Dope Jams New Years Day Ball w/ Joe Claussell

Name: Dope Jams New Years Day Ball w/ Joe Claussell
Start: 2025-01-01T15:00:00-05:00
End: 2025-01-01T22:00:00-05:00
Location: 56 Bogart Street, Bushwick, Brooklyn

Schedule

Wed Jan 01 2025 at 03:00 pm to 10:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

56 Bogart Street, Bushwick, Brooklyn | Brooklyn, NY

2025 marks the 20 Year Anniversary of Dope Jams. Beyond all the amazing music sold and records pressed the life blood of the shop has always been the parties. Specifically the in-store ones, something magic happens in a space not setup to maximize bar sales and without the stress of time limitations beholden to a bottom line. What could be viewed as a hindrance becomes a key in its definition, something like the lack of air conditioning. The chaotic sweat box allowing those fever pitch musical moments to blast you off into the stratosphere. The embracing of these fortunate accidents is what the shop is founded on. There is nothing unique about these situations, what is unique is seeing the positive and how to use it to your advantage in what otherwise would be a negative. Building the shop there was many times these circumstances arose and I would express my frustrations to my friend Joe Claussell and he would help me see how to refocus that energy. These conversations were immensely important to me not throwing in the towel and moving forward.
When the shop was finally built out and we did the first in-store events there was only one person to have play, Joe Claussell. This early series of parties helped define the course of the shop. So it is with great excitement that we start 2025, the 20th Anniversary Year of Dope Jams, on January 1st from 3PM-10PM with an in-store party at Joe’s shop in Brooklyn, Cosmic Arts. Please join us.
Music by Joe Claussell & Paul Nickerson.