Theo Parrish All Night

One of dance music’s living legends, Sound Signature head Theo Parrish, returns to the decks at Nowadays for another of his infamous all-night sets as part of his long-standing residency at the club. With roots in Washington D.C., Chicago, Kansas City, and Detroit, where he’s become pivotal to the underground scene, Parrish’s sets traverse many musical territories, blending a deep sense of musical history into narratives that feel fresh on today’s dancefloors. “And that’s another thing, that I’m going to get into, that’s the classic stuff. Basically, the pieces that these were made off of. The calls and responses. This sort of music was there and was a language before the monikers came. Like acid house, like progressive, like drum & bass, like any of the different sub genres that are utilized to dissect the music and pimp it, more or less. Way before any of that was done, so it was considered all the same thing. We weren’t really even calling it house music. It didn’t have the moniker that it had. That was Europe coming over, seeing it, saw that there was money to be made, taking it back, and that’s when next thing you know you had D-Mob walking around with “aceeed!” smiley faces. There weren’t no smiley faces and LSD was not a part of the equation, at least not with the young kids, not with us. It was never associated. It was something that was a lot more raw, and a lot more visceral. It was part of our language. It was something we were owning.” – Theo Parrish, RBMA lecture, 2017 /// 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.