Sparkle City Disco 10th Anniversary featuring Eli Escobar & Vicki Powell

Sparkle City Disco are Nashville’s premier vinyl disco DJs. The duo - Jonas Stein and David Bermudez - formed one fateful, bourbon-filled night at classic Nashville dive Foobar. Jonas, raised on punk and having toured the world playing in rock bands, had a slightly different upbringing than his counterpart David, whose schooling forbade dancing. The two did, however, share the desire to spin classic vinyl disco '45s, and the pair cut their teeth DJ'ing every Friday night at Foobar until their popularity demanded they take the show on the road.
 
"I got a 4-disc CD set at the library (which I'm pretty sure I never returned) and would go to a local venue on Saturday nights (or maybe it was Fridays?) It's when some of our dj friends were spinning regularly," says Bermudez of his early years DJ'ing. "I would post up in the parking lot with my doors open and blast all four discs, generating a weekly parking lot dance party."



"I didn't really like David until one morning I woke up at his house after a party he threw," says Jonas of David. "My car was across town and I asked for his address so I could call a Yellow Taxi Cab. He told me he would just give me a ride, where we listened to music and bonded over this psychedelic Chubby Checker album."



The duo specialize in filling rooms with the sounds of deep, pre-house disco hits from the '70s and '80s, and deck venues out with oversized mirrored balls, hazers, lights and lasers. Their straight-ahead DJ style features all hits and no tricks, and pays homage to the original vinyl tastemakers while honoring the genre of disco.



Come and spin the night with Sparkle City.
 
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New York’s house and disco evangelist Eli Escobar has been a familiar face on the city’s scene for the last two decades.
 
Whether tearing it up at clubs across the capital (and beyond) or throwing down super-charged disco bombs on labels like Nervous and Strictly Rhythm, Escobar rarely steps out of his four-four beat.
 
As one third of the Tiki Disco parties in Bushwick, as well as running his own Night People label, Escobar has been putting his own twist on the city’s house and disco soundtrack, joining the dots between yesterday’s golden era classics and today’s club anthems.

Born and raised in Atlanta, Vicki Powell got her first DJ gig at age 13, spinning records at a local roller skating rink, and hasn’t stopped since. With 30+ years of experience, Powell is revered in underground dance spaces across the world for her incredibly infectious enthusiasm and energy, which is palpable in her addictive sets, her personality behind the decks, and her lifelong efforts top build unforgettable queer party spaces. With Powell’s penchant for driving baselines and an astounding ability to connect with crowds, her audiences are at her command.

In Atlanta, Powell reigns supreme at some of the city’s most respected nightspots, and is a celebrated underground figure, famous for her monthly dance parties, Sunday Service and DEEP SOUTH. She commands summer crowds at her residency at Mark Louque's F^G B^SH in Provincetown, MA, and as a former NYC resident, is helping to bring post-pandemic New York nightlife back to life with a roar. A founding DJ of Holy Rollers, one of Brooklyn’s hottest new parties for queer women, and resident at Black Flamingo in Brooklyn, NY, Atlanta-based Powell knows no physical limits when it comes to creating incredible moments and community through music.