The ultra modern décor and crisp sound system provides the perfect setting for an amazing night of music and dancing, spun by the world’s most renowned house music producers and DJs. Despite the rather exclusive location and overall trendy atmosphere of the club, Cielo's policy is miles away from the show-off, pretentious bottle-service type of club that is usually the norm in this part of town. On the contrary, the sole focus of the place is the music and Cielo is ultimately built for dancing, with the DJ booth right on the side of the dance floor so the crowd and the DJ can interact and feed off each other’s energy.
Clubs, Discos & Afters
Cielo
Pacha
If you're up on your Wild On!, you'll recognize the name. It's the clubbing franchise that dominates Europe. With over 25 mega-clubs, Pacha is known for killer DJ sets, a ridiculously gorgeous clientele, and the kind of drunken hedonism that makes you wish you were single.
With four levels, plenty of VIP rooms, girls dancing in showers, and an All-Star lineup of DJs, it has quickly become an anchor of New York nightlife.
Stereo
Stereo is a scaled down and refocused version of the Roxy, centered on cutting edge house music, and attracting a loyal and diverse crowd of party boys (with a significant contingent of straight clubbers) and music lovers. With a reasonable cover charge, affordable drink prices and friendly staff, Stereo proves that there is still a place in New York for underground venues dedicated to promoting cutting-edge house music and offering great value to its patrons.
Sol
Gays, girls and straight guys comingle on the dance floor, at tables, and at the large bar area in front. Stealing the show is the slightly elevated dance floor in back, where saucy go-go girls in wild wigs dance in prime view of folks in the roped-off VIP area.
Webster Hall
Webster Hall had earned a terrible reputation during the late 90’s, when it used to draw mostly a crowd of clueless tourists and obnoxious “B&T” party goers, which the true New York club heads abhorred.
But in the last year, the club has started hosting some serious dance music events, regaining some credibility with the musically educated crowds.
It is also one of the few clubs in Manhattan to invite big name international DJs from the Trance scene.
Shelter
The party kicks-off late Saturday night, starts to get busy after 4 am and can last well into Sunday afternoon. The DJ spinning a true marathon sets can work the crowd into a frenzy, distilling infectious rhythms, soulful vocals, timeless classic grooves; blending a unique mix of house, funk, disco and soul that takes the revelers in an exhilarating journey of communal bonding and self expressivity.
Tubway
Conceptual and irresistible, puzzling and mesmerizing, the strange energy which emanates from the speakers and permeates the minds of the dancers drives everyone into an odd frenzy. It causes, among the crowd, spontaneous outbreaks of voguing battles, riveting scenes of runway show-downs, sudden episodes of break dancing, and other cases of manic possession.
Work
First located at Stereo, “Work!” has been drawing the hottest crowd of party boys craving for some hard house beats.
Rush
Formerly home to Heaven, Rush is a nightclub catering to a younger crowd of gay college kids, their friends, their admirers and those who appreciate the naughty, debaucherous atmosphere that reign in this Chelsea dance den.
The club stands out from neighboring bars such as G-Lounge or Splash Bar in that it draws a very young and often sex-starved crowd eager to let out some steam after a long and studious week of classes and homework.
The parties lined up each weekend at club Rush should be enough to quench the thirst and other cravings of the rowdy thongs of horny New York college boys who patronize the establishment.