Focus: UKG with Anz, Don-Ri & DJ Shannon

Defined by its shuffled, syncopated rhythms, chopped vocal samples, and tempos hovering around 130 BPM, UKG was born in ‘90s London and has since spawned subgenres from speed garage and 2-step to the darker strains that seeded grime and dubstep. Today, a fresh wave of DJs has continued to push the sound into fresh, expected territories. For this UKG edition of Focus, Manchester DJ and producer Anz visits the booth with her versatile take on contemporary UK club music. She’s joined by two New York stalwarts: Don-Ri, an Irish-born, New York-based DJ and founder of Twist; and DJ Shannon, a resident of Radio Bonita and The Lot Radio, and host of the Club Management interview podcast. /// RSVP is $10 before 11pm and $15 before midnight. An RSVP is good for one person. If you're bringing friends, please have them RSVP here as well. We stop taking RSVPs at 6pm on the day of the party. In order to receive the RSVP discount, you must be at the ticket desk by the cutoff time and not just in line. It's wise to arrive early to make sure you're not standing in line when the time comes. An RSVP does not guarantee entry. Sometimes parties do sell out, so if you want to be sure you'll get in, it's best to grab a ticket in advance. /// Entry is at the discretion of our door staff. Online purchases are limited to four tickets maximum per person. If tickets are sold out here, we always hold a good amount at the door. We will do our best to admit those without tickets but entrance is not guaranteed. Violence, non-consensual touching, racist, homophobic, transphobic, sexist, ageist or other discriminatory language, and leering are not allowed within our walls or in our back yard. If someone says or does something to make you feel uncomfortable while you’re here, let us know. /// Accessibility: The wheelchair entrance to our indoor space is in the driveway, which is the access point most commonly used to enter Nowadays. During parties the driveway gate is locked, so please ask staff at the street entrance for assistance with entry. All of our bathrooms are gender-neutral. There is one accessible stall indoors. Just ask any Nowadays staff member for the key, and they can show you the way. During parties, seating is available both on and off the dance floor. While we don’t have a dedicated quiet space indoors during parties, the booths next to coat check are a little quieter, and the deck and back yard a little quieter than that. Most nighttime parties include the use of strobe lights and water based haze.