Emo Night Brooklyn hits The Echo Lounge & Music Hall in Dallas on Saturday, June 27 — a late-night DJ dance party predicated on the useful truth that nobody actually outgrows pop punk; they just stop admitting it. Doors at 9:30 PM, show runs 10 PM to 2 AM, 18+ with physical ID required. Note: this date was rescheduled from June 13 — tickets from the original date remain valid.
About Emo Night Brooklyn
Founders Alex Badanes and Ethan Maccoby met at age two in Surrey, England — an origin story that is almost too apt for two guys who turned millennial nostalgia into a touring business. They started throwing parties in college (Maccoby at Tufts, Badanes at Berklee) before launching Emo Night Brooklyn officially in January 2015 out of a Williamsburg basement bar called Cameo. They projected 100 people. Over 300 showed up.
From Cameo they scaled to Brooklyn Bowl, then Irving Plaza, then outward. The circuit now covers 30 to 40 cities a year, roughly 90 shows, with dates across both coasts, the Midwest, and internationally in London and Berlin. The Dallas show is part of an active summer 2026 run that includes Philadelphia, Boston, Los Angeles, San Diego, and Houston, among others.
The format stays consistent across every market: high-energy DJs spinning wall-to-wall emo and pop punk anthems to an audience that skews late 20s to mid-30s and still needs this in a way they are not entirely ready to explain. Badanes and Maccoby have been direct about the pull — the generation that grew up on this music is now paying rent, and there is genuine demand for a room where “Sugar, We’re Goin Down” functions as a Saturday-night public address system. Past guest DJs have included Ryan Key of Yellowcard, Derek Sanders of Mayday Parade, William Beckett of The Academy Is, Jordan Pundik of New Found Glory, and Travis Clark of We The Kings. No confirmed guest has been announced for the Dallas date.
The Venue
The Echo Lounge & Music Hall sits at 1323 N. Stemmons Fwy in Dallas’s Design District — a Live Nation–managed room with 1,000-person capacity that books across a genuinely wide range, from indie and electronic to metal and drag. The space includes a main music hall, VIP lounge, and an outdoor patio with full production infrastructure. Valet parking is available as an add-on for this show. More Dallas–Fort Worth concerts.
Tickets
Tickets start at $18 and may increase day of show. This is an 18+ event; physical ID required at the door. Doors open at 9:30 PM. Get tickets at Ticketmaster.