Viva Acid
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Viva Acid is a Chicago-focused cultural celebration.
Happy birthday to the Wizard himself, Jeff Mills.
A true architect of techno, Jeff has pushed dance music beyond the club and into something timeless.
Thank you for showing us that electronic music can be powerful, emotional and limitless.
06/17/2026
Viva Acid and A Party Called are bringing Dance Mania Legends to the block for a free afternoon of music, culture, and community.
FREE RSVP at VivaAcid.com
We’ll also be launching the new Viva Acid website and merch shop, featuring exclusive event-only gear shirts, vinyl, stickers, and a few surprises available all day.
Hosted by DJ Slugo & DJ Monty
Sunday, July 12th
Indigo Mrkto
2100 S Morgan St
Chicago, IL 60608
12PM - 10PM
Media Partner: Do312
The Warehouse started a revolution.
These are the stories of those who created it.
Via: BBC Four (2018) Can you feel it - How Dance Music Conquered the World
In 2005, RP Boo produced Bang’n on King Drive for the annual Bud Billiken Parade, a South Side tradition held each summer along Martin Luther King Drive.
The track was designed for the rhythm of the parade itself, where dancers, drill teams, and marching bands move through the streets and footwork crews often debut new routines.
It was released in 2015 as a documentary, capturing that energy with K-Phi-9, the Era footwork crew, Juke Boi, and the South Shore Drill Team, documenting how Chicago’s dance culture continues to shape and animate the city’s public spaces.
Gant on the origins of Juke.
Chicago born and bred, him and Poncho started a musical revolution that can’t be contained.
Juke forever.
04/27/2026
Japan’s underground hardcore scenes built their own world: small rooms, extreme tempos, DIY flyers and a tight community pushing rave culture into new territory.
From Tokyo to Osaka, these sounds and visuals helped shape what later became J-core, and even influenced modern electronic music far beyond Japan.
When acid house crossed oversees, the mainstream media couldn’t understand what it was all about.
They labeled it as a ‘sinister cult’ and said it’s days were numbered... little did they know it was only just starting.
Acid house became a language for love, release and community, a place where people met on the dance floor as equals.
04/23/2026
Aaron Mertes grew up on Detroit’s west side just as techno was taking shape. Inspired by The Electrifying Mojo’s genre-blurring broadcasts he found himself inside a movement built on secrecy, abandoned spaces, and radical creative freedom.
Through his photography, Mertes captured a Detroit that was raw, insular, and quietly inventing the future
Meet Space Tak (aka Takuya Nakamura) the Japanese musician and producer who blends jazz, electronic, dub, and experimental music with live trumpet.
04/20/2026
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