Thursday, August 17 – Los Angeles: Echo Park Rising Festival Soul Clap & Dance-Off w/Jonathan Toubin and contest selector Don Bolles of The Germs/Ariel Pink/etc, 10pm – 2am, FREE: The Soul Clap and Dance-Off helps kick off L.A.’s amazing Echo Park Rising Festival! Dance all night to the 45RPM soul vinyl magic of Jonathan Toubin! Get in the $100 Midnight Dance Contest with DJ Don Bolles of the Germs and judges Alice Bag (The Bags!), Allison Wolfe (Bratmobile), Arrow Sperske de Wilde (Starcrawler), Bobbi Rich (Mama Hot Dog), Carlos Colón (DJ Carlos Rossi), David Pacheco (Thee Commons), and Vashti Windish (Worship L.A. / Warm Drag)

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Friday, August 18 New York, NY – Home Sweet Home: Shakin’ All Over Under Sideways Down! w/Kid Congo Powers and Brendan Toller, 10:30pm – 4am, $5While Jonathan Toubin is away, legendary Cramps/Gun Club/Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds/Pink Monkey Birds guitarist Kid Congo Powers will play! With special guest Brendan Toller, the director of the killer Danny Fields documentary “Danny Says”!
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Friday, August 18 Seattle – Central Saloon: Soul Clap and Dance-Off w/Jonathan Toubin and contest DJ Cody Blanchard of Shannon and the Clams, and a live set by The Carols, 10pm – 2am, $10 Shake a tail feather all night long to the 45RPM soul vinyl magic of Jonathan Toubin! Get there early for a live set by The Carols! Get in the $100 Midnight Dance Contest with DJ Cody Blanchard of Shannon and the Clams!
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Saturday, August 19 San Francisco – Light Rail Studios: Hellbent Booking presents Soul Clap and Dance-Off w/Jonathan Toubin and contest selector Shanon Shaw of Shannon and the Clams, a live set by Isaac Rother and the Phantoms, and more, 10pm-2am, $10: Shake a tail feather all night long to the 45RPM soul vinyl magic of Jonathan Toubin! Get there early for a live set by Isaac Rother and the Phantoms,get in the midnight $100 dance contest with dj Shanon Shaw of Shannon and the Clams and determined byAndy Human (Cuts/Time Flys), Blag Dahlia of The Dwarves, Darla Downing aka The Mystical Sister, Erin Webb of Hellbent Booking, Omar Hernandez of Apache!
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Sunday, August 20 Brooklyn, NY – Our Wicked Lady Sky Terrace: NY Night Train Sunday Soul Scream Rooftop Record Hop with Habibi, Jonathan Toubin, and guest DJ set by Fancy Cat of Soul Night Crown Heights: Every summer Sunday NY Night Train and Our Wicked Lady bring your favorite weekly soul vinyl wingding back way up on the OWL’s fabulous sky patio bar! Shake a tail feather to the exquisite 60s soul 45 magic of thee one and only dee jay Jonathan Toubin, his fabulous guests, and the world’s best rock’n’roll bands. Dancing, delectable eats courtesy of Strange Flavor, homemade natural frozen tropical cocktails, and moonlit Bushwick rooftop party ambience! Every week of summer… Early party kicks off at 7PM, live music at sunset, and dancing through the night!

Tonight we’re thrilled to bring Burger Records’ fabulous HABIBI up on the roof for their first non-festival performance in over three years! Don’t miss this rare opportunity to check out one of your favorite bands in a unique setting! Also tonight is the birthday of Cat Fancy of Crown Heights amazing Soul Night! Help him blow out those candles, get ready for the next morning’s eclipse, and dance to the music! Get down up on the roof!
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upcoming nite training:
– Wednesday, August 23 New York, NY: Otto’s Shrunken Head: Jonathan Toubin set at Copycat’s 10th Anniversary
Thursday, August 24 New York, NY – Baby’s All Right: The Nude Party with DJ Jonathan Toubin (facebook event)
– Friday, August 25 New York, NY – Home Sweet Home: Shakin’ All Over Under Sideways Down! w/Jonathan Toubin and special guest Sheila B (WFMU’s Sophisticated Boom Boom) (facebook event)
– Saturday, August 26 Maspeth, NY – Knockdown Center: NY Night Train Rock’n’Roller Skate Ball! Big multi-room multi-media good-time Saturday night extravaganza! Jonathan Toubin and friends turn party vinyl all night long while you roller skate, dance, and hang out with yr amigos under the huge disco ball!!! If you don’t have your own, cheap $7 skate rental! Plus… Live music by The Tough Sh!ts, Tower, Johnny Couch, Chorizo, and Animal Show! Live Visuals by Spencer Bewley and Gare B Scopi! Pizza! Roller girls! Le Crunch Glam Dance party room with Josh Styles and Sophie Thunder-Murphy! Breathtaking performance by thee amazing Hula Hoop Harlot Melissa-Anne! and a whole lot more TBA! definitely plan to make an entire night ofit! (facebook event)
– Sunday, August 27 Brooklyn, NY – Our Wicked Lady Sky Terrace: NY Night Train Sunday Soul Scream Rooftop Record Hop with Escape-ism and DJs Ian Svenonius and Jonathan Toubin (facebook event)
– Friday, September 1 London, UK – Moth Club: NY Night Train Soul Clap and Dance-Off (facebook event)
– Friday, September 1 New York, NY – Home Sweet Home: Shakin’ All Over Under Sideways Down! w/special guest
– Saturday, September 2 Larmer Tree Gardens, UK – End of The Road Festival: NY Night Train Soul Clap and Dance-Off (facebook event)
– Sunday, September 3 Larmer Tree Gardens, UK – End of The Road Festival: Jonathan Toubin DJ Set (facebook event)
– Friday, September 8 New York, NY – Home Sweet Home: Shakin’ All Over Under Sideways Down! w/Jonathan Toubin
– Saturday, September 9 Long Island – Jonathan Toubin does weddings
– Sunday, September 10 NYC South Street Seaport: NY Night Train Day at the 15th Annual Seaport Music Festival with The Make-Up, Martin Rev, James Chance and the Contortions, The Mystery Lights, Wolfmanhattan Project (Kid Congo Powers, Mick Collins, and Bob Bert), Death Valley Girls, Surfbort, and Warm Drag, 1pm-9pm, FREE! (facebook event)