Fifty years of one long night

1966 · New York

Patricia Field: Opens her first New York boutique

Stylist and boutique owner who dressed downtown and Sex and the City. (Night Fever guest, Season 3, Episode 1.)

1966 · The Pants Pub, Washington Place

The Pants Pub, Washington Place

Her first store (1966) on NYU's campus, selling slim menswear-inspired trousers

Heard in the Patricia Field Afterparty (S3 E1) at ▶Play from 00:07:22

1970 · Max's Kansas City, Park Avenue South

Max's Kansas City back room becomes the Factory's canteen

Andy Warhol's Superstars hold court in the back room while the Velvet Underground play upstairs. The room becomes the training ground for everyone who follows.

1970s · Studio 54

Nikki Haskell: Regular at Studio 54

Socialite, TV host and Studio 54 regular. (Night Fever guest, Season 2, Episode 4.)

1970s–80s · New York

Brian Belovitch: Lives as Tish Gervais in the downtown scene

Author of the memoir Trans Figured. (Night Fever guest, Season 2, Episode 10.)

1970s · Max's Kansas City

Cherry Vanilla: Publicist for David Bowie; fronts her own punk band

Actor, singer and publicist for David Bowie. (Night Fever guest, Season 3, Episode 5.)

1970s · Max's Kansas City

Bebe Buell: Model and fixture of Max's Kansas City

Model and singer of the rock'n'roll 1970s. (Night Fever guest, Season 4, Episode 3.)

1970s · Studio 54

Dustin Pittman: Photographs Studio 54 and the downtown scene

Photographer of Studio 54 and 1970s nightlife. (Night Fever guest, Season 4, Episode 5.)

1970s–80s · New York

Brad Gooch: Models and writes in New York

Author and former model. (Night Fever guest, Season 5, Episode 5.)

1970s · New York

Christopher Makos: Photographs Warhol and the New York scene

Photographer who worked with Andy Warhol. (Night Fever guest, Season 5, Episode 6.)

1970 · Park (Berlin club)

Park (Berlin club)

Rudolf's first club, which James dates to 1970: a World War II bunker in Berlin, six floors underground and open 24 hours

Heard in the Rudolf Piper Afterparty (S1 E7) at ▶Play from 00:13:14

1971 · Roundhouse, London

Warhol's play Pork runs in London

Wayne (later Jayne) County stars. David Bowie sees it and pulls several of the cast into the MainMan orbit that builds Ziggy Stardust.

1971 · Max's Kansas City

Cherry Vanilla: Appears in Andy Warhol's play Pork

Actor, singer and publicist for David Bowie. (Night Fever guest, Season 3, Episode 5.)

December 1973 · 315 Bowery

CBGB opens on the Bowery

Hilly Kristal's country-and-bluegrass bar accidentally becomes the birthplace of American punk.

1974 · CBGB, Max's Kansas City

Blondie forms, with Tish and Snooky behind Debbie Harry

The Stilettoes become Blondie. The Bellomo sisters sing backing vocals in the earliest line-up before leaving to open a shop.

1974 · King's Road, London

SEX opens at 430 King's Road

Malcolm McLaren and Vivienne Westwood's shop invents the look of British punk and, a year later, assembles the Sex Pistols.

1975 · Nell's

Nell Campbell: Plays Columbia in The Rocky Horror Picture Show

Columbia in The Rocky Horror Picture Show and owner of Nell's. (Night Fever guest, Season 5, Episode 1.)

1975 · New York

New York

Johnny arrived in summer 1975; dangerous then, they say, and below 14th Street was the centre of the universe

Heard in the Chi Chi Valenti & Johnny Dynell Afterparty (S6 E3) at ▶Play from 00:02:34

1975 · The Loft

The Loft

One of the clubs Johnny went to after arriving in 1975 (not Chi Chi's own 14th Street loft)

Heard in the Chi Chi Valenti & Johnny Dynell Afterparty (S6 E3) at ▶Play from 00:03:15

1976 · Chicago

Chicago

Chi Chi lived there briefly around 1976 and felt something starting in New York; she found her Balenciaga coat in a thrift shop there

Heard in the Chi Chi Valenti & Johnny Dynell Afterparty (S6 E3) at ▶Play from 00:02:34

7 July 1977 · 33 St Marks Place

Manic Panic opens on St Marks Place

America's first punk boutique. Tish and Snooky mix hair colour in the back and build a global brand out of it.

26 April 1977 · 254 West 54th Street

Studio 54 opens

Steve Rubell and Ian Schrager turn a West 54th Street theatre into the most photographed door in the world.

Late 1970s · New York

Nora Burns: Arrives in Manhattan

Comedian and writer of downtown comedy. (Night Fever guest, Season 6, Episode 5.)

October 1978 · 77 White Street

The Mudd Club opens downtown

Steve Mass's Tribeca answer to Studio 54: art-damaged, cheap and open late. Basquiat is in the crowd, Klaus Nomi is on the stage.

1978

New Wave Vaudeville

Tom Scully's vaudeville show with punk acts at Irving Plaza in late 1978; Ann directed and ran around for it, and it's where much of the Club 57 crowd converged. Klaus Nomi got in after Ann vouched for him

Heard in the Ann Magnuson Afterparty (S4 E10) at ▶Play from 00:22:43

15 December 1979 · Saturday Night Live, NBC

Bowie sings on Saturday Night Live with Klaus Nomi and Joey Arias

Three songs, three costumes, one pink poodle. The most famous crossover between downtown performance art and network television.

1979 · Mudd Club

Richard Boch: Works the door at the Mudd Club

Mudd Club doorman and author of The Mudd Club. (Night Fever guest, Season 2, Episode 11.)

1979 · Club 57

Ann Magnuson: Runs Club 57 in the East Village

Performer who ran Club 57. (Night Fever guest, Season 4, Episode 10.)

1979 · Pravda

Pravda

Rudolf's SoHo club, opened in 1979 and shut by inspectors the next day

Heard in the Dianne Brill Afterparty (S1 E1) at ▶Play from 00:15:46

1979 · Avenue A

Avenue A

Ann's apartment in 1979, at $150 a month; she always needed someone to walk her home, and James jokes you needed a tank

Heard in the Ann Magnuson Afterparty (S4 E10) at ▶Play from 00:31:47

1980 · 30 West 21st Street

Danceteria stacks four floors of nightlife

Rudolf Piper and Jim Fouratt's club gives a coat-check job to Madonna, a booth to Mark Kamins and a stage to the Beastie Boys.

1980 · Danceteria

Rudolf Piper: Co-founds Danceteria in Manhattan

Club owner behind Danceteria, the Tunnel and Palladium nights. (Night Fever guest, Season 1, Episode 7.)

1980s · Danceteria

Rudolf Piper: Runs the Tunnel and Palladium

Club owner behind Danceteria, the Tunnel and Palladium nights. (Night Fever guest, Season 1, Episode 7.)

1980s · New York

Luis "Xtravaganza" Camacho: Walks the balls as a member of the House of Xtravaganza

Ballroom dancer from the House of Xtravaganza who toured with Madonna. (Night Fever guest, Season 1, Episode 8.)

1980s · Studio 54

Nikki Haskell: Hosts The Nikki Haskell Show on TV

Socialite, TV host and Studio 54 regular. (Night Fever guest, Season 2, Episode 4.)

1980s · New York

Connie Fleming: Walks the balls and the downtown clubs

Model and ballroom icon of the downtown scene. (Night Fever guest, Season 2, Episode 5.)

1980s · New York

Michael Schmidt: Starts out in the New York club scene

Designer of stage costumes worn by pop's biggest stars. (Night Fever guest, Season 2, Episode 6.)

1980s · New York

Michelangelo Signorile: Writes a nightlife column before turning to activism

Journalist and co-founder of OutWeek magazine. (Night Fever guest, Season 2, Episode 8.)

1980s · New York

Trey Speegle: Part of the downtown art and club crowd

Artist known for paint-by-number works. (Night Fever guest, Season 4, Episode 7.)

1980s · Club 57

Ann Magnuson: Fronts the band Bongwater

Performer who ran Club 57. (Night Fever guest, Season 4, Episode 10.)

1980s · New York

April Palmieri: Part of the downtown club world

Downtown nightlife figure. (Night Fever guest, Season 5, Episode 8.)

1980s · New York

Screamin' Rachael Cain: Records Chicago house music on Trax Records

"Queen of House" and co-owner of Trax Records. (Night Fever guest, Season 5, Episode 9.)

1980s · Limelight

James St. James: Becomes a fixture of downtown nightlife and one of the original Club Kids

Club Kid legend, author and the host of Night Fever. (Night Fever guest, Season 6, Episode 1.)

1980s · New York

Chi Chi Valenti & Johnny Dynell: Johnny DJs and records "Jam Hot"

Creators of the club night Jackie 60. (Night Fever guest, Season 6, Episode 3.)

1980s–90s · New York

Nora Burns: Performs with Unitard and The Nellie Olesons

Comedian and writer of downtown comedy. (Night Fever guest, Season 6, Episode 5.)

1980s · New York

Sally Randall: Part of the New York club world

Nightlife figure. (Night Fever guest, Season 6, Episode 7.)

1980s · New York

William Norwich: Writes a society column bridging uptown and downtown

Journalist, author and society columnist. (Night Fever guest, Season 6, Episode 8.)

1981 · 101 Avenue A

The Pyramid Club redefines drag

Avenue A's tiny bar turns drag from lip-sync glamour into punk performance art, and launches the careers that become Wigstock.

1981 · Thompson Street, SoHo

Susanne Bartsch opens her SoHo boutique

The Swiss transplant imports British designers - Leigh Bowery, Vivienne Westwood, BodyMap - and turns her fashion shows into parties.

1981 · New York

Christopher Makos: Shoots Warhol's Altered Image series

Photographer who worked with Andy Warhol. (Night Fever guest, Season 5, Episode 6.)

1981 · New York

New York

Where she came for Valentine's Day in 1981 and stayed

Heard in the Susanne Bartsch Afterparty (S2 E3) at ▶Play from 00:00:16

1981 · Hotel Chelsea

Hotel Chelsea

Susanne has lived there since 1981, the last one standing, working the hallway

Heard in the Susanne Bartsch Afterparty (S2 E3) at ▶Play from 00:01:40

1982 · New York

Martha Wash: "It's Raining Men" with The Weather Girls

The voice behind dance anthems including "It's Raining Men". (Night Fever guest, Season 3, Episode 2.)

1982 · New York

Man Parrish: Releases "Hip Hop, Be Bop (Don't Stop)"

Electro pioneer behind "Hip Hop, Be Bop (Don't Stop)". (Night Fever guest, Season 3, Episode 4.)

1982 · New York

Susan Seidelman: Directs Smithereens

Director of Desperately Seeking Susan. (Night Fever guest, Season 4, Episode 9.)

November 1983 · 656 Sixth Avenue

Peter Gatien turns a church into Limelight

A deconsecrated Episcopal church on Sixth Avenue becomes the most notorious room in the city, and the first brick of Gatien's empire.

September 1983 · 157 Hudson Street

Area opens and rebuilds itself every six weeks

A club with a theme, redesigned from scratch each time. Warhol, Basquiat and Haring all contributed installations.

1983 · Area

Eric Goode: Co-founds Area

Co-founder of Area, the art club of the 1980s. (Night Fever guest, Season 3, Episode 6.)

1984 · Downtown Manhattan

Warhol crowns Dianne Brill Queen of the Night

The title sticks for forty years and defines the job of being famous for going out.

1984 · The Village Voice

La Dolce Musto begins in the Village Voice

Michael Musto starts the column that becomes the written record of thirty years of New York nights.

Labor Day 1984 · Tompkins Square Park

The first Wigstock in Tompkins Square Park

A hungover afterthought by Lady Bunny and friends becomes the outdoor drag festival that runs for decades.

1984 · Saginaw, Michigan

Saginaw, Michigan

Where teenage James was 'stuck' in 1984

Heard in the Dianne Brill Afterparty (S1 E1) at ▶Play from 00:01:59

1984 · Private Eyes

Private Eyes

1984 video nightclub on West 21st Street where Makos photographed Dianne

Heard in the Dianne Brill Afterparty (S1 E1) at ▶Play from 00:04:52

1984

Malcolm McLaren's Fans party at Area

Party for McLaren's 1984 album Fans; James's favourite party ever

Heard in the Michael Musto Afterparty (S1 E2) at ▶Play from 00:58:17

14 May 1985 · 126 East 14th Street

The Palladium opens with art on the walls

Rubell and Schrager's comeback, designed by Arata Isozaki with work by Haring, Scharf and Basquiat.

1985 · New York

Susan Seidelman: Directs Desperately Seeking Susan

Director of Desperately Seeking Susan. (Night Fever guest, Season 4, Episode 9.)

1985

Williamsburg Bridge outlaw party

Vito Bruno's 1985 outlaw birthday party for Details editor Annie Flanders on the bridge; Dianne was a guest

Heard in the Dianne Brill Afterparty (S1 E1) at ▶Play from 00:39:13

1985

Williamsburg Bridge outlaw party

Vito Bruno's 1985 party; the news aired it late, buying 25 minutes before the police came

Heard in the Michael Musto Afterparty (S1 E2) at ▶Play from 00:15:19

1985

Downtown Dukes and Divas

Show where James met Fenton and Randy backstage. Gabriel Rotello's revue series, 1985-86; NYU archive of Nelson Sullivan's videos

Heard in the James St. James Afterparty (S6 E1) at ▶Play from 00:19:04

1986 · Harlem and downtown

Harlem's ball scene meets downtown

Voguing crosses from the uptown balls into the downtown clubs, five years before Paris Is Burning puts it on screen.

1986 · Nell's

Nell Campbell: Opens the club Nell's

Columbia in The Rocky Horror Picture Show and owner of Nell's. (Night Fever guest, Season 5, Episode 1.)

1986 · The Tunnel

The Tunnel

Johnny played its main floor around 1986-87, where the voguers danced outside his booth and he first saw the Club Kids

Heard in the Chi Chi Valenti & Johnny Dynell Afterparty (S6 E3) at ▶Play from 00:34:08

Late 1980s · Limelight

Ernie Glam: Part of the downtown club crowd around the Limelight and Tunnel

Club Kid-era writer and party figure who lived the Limelight years up close. (Night Fever guest, Season 1, Episode 5.)

Late 1980s · Limelight

Waltpaper: Joins Michael Alig's Club Kids at the Limelight

Original Club Kid famous for head-to-toe looks. (Night Fever guest, Season 1, Episode 6.)

1987 · Pyramid Club

Linda Simpson: Starts the zine My Comrade

Drag queen, writer and creator of the zine My Comrade. (Night Fever guest, Season 2, Episode 9.)

1987

AIDS crisis

Politicised Musto's column from 1987

Heard in the Michael Musto Afterparty (S1 E2) at ▶Play from 00:20:55

1987

Death of Andy Warhol (1987)

Musto says Warhol was the centrepiece of the scene and his death left a vacuum in the clubs

Heard in the Michael Musto Afterparty (S1 E2) at ▶Play from 00:30:06

1987

Andy Warhol's memorial

1 April 1987 at St. Patrick's; they dressed for a party and James read his diary list of everyone there

Heard in the Lisa Edelstein Afterparty (S1 E3) at ▶Play from 00:40:18

1987

Bleecker Street murders (1987)

Killings in Lisa's building that may have inspired Disco Bloodbath

Heard in the Lisa Edelstein Afterparty (S1 E3) at ▶Play from 00:47:17

1987

Death of Andy Warhol (1987)

Makos says he was in Florida and his boyfriend took Andy to the hospital

Heard in the Christopher Makos Afterparty (S5 E6) at ▶Play from 00:44:10

1987

Death of Andy Warhol (1987)

Seen as the death of downtown; Andy had wanted to invest in MK

Heard in the Eric Goode Afterparty (S3 E6) at ▶Play from 00:34:11

1987

Filthy Mouth Contest (Danceteria)

Michael Alig's first party; James was a judge. Source shows a 1987 contest card from the Palladium, not Danceteria

Heard in the James St. James Afterparty (S6 E1) at ▶Play from 00:27:19

1987

Death of Andy Warhol (1987)

Left a vacuum in the club scene that Alig filled

Heard in the James St. James Afterparty (S6 E1) at ▶Play from 00:30:11

1988 · 28-30 Tenth Avenue

Mars opens on the West Side Highway

Rudolf Piper's five-floor club, where a young Moby picked up some of his first proper DJ residencies.

1988

AIDS crisis

Losing half her address book by 1988 made her start the Love Ball

Heard in the Susanne Bartsch Afterparty (S2 E3) at ▶Play from 00:00:37

1988

House of Field Grand Street ball

Field's 1988 charity ball where fashion met the voguing community for the first time

Heard in the Patricia Field Afterparty (S3 E1) at ▶Play from 00:35:37

1988

World of Wonder founded (c. 1988)

Started as a record label to release the Pop Tarts

Heard in the James St. James Afterparty (S6 E1) at ▶Play from 00:49:48

1989 · New York and the Billboard Hot 100

Seduction charts with Two to Make It Right

Michelle Visage's freestyle group takes the sound of the New York clubs into the Billboard top three.

1989 · 530 West 27th Street

Sound Factory opens and Junior Vasquez takes the booth

No alcohol, no last call, twelve-hour sets. Vasquez's residency becomes the template for the modern club night.

1989 · New York

Michelangelo Signorile: Co-founds OutWeek

Journalist and co-founder of OutWeek magazine. (Night Fever guest, Season 2, Episode 8.)

1989

Nelson Sullivan's death (4 July 1989)

Trade was with him on his last day

Heard in the Michael Musto Afterparty (S1 E2) at ▶Play from 00:38:47

1989

Love Ball

Her AIDS benefits in the house-ball format: Roseland 1989 and 1991, Paris, the Playboy Mansion

Heard in the Susanne Bartsch Afterparty (S2 E3) at ▶Play from 00:00:37

1990 · MTV

Deee-Lite's Groove Is in the Heart hits MTV

The downtown club look goes global on television, and Nick Egan's design work sits in the middle of that visual moment.

1990 · US daytime television

The Club Kids invade daytime television

Michael Alig's crew take their looks onto Geraldo, Donahue and Joan Rivers, turning going out into a national spectacle.

1990s · Limelight

Ernie Glam: Documents the Club Kid scene in writing

Club Kid-era writer and party figure who lived the Limelight years up close. (Night Fever guest, Season 1, Episode 5.)

1990s · Limelight

Waltpaper: Appears in the Club Kids' TV and magazine moments

Original Club Kid famous for head-to-toe looks. (Night Fever guest, Season 1, Episode 6.)

1990 · New York

Luis "Xtravaganza" Camacho: Dances on Madonna's Blond Ambition tour

Ballroom dancer from the House of Xtravaganza who toured with Madonna. (Night Fever guest, Season 1, Episode 8.)

1990s · New York

Connie Fleming: Models for leading designers

Model and ballroom icon of the downtown scene. (Night Fever guest, Season 2, Episode 5.)

1990s · Pyramid Club

Linda Simpson: Hosts nights in the East Village drag scene

Drag queen, writer and creator of the zine My Comrade. (Night Fever guest, Season 2, Episode 9.)

1990 · New York

Martha Wash: Sings uncredited on huge dance hits, leading to new credit rules

The voice behind dance anthems including "It's Raining Men". (Night Fever guest, Season 3, Episode 2.)

1990s · Sound Factory

Kevin Aviance: Performs at the Sound Factory and Twilo

Performer and house music star of the 1990s club scene. (Night Fever guest, Season 3, Episode 3.)

1990s · New York

Domonique Echeverria: Part of the New York club world

Nightlife figure of the downtown club years. (Night Fever guest, Season 3, Episode 7.)

1990s · New York

Larry Tee: DJ and promoter alongside RuPaul in New York

DJ who named the "electroclash" sound. (Night Fever guest, Season 3, Episode 8.)

1990s · New York

Miss Guy: Fronts glam-punk band the Toilet Boys

Singer of the Toilet Boys and DJ. (Night Fever guest, Season 3, Episode 10.)

1990s · New York

Mickey Boardman: Joins Paper magazine

Editor at Paper magazine. (Night Fever guest, Season 4, Episode 2.)

1990s · New York

Zaldy: Part of the club scene and designs for RuPaul

Costume designer for RuPaul and Drag Race. (Night Fever guest, Season 4, Episode 4.)

1990s · New York

Lauren Ezersky: Hosts Behind the Velvet Rope

Host of the TV show Behind the Velvet Rope. (Night Fever guest, Season 4, Episode 6.)

1990s · Limelight

Richie Rich: Club Kid at the Limelight

Club Kid and co-founder of Heatherette. (Night Fever guest, Season 4, Episode 8.)

1990s · New York

Amanda Lepore: Club Kid-era icon in New York

Model, singer and nightlife icon. (Night Fever guest, Season 5, Episode 3.)

1990 · New York

Chi Chi Valenti & Johnny Dynell: Launch Jackie 60

Creators of the club night Jackie 60. (Night Fever guest, Season 6, Episode 3.)

1991 · 220 Twelfth Avenue

Gatien reopens the Tunnel

A Chelsea freight tunnel becomes the home of hip-hop Sundays and, later, Junior Vasquez's residency.

1991 · London and New York

Moby's Go breaks out of the clubs

A Twin Peaks sample over a rave breakbeat becomes a UK top-ten hit and pulls American electronica into the mainstream.

1991 · Cinemas worldwide

Paris Is Burning reaches cinemas

Jennie Livingston's documentary makes the Harlem ball houses legible to the world and hands drag its vocabulary.

1991 · Tatou

Tatou

Club for yuppies and uptowners Rudolf joined with Mark Fleischman; he ran its Beverly Hills branch 1991 to 1994 and its Aspen branch

Heard in the Rudolf Piper Afterparty (S1 E7) at ▶Play from 00:05:46

1992 · 218 West 47th Street

Club USA opens in Times Square

Gatien's neon fever dream, built as a theme park of nightlife, complete with a slide between floors.

Early 1990s · Limelight

Jenny Dembrow aka Jenny Talia: Part of the Club Kid crowd at the Limelight

Club Kid known as Jenny Talia. (Night Fever guest, Season 2, Episode 7.)

Early 1990s · Limelight

Christopher Comp & Really Denise: Club Kids at the Limelight

Original Club Kids. (Night Fever guest, Season 5, Episode 7.)

1992

Silence of the Lunch Pails

Jackie 60's 1992 night mocking the Club Kids (have the It Twins stopped screaming yet?), its invitation with Michael Alig's head on the Silence of the Lambs poster. Chi Chi says it was shown in a Stonewall 50 exhibit and they never topped it

Heard in the Chi Chi Valenti & Johnny Dynell Afterparty (S6 E3) at ▶Play from 00:47:03

1993 · New York

RuPaul's Supermodel (You Better Work) charts

The Pyramid Club's own goes from Wigstock stages to the Billboard charts, and World of Wonder starts filming.

1996 · New York

The Club Kid era ends with the Angel Melendez case

Michael Alig kills Andre "Angel" Melendez and later pleads guilty to manslaughter. The case collapses the scene just as Gatien's clubs face a federal drug investigation.

1996

Disappearance of Angel Melendez

Page Six's April 1996 'Mystery of the Missing Club Kid' built on Musto's items

Heard in the Michael Musto Afterparty (S1 E2) at ▶Play from 00:33:36

1996

Killing of Angel Melendez (1996)

James now believes it was premeditated

Heard in the James St. James Afterparty (S6 E1) at ▶Play from 00:37:23

1996

Killing of Angel Melendez (1996)

Johnny says Angel used to come to Jackie 60, and that Michael denied it to him at the time

Heard in the Chi Chi Valenti & Johnny Dynell Afterparty (S6 E3) at ▶Play from 00:47:47

1997 · Sound Factory

Kevin Aviance: Releases "Din Da Da"

Performer and house music star of the 1990s club scene. (Night Fever guest, Season 3, Episode 3.)

1998 · Brooklyn Federal Court

Gatien acquitted on drug charges, then pursued for taxes

A federal jury clears him of the drug charges; prosecutors move on to a tax evasion case. The Giuliani-era cabaret crackdown closes the empire room by room.

1998–2004 · New York

Patricia Field: Costume designer for Sex and the City

Stylist and boutique owner who dressed downtown and Sex and the City. (Night Fever guest, Season 3, Episode 1.)

1999 · Worldwide

Moby's Play licenses every track and sells ten million

The record that proves a club producer can soundtrack an entire decade of advertising.

1999 · Limelight

Richie Rich: Co-founds the label Heatherette

Club Kid and co-founder of Heatherette. (Night Fever guest, Season 4, Episode 8.)

1999 · Limelight

James St. James: Publishes Disco Bloodbath, his memoir of the Club Kid years

Club Kid legend, author and the host of Night Fever. (Night Fever guest, Season 6, Episode 1.)

2000s– · New York

Michael Schmidt: Makes costumes for stars including Cher and Lady Gaga

Designer of stage costumes worn by pop's biggest stars. (Night Fever guest, Season 2, Episode 6.)

2000s · New York

Daphne Guinness: Known for her couture style and support of Alexander McQueen

Fashion icon and artist. (Night Fever guest, Season 4, Episode 1.)

2000s · New York

Jodie Harsh: Hosts London club nights

DJ, producer and London club host. (Night Fever guest, Season 5, Episode 2.)

2000s · New York

Amanda Lepore: Muse to David LaChapelle

Model, singer and nightlife icon. (Night Fever guest, Season 5, Episode 3.)

2000s · New York

Lincoln Palsgrove IV: Part of the New York nightlife scene

Nightlife figure and performer. (Night Fever guest, Season 6, Episode 6.)

2001 · New York

Larry Tee: Launches the Electroclash festival

DJ who named the "electroclash" sound. (Night Fever guest, Season 3, Episode 8.)

2003 · New York-New York, Las Vegas

Joey Arias joins Zumanity in Las Vegas

Cirque du Soleil's adult show makes downtown cabaret a nightly Strip fixture for four years.

2003 · Limelight

James St. James: Disco Bloodbath becomes the film Party Monster

Club Kid legend, author and the host of Night Fever. (Night Fever guest, Season 6, Episode 1.)

2004 · Fox, Los Angeles

Lisa Edelstein becomes Dr. Cuddy on House

The 1980s downtown celebutante known as Lisa E. lands eight seasons on one of the biggest dramas on earth.

15 October 2006 · 315 Bowery

CBGB closes with a Patti Smith set

Thirty-three years after opening, the Bowery club plays its last show. The East Village of the guests' youth is officially over.

2007 · Limelight

James St. James: Publishes the novel Freak Show, later a film

Club Kid legend, author and the host of Night Fever. (Night Fever guest, Season 6, Episode 1.)

2 February 2009 · Logo TV

RuPaul's Drag Race premieres

World of Wonder turns everything the Pyramid Club invented into a global television format. Michelle Visage joins the panel in season three.

2011 · New York

Raja: Wins RuPaul's Drag Race Season 3

Winner of RuPaul's Drag Race Season 3. (Night Fever guest, Season 6, Episode 4.)

2015 · Museum at FIT

Susanne Bartsch: FASHION UNDERGROUND opens at the Museum at FIT

Her wardrobe enters a museum while she is still hosting on Tuesdays. Nightlife becomes archive and living practice at once.

2015

Susanne Bartsch: Fashion Underground

Her 2015 FIT show of 128 looks, entered through a club alleyway

Heard in the Susanne Bartsch Afterparty (S2 E3) at ▶Play from 00:00:48

2015 · The Museum at FIT

The Museum at FIT

Showed 128 of her looks in 2015

Heard in the Susanne Bartsch Afterparty (S2 E3) at ▶Play from 00:00:48

2016 · New York

Luis "Xtravaganza" Camacho: Appears in the documentary Strike a Pose

Ballroom dancer from the House of Xtravaganza who toured with Madonna. (Night Fever guest, Season 1, Episode 8.)

2017 · Mudd Club

Richard Boch: Publishes The Mudd Club memoir

Mudd Club doorman and author of The Mudd Club. (Night Fever guest, Season 2, Episode 11.)

2017 · New York

Cat Marnell: Publishes How to Murder Your Life

Writer and author of How to Murder Your Life. (Night Fever guest, Season 3, Episode 9.)

2017

Time capsule buried in a bomb casing

A Danceteria time capsule in a missile casing; dug up on West 21st Street in 2017, causing a bomb scare. Dianne's list of contributors isn't confirmed in press reports

Heard in the Dianne Brill Afterparty (S1 E1) at ▶Play from 00:18:23

2017

Club 57 exhibition at MoMA

MoMA's 2017–18 show on Club 57; links to the club's Wikipedia page, which covers it

Heard in the Michael Musto Afterparty (S1 E2) at ▶Play from 00:55:54

2018 · New York

Brian Belovitch: Publishes Trans Figured

Author of the memoir Trans Figured. (Night Fever guest, Season 2, Episode 10.)

2018 · New York

Zaldy: Emmy for costume design on RuPaul's Drag Race

Costume designer for RuPaul and Drag Race. (Night Fever guest, Season 4, Episode 4.)

2019 · New York

Jodie Harsh: Releases "My House"

DJ, producer and London club host. (Night Fever guest, Season 5, Episode 2.)

2019 · Boom Boom Room

Boom Boom Room

Where Sister Dimension came as a pickle for her Halloween 2019

Heard in the Susanne Bartsch Afterparty (S2 E3) at ▶Play from 00:29:12

2020 · Toronto

Peter Gatien publishes Club King

The memoir, written from Toronto after deportation, reopens the argument over who really killed New York nightlife.

2020 · Area

Eric Goode: Co-directs Tiger King

Co-founder of Area, the art club of the 1980s. (Night Fever guest, Season 3, Episode 6.)

2021 · World of Wonder, Los Angeles

Night Fever starts recording the survivors

World of Wonder's podcast sits the scene's originals down one by one, and they keep naming each other.

2021 · Limelight

James St. James: Starts hosting Night Fever for World of Wonder

Club Kid legend, author and the host of Night Fever. (Night Fever guest, Season 6, Episode 1.)

2023 · New York

Elyssa Maxx Goodman: Publishes Glitter and Concrete

Author of Glitter and Concrete, a history of New York drag. (Night Fever guest, Season 4, Episode 11.)

2025 · East Village

Manic Panic hits its late forties and the New York Times comes calling

Tish and Snooky are still behind the counter, still the living link between CBGB and the current punk generation.