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It’s nearly impossible to list them all, but what you will find below is a list of more than 15 awesome DFW-area DJs and musicians with 30 collectively kick-ass DJ residencies in your city. These residencies span almost every single day of the week and feature damn near every type of music imaginable. You’re welcome.
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Who: Anthony Social and Keith P
Where: The Church each Thursday, $5
What: “The Funeral Party” used to be at Beauty Bar, but recently moved to The Church, and features the best in post-punk, gothic, EBM, industrial, cold/dark/minimal new wave, ’80s, underground and more
Who: DJ Brittany Gilligan and Nodafunk are a duo called “Capital Disco”
Where: Beauty Bar each Wednesday, Free
What: “Glitzed,” featuring deep, soulful house and synthy disco
Who: DJ Space Chase
Where: Andy’s Bar each Thursday
What: “Subsonic Indulgence,” which features many forms of house, techno and hip-hop music
Who: DJ Blake Ward
Where: “Showdown at Sundown” at Sundown at Granada each Tuesday, Free; “Glamorama” at Beauty Bar each Saturday, Free; Three Sheets each Friday, Free
What: “Showdown at Sundown” features indie dance music; “Glamorama” features indie dance, party jams, house, ’80s and ’90s music; Three Sheets residency features party jams and indie dance music
Who: Track Meet (Ynfynyt Scroll, Air DJ, DJ Shooknite)
Where: Hailey’s Club on the last Thursday of each month
What: “Zaire” features extremely varied genres, including ballroom, Latin/Afro-percussive, Reggaeton, Cumbia, dancehall, Kuduro, Tuki, Southern rap, grime, techno, house, Jersey and Philly club music and more
Who: Wanz Dover a.k.a. Blixaboy or “Jack” Dover
Where: Nova each Friday, Free; Zubar each Thursday, Free; The Hacienda On Henderson each Wednesday
What: Nova residency features funk, soul, post-punk, new wave and Britpop music; Zubar residency features mostly Detroit, Berlin and Chicago-influenced techno and house music; The Hacienda on Henderson residency features funk and soul music
Who: Miss CJ
Where: “Razzle Dazzle” at Beauty Bar on the last Wednesday of each month, Free; “Beat Wars” at The Crown & Harp on the first Saturday of each month, Free; “High Frequency” at The Crown & Harp on the third Saturday of each month, Free
What: “Razzle Dazzle” features house, breaks and bass music; “Beat Wars” features DJ battles with themed nights including trance, drum & bass, house, breaks, hip-hop and more; “High Frequency” features house music
Who: DJ S.O.U.L.Jah
Where: “Trillwave” at House of Blues, in the Foundation Room once a month, with DJ Anti-Social; “Too Future Sundays” at The Slip Inn each Sunday, with DJ System
What: “Trillwave” features nothing but upfront bass music; “Too Future Sundays” features a fusion of “ghetto rap and ghetto trap” music
Who: DJ Yeahdef
Where: The Crown at Harp on the first Friday of each month, Free
What: R&B, house, bassline dance tunes, older funky gems and uptempo, energetic summertime house
Who: DJ Sober
Where: “Big Bang” at Beauty Bar each Thursday; “Top Notch” at It’ll Do Club on the first Friday of each month; “The Warm Up” with DJ Red Eye once a month (which rotates between Beauty Bar and It’ll Do Club)
What: “Big Bang” and “Top Notch” are both open format, featuring genres such as reggae, ’80s, indie dance, ’90s R&B, disco, house and hip-hop; “The Warm Up” with DJ Red Eye is all dance music
Who: DJ Red Eye
Where: It’ll Do Club each Saturday night, $5; Beauty Bar each Friday Night, Free
What: It’ll Do residency features house, deep house, techno and tech-house music; Beauty Bar residency features nu-disco, indie dance, deep house, ’80s throwback and deep disco music
Who: Bill Stanley
Where: The Church each Sunday night, $5/$10; “Totally ’80s Wednesdays” at The Crown & Harp each Wednesday, Free; “’80s Night” at Pour House Dallas each Tuesday, Free
What: ’80s retro music
Who: JT Donaldson
Where: Beauty Bar each Tuesday, Free
What: “TUE” features classic dance and electronic grooves
Who: Tony Schwa, featuring JT Donaldson, Tyrone Smiley, DJ AMIR, DJ A1, DJ Sober, Luke Sardello and more
Where: Circuit 12 Contemporary once a month
What: “Wax Addicts” is a new monthly soiree dedicated to the art and love of vinyl, which means that there isn’t an Mp3, compressed file or laptop in sight, and the event features three new DJs each month
Who: DJ Avi
Where: Sisu Uptown Resort each Tuesday; Blue Martini in Plano each Friday; Avenu Lounge each Saturday; Club Eden afterhours on late Saturday nights
What: Sisu residency features “Top 40,” house, dance, hip-hop trap and dubstep; Blue Martini residency features “Top 40” and dance; Avenu Lounge residency features mix of house and dance music; Eden residency features house electro music.
