Short Stay Studio

🇭🇹 SHORT STAY GOUYAD 🇭🇹

A night of Konpa, culture, and community honoring Ayiti’s Flag Day.

For one night, The Clubhouse transforms into an island-inspired living room filled with rhythm, movement, conversation, and pride. Expect a curated blend of traditional Ayisyen sounds and contemporary Konpa influences designed to keep the room moving all night.

This is more than a party—it’s a cultural experience rooted in connection, heritage, and energy.

✹ Live DJ sets featuring Kompa & Ayisyen-inspired sounds
✹ Traditional Ayiti patties & Pikliz available for purchase
✹ Signature cocktails featuring Barbancourt Rum
✹ Interactive photo experience + art installations
✹ Limited-edition art prints available

STRICT ATTIRE: ALL BLACK

Saturday, May 23
6PM — 10PM
Short Stay Clubhouse

Limited capacity. Once we hit 50, doors close.

Come dance. Come represent. Come feel the culture.

On May 18, 1803, during the Haitian Revolution, Jean-Jacques Dessalines removed the white stripe from the French flag—creating a new banner that would become a symbol of liberation, unity, and resistance for the first independent Black republic.

Sewn by Catherine Flon, the blue and red flag represented the alliance of Black and mixed-race Haitians fighting together under one message: L’Union Fait La Force — Unity Makes Strength.

Haitian Flag Day is more than a national celebration. It is a reminder of Ayiti’s revolutionary impact on the world, the resilience of its people, and the enduring cultural spirit that continues to move across generations and throughout the diaspora.

While Short Stay Haitian Gouyad will not take place directly on Flag Day, this month we intentionally recognize the significance of Haitian history, music, food, dance, and community through celebration. We believe culture deserves space to be felt, shared, and honored beyond a single date on the calendar.

This month, we celebrate Ayiti with intention. 🇭🇹

A rhythm that stays close.

Konpa was born in 1955 when Nemours Jean-Baptiste introduced Kompa Direk—a sound rooted in traditional Haitian méringue, layered with jazz and African rhythms. It wasn’t just music, it was movement. A slower, intentional couple’s dance—often called méringue de salon—built on connection, subtle control, and the language of the hips.

By the late 50s and 60s, Konpa became more than a dance floor staple—it was a cultural pulse. A unifying expression of modern Haitian identity that carried through generations. As it spread across the Caribbean, it shaped new sounds and scenes, even influencing the rise of Zouk, while evolving sonically with new instruments and textures in the decades that followed.

And now—Gouyad.
A slower, deeper, more intimate evolution. A style that leans all the way into the rhythm, where every movement is felt, not rushed.

This is the energy we’re bringing into the room.

Short Stay Haitian Gouyad 🇭🇹

Golden, crisp, and folded with intention.

Pâté kòde—literally “twisted patties”—gets its name from the hand-crimped edge that seals each piece before it hits the oil. But beyond the technique, it tells a deeper story. Rooted in a blend of French colonial influence and West African cooking traditions, this humble pastry evolved into a staple of Haitian life by the early 20th century.

Wrapped in paper, passed hand to hand, it’s the kind of food that lives in memory—after school snacks, quick meals between work, street corners filled with flavor. Whether filled with smoked herring, beef, or chicken, it’s always been about accessibility, community, and satisfaction.

And like many Haitian traditions, it traveled—finding new homes across the diaspora from Brooklyn to Miami, still holding the same warmth.

This Haitian Flag Day, we’re bringing that feeling to Short Stay.

Come celebrate with us 🇭🇹

Thank you to everyone who came out and supported our very first Wallabee day activation.

The room was nothing less than vibrant & FLY!

Congrats to our raffle winner .merikara

And we can’t forget the great folks that made this happen:

Featured Artist: .rolling
Featured Vendor:
DJ :
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Flyer Design:

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Wallabee Day at Short Stay Clubhouse
Here’s what to expect when you pull up 👇

• Artist Talk – a live conversation with Malcolm Rolling on art, hip-hop, and the cultural impact of the Clarks Wallabee
• Photobooth moments – come with your people, leave with a memory
• Jewelry & Lace Bar – customize your pair, make it yours
• Spades Lounge – cards on deck, bring your game face
• Wallabee Raffle – win a custom pair designed by Malcolm Rolling
• Complimentary refreshments – snacks, drinks, and good energy all around

All centered around the culture of the iconic Clarks Wallabee

April 26th
2PM–7PM

Pull up in your Wallabees or your flyest fit.
Tap in, bring a friend, and be part of the vibe.