it has been one of our energy-filled events in the last decade. Black Friday we want to celebrate with you…

Stay Tuned as the details unfold but this is going to be the most talked about event of 2024…

#SSS #SecretSocaSociety #SSSBlack #TenYearAnniversary #WeGoingViral

#SSS Black 10 Year Anniversary 

Who will you kiss at midnight? The Dare presents Freakquencies NYE at Knockdown Center.

Freakquencies - New Year's Eve

Girls

The Dare

Bowery Presents... Molchat Doma at Knockdown Center

AEG Presents

Bowery Presents: Molchat Doma Tour 2025

Molchat Doma - Танцевать

Molchat Doma

Sextile

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