United States

Las Vegas

Nevada

Moon Boots entered the world in the mid-1980s via Cape Canaveral. After years of service as the preferred footwear of celebrity astronauts (notably Tom Hanks), Moon Boots came to life during a classified experiment aboard the International Space Station. Little is known of what actually transpired aboard the shuttle, but in short, Moon Boots became a sentient creature, equipped with reason, intuition, and groove.

Before long, he grew tired of working for the space-military-industrial complex and found solace in the soothing sounds of underground disco and R&B boogie records. He knew it was only of matter of time before he was hung up like so many boots before him. He abandoned the program and used his savings to build a music-production studio in an unnamed U.S. location, where he is currently working.

Moon Boots

Doors open at 10pm. Event is 21+ and ticket holders must present a valid and physical form of identification. ALL SALES ARE FINAL.

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This event will follow all local & state health guidelines.

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Los Angeles

California

Beginning January 2018, ACADEMY will enter the Los Angeles nightlife space. A location with over 20 years of dance music history, 6021 Hollywood Blvd, the former Create Nightclub, Vanguard, and Qtopia, will be transformed, rebranded, and upgraded for the modern and immersive dance floor experience. 
 
The mission is simple -- to provide a welcoming environment for fans to enjoy the music they love, while maintaining the highest level of production, sound, and programming standards. With over 600 successful partnered events between Insomniac and Exchange LA, an alliance of curators, marketers, operators, and production staff with decades of combined experience, will be developing this new Los Angeles platform for artists to connect with their fans. 
 
Shortly after the 2018 New Year, the stage will be set for hundreds of memorable events for years to come. January 12th through January 14th, Academy debuts with a stretch of four grand opening weekend events. We hope that you can join us. 


Beginning January 2018, ACADEMY will enter the Los Angeles nightlife space. A location with over 20 years of dance music history, 6021 Hollywood Blvd, the former Create Nightclub, Vanguard, and Qtopia, will be transformed, rebranded, and upgraded for the modern and immersive dance floor experience. 

Academy

Discopussy w/ MOON BOOTS
SAT | 10.7.23 | 10PM-4AM

Minimal In Everything But Sound, And Pussy - Discopussy. Come Sip The Funk.

MOON BOOTS: When Moon Boots hits the booth, he’s got one mission: to give you the best night of your life. Whether playing at iconic clubs like Chicago’s Smart Bar — where he cut his teeth watching legends like Frankie Knuckles and Derrick Carter — or the world’s biggest festival stages, he gives people a release they’ll remember long after the party’s over. Born in Brooklyn, Moon Boots’ (birth name: Pete Dougherty) musical obsession started not long after he could walk. His early love of piano lead to a passion for keyboards and synthesizers. Teenage nights lost in the work of Daft Punk, A Tribe Called Quest and Herbie Hancock followed. Then came college years at Princeton University, where he shelved an Engineering degree to dive into the musical abyss.

21+ Event.
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Dp: Moon Boots

A new nightclub specializing in mainline house and techno music opens on Friday, July 3, on Fremont East. Corner Bar Management, which already has Commonwealth and Park on Fremont, debuts Discopussy, taking over the former Red Nightclub at 512 Fremont St.

The 6,500-square-foot club with room for 500 people features a dance floor with a massive “disco octopus” light hanging over the bar. The eight tentacles light up with 10,000 laser-cut components with 5,000 light diodes. Studio Annwn and Future TBD created the over-the-top chandelier.

A new nightclub specializing in mainline house and techno music opens on Friday, July 3, on Fremont East. Corner Bar Management, which already has Commonwealth and Park on Fremont, debuts Discopussy, taking over the former Red Nightclub at 512 Fremont St.

Discopussy

Sunbar Tempe
21+

**Mobile and temporary IDs are not acceptable for entry to this show.

Entry closes 1:30am

Phoenix/Scottsdale

Arizona

Sunbar, is a new music venue and nightspot opened in Tempe. The folks behind Shady Park, C.A.S.A., and Charlie Trumbull's are adding to their collection of bars and nightspots in downtown Tempe. Sunbar offers events daily.

Sunbar Tempe

MOON BOOTS

Moon Boots and Pete Dougherty are technically the same person, but in many ways, the two couldn’t be more different. The former is a globe-trotting extrovert whose genre-hopping (but always funky) DJ sets reliably fill dancefloors around the world. The latter is a relatively shy dude with a studio tan who has been geeking out on synths since he was a teenager.

Pete was born in Brooklyn and spent his adolescence in the suburbs. Early formative musical memories include hearing MFSB’s “Love Is The Message” at block parties. Cut to high school years jamming along to Daft Punk in the barn with a blacklight on.

After college Pete moved to Chicago, the birthplace of house music. The city transformed Pete and after a few years playing in the band Hey Champ, Moon Boots was born. The alias began taking shape with a series of releases for French Express. The label provided Dougherty with a platform, and he quickly leveled up his craft, eventually signing with Anjunadeep and moving back to Brooklyn.

The first Moon Boots album, First Landing, arrived in 2017, and was followed two years later by Bimini Road. Emphasizing melody while blending elements of house, disco, soul and R&B, both records were widely embraced – with over 100 million streams – and as they picked up steam, so did Moon Boots’ DJ schedule. Over the years, the versatile selector has found himself playing everywhere from dimly lit clubs to massive festivals, but regardless of where the DJ booth is located, his objective remains the same: to keep people dancing, preferably with a giant smile on their face.

A third album is currently in the works (and will surface on Anjunadeep next year), as is a revamped Moon Boots live show, one in which Dougherty will showcase his musical chops while touring and performing with a full band. In a way, those shows (which are slated to begin in 2023) might be what finally puts the Dougherty / Moon Boots split to bed, allowing the timid musical whiz kid to step into the spotlight and assume his rightful place as the life of the party.

FAQs
This is an 18+ event

All sales are Final.  There are no refunds or exchanges.

Honolulu

Hawaii

Family-friendly hangout with pool tables, Ping-Pong & arcade games, plus a full bar & concert space.