On Thursdays, the ’80s and ’90s dance party is free. On some Fridays and Saturdays, tribute bands paying homage to Mötley Crüe, Bruno Mars and Metallica jam on the small stage.

The 40 Watt Club plans to host this event at least once a month lasting throughout the summer. The 80’s dance party is from 10 p.m.–2 a.m., and alcohol is served throughout the night.

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Dance music has been around for over five decades, first gaining traction in the 1970s and early ’80s in Chicago’s underground club scene with artists like Frankie Knuckles and Ron Hardy.

Still, the club’s current longest-running event, 1984, is beloved for turning the '80s night into populist high art every Thursday. It's back to operating on both dance floors.

Patrons of the Garage say that it really was a paradise, a place to relieve stress, have fun, express oneself on the dance floor and in mode of dress. It became so popular that it began to draw ...

“It’s all dance music.” Rewind, a cover band from Ramona, plays a variety of music genres from the 70s to the present. They often focus on 80s dance hits.

Aug. 11 Brenda K. Starr, U.S., salsa Starr first scored a dance-club hit in the mid-'80s with "Pickin' Up Pieces" from her debut album, "I Want Your Love." In 1987, her eponymous sophomore release ...

Titled “Blonded,” the event was meant to emulate what the ’80s club scene would have been like if PrEP had existed back then.

"Downtown has Etro for '80s dance and electronica, and Cherry for '80s-2000s dance and pop," said Soriano. "We are doing the same thing, but with Spanish music." ...