Los Angeles, CA – Emo Nite LA is thrilled to welcome alumni artist State Champs and the newest band in the pop punk world fronted by Tyler Posey, PVMNTS to their already stacked line up for the Slam Dunk Festival South Pre-Party. Taking place this Friday, May 25th at the O2 Academy Islington, this will be the first overseas party Emo Nite founders Babs Szabo, T.J. Petracca and Morgan Freed have hosted and is set to be a nite unlike any other. Additional DJ Sets will be brought to party-goers courtesy of Creeper, Brian Macdonald (PVRIS), John Feldmann (Goldfinger) Grayscale and Marianne Eloise.
Bringing together people who share the love of emo rock music from the 90’s, 2000’s, and today, Emo Nite LA, the event started by three friends at a small dive bar has grown into a full-blown phenomenon that has attracted some of the biggest and most diverse names in entertainment. Different musicians from all genres, actors and celebrities that have been inspired by emo and pop punk music like Demi Lovato, The Used, From First to Last with Sonny Moore (Skrillex), New Found Glory, All-American Rejects, Halsey, All Time Low, Chris Carrabba (Dashboard Confessional), Mark Hoppus, Machine Gun Kelly, Neck Deep, Craig Owens (Chiodos, badXchannels), Debby Ryan, Good Charlotte, Post Malone, Lil’ Aaron, The Wonder Years and more have either DJ’d or performed at the events that happen in cities from Los Angeles to New York to Atlanta to Seattle.
Emo Nite has been featured in outlets like MTV, PAPER Magazine, NYLON, Teen Vogue, Consequence of Sound, Forbes, Rolling Stone, The New Yorker, LA Times, Billboard, Earmilk, LA Weekly, Time Out LA, Alternative Press, FUSE, HelloGiggles, KERRANG! and talked about on the Grammy’s Red Carpet.
Upcoming Emo Nite Tour Dates
05/25 – London, UK @ O2 Academy Islington
05/29 – Seattle, WA @ Chop Suey
05/31 – Omaha, NE @ The Waiting Room
06/02 – Dallas, TX @ Bomb Factory
06/02 – Denver, CO @ Summit Music Hall
06/14 – Atlanta, GA @ Masquerade (Hell)
06/15 – Orlando, FL @ The Social
06/22 – Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Steel
06/26 – San Diego, CA @ The Casbah
06/26 – Portland, OR @ Holocene
06/29 – Sacramento, CA @ Holy Diver
07/07 – Phoenix, AZ @ Crescent Ballroom
07/24 – San Francisco, CA @ Rickshaw Stop
07/28 – Lawrence, KS @ Granada Theatre
08/10 – Baltimore, MD @ Rams Head Live
08/15 – Chicago, IL @ Subterranean
08/25 – Des Moines, IA @ Wooly’s