Gimme Gimme Disco is bringing Studio 54 to Tiptina’s in New Orleans on November 3 at 9 p.m.
Inspired by ABBA’s hit song, “Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight),” Gimme Gimme Disco is a traveling disco dance party. This DJing act travels all over the U.S., playing ABBA’s hit songs, as well as other disco hits from the ‘70s and ‘80s.
At this event, if you’re sitting down or standing by a wall, you’re missing out and doing it wrong. When you attend Gimme Gimme Disco, there’s one rule, and it’s that you must dance your heart out. If you’re afraid you lack in the dancing department, watch “Saturday Night Fever” and take notes on John Travolta’s killer disco dance moves.
The energy Gimme Gimme Disco cultivates at its shows is the closest thing we’ll ever get to a modern version of Studio 54. In case you do not know, Studio 54 was the most famous disco nightclub in the ‘70s and ‘80s.
Visitors like Donna Summer, Tina Turner, Cher, David Bowie, Diana Ross, Elton John, Mick Jagger and many more were frequently seen tearing up the discotheque floor of Studio 54.
Studio 54 was a hot spot for New York’s most exclusive celebrities, and the nightclub witnessed many scandals. Apparently, Studio 54 openly provided “premium” cocaine to elite guests and had a rubber-floored balcony so that the sweaty floor could easily be hosed down.
However, all good things must come to an end, and Studio 54 went out with a bang. Studio 54 was raided on account of serving liquor without a license and was shut down due to tax evasion. Yet, Studio 54 will always remain a pillar of disco culture.
Disco appeared in mainstream music and culture during the early ‘70s, and there’s debate on whether “She’s a Winner” by the Intruders or “Rock the Boat” by the Hues Corporation was the first big disco hit. After this genre of techno-esque dance music gained traction, major disco musicians like Diana Ross, Donna Summer, The BeeGees, Chicago, ABBA and KC & The Sunshine Band entered the limelight.
Although disco was becoming increasingly popular, rock and roll fans despised disco. They considered it the “killer of good music.” Rock fans took to burning disco vinyl in the streets to protest this era of music, and this kind of protest led to “Disco Demolition Night” in 1979. Disco unfortunately could not make a comeback after this fateful night and fell into remission. However, some disco artists still continued to make this genre of dance music well into the ‘80s, but the genre never quite regained its traction as it did in the early ‘70s.
Despite disco’s death, Gimme Gimme Disco resuscitates the disco era for just one night. So, if this sounds like your kind of scene, zip up those go-go boots and set the dance floor on fire like it’s 1978 at Gimme Gimme Disco.
