In the quest to entertain ourselves and meet the artists we admire who no one else would bring to New York, we've hosted over six hundred guest DJs and live acts over the past nineteen years. In our mission to discover new talent, we've presented countless New York City and even North American debuts. Newcomers to the party often wonder how the events got to this point. There really is no quick answer, as The Bunker is an ongoing night of musical exploration, constantly evolving since it started in The Bunker is a party for music obsessed people who want to dance to interesting sounds in a room full of likeminded folks, thrown by people who live to do just that, and strive to perfect the experience.
The adventurous electronic music lineupsβwhich bring together fringe artists who also know how to move a dancefloorβmade the party legendary amongst NYC cognescenti. The Bunker Podcast was launched in , when there really weren't many techno podcasts, to share recordings of live and DJ sets recorded at the party with the world. The deep archive of amazing sets speaks for itself. Beyond Booking is The Bunker's in-house booking agency.
We represent our resident DJs, frequent guests, and label artists, helping them book solid tours of the best parties in North America. Electronic music has its roots in Black and Latinx communities. From Chicago in the early s to the Berlin club scene during German reunification, the beats and dance floors of the electronic music scene have been since their inception a space for liberatory connections, movement, joy, and subversive sound for members of communities subject to marginalization and violence.
As the years have passed, electronic music has blossomed into the universal dance floor that it is today, but it remains imperative to honor its origins and preserve the tradition of the club as a refuge for the marginalized. The Bunker dance floor has family all over the world. We came together because of the music, and we stayed because for the first time, we felt welcome somewhere. Our community has some shared values about how we treat each other on and off the dance floor.
If these values resonate for you, come party with us! This dance floor is for all of us. We keep us safe. Making sure that these community norms get communicated and enforced is a shared responsibility, so if you see someone acting inappropriately towards one of your fellow community members, step up and step in! When people come into our spaces and mistreat our people, we want to know β and we want you to be empowered to protect your fellow community members too!
