Emo Night Brooklyn rolls into Dallas on Saturday, June 13, taking over The Echo Lounge & Music Hall for a DJ-driven run through the pop punk and emo catalog: Fall Out Boy, Paramore, My Chemical Romance, Bring Me the Horizon, Blink-182. If you’re expecting a band to walk out with gear, reset those expectations. This is a traveling DJ dance party — doors at 9:30, set from 10 PM to 2 in the morning, landing in a 1,000-capacity Live Nation room. That last detail tells you how big the nostalgia circuit for mid-2000s alternative has gotten.
About Emo Night Brooklyn
Alex Badanes and Ethan Maccoby launched Emo Night Brooklyn in early 2015 out of a 100-capacity basement at Cameo bar in Williamsburg, Brooklyn — over 300 people showed up that first night. The series migrated to Brooklyn Bowl, the founders eventually quit their day jobs to focus on it full-time, and Burwood Media — their parent company — now runs roughly 90 events a year across 30 to 40 cities. This summer’s run is part of what the series is billing as its tenth anniversary, and the Dallas date is one of 14 stops stretching from Port Chester to Fort Lauderdale.
Badanes, who studied at Berklee College of Music, and Maccoby DJ the sets themselves. There’s no backing band, no scheduled guest vocalist — the event is built around the catalog and the crowd’s ownership of it. Former Yellowcard frontman Ryan Key, who has appeared at past events, put it plainly: “People just love getting together to celebrate this music.” The attendees skew late 20s and 30s, the songs trace back to an era that shaped a generation, and the experience reads closer to a collective singalong than a traditional show. Burwood Media has since expanded the format to Gimme Gimme Disco, Gasolina, and others — but Emo Night Brooklyn is still the flagship.
The Echo Lounge & Music Hall
The Echo Lounge & Music Hall sits at 1323 N Stemmons Fwy in Dallas’s Design District — a 1,000-capacity room in the DFW market’s mid-tier. It’s a Live Nation venue, which tracks with how a touring event of this scale books a city stop.
Tickets & Show Info
This is an 18+ event — physical ID required. Doors open at 9:30 PM; the set runs 10:00 PM to 2:00 AM. Tickets start at $18 and may increase on the day of the show. Valet parking is available as an add-on. Box office opens on event day, two hours before doors. Get tickets for Emo Night Brooklyn at The Echo Lounge & Music Hall →