New York’s hottest new trend: clubbing for kids

The music’s thumping, the dance floor’s packed and the bar’s bustling. Welcome to one of New York’s hottest nightclubs and a new generation of clubbers: six-year-olds. The VIP Room threw open its doors to children aged six to 12 on a Sunday afternoon to give them a taste of the nightclub, electronic music and dance scene in New York’s uber trendy Meatpacking District.

It’s a lot of fun. It’s also safe for the kids. It’s during the day, and they get to feel like grown-ups.

Natalie Elizabeth Weiss

The parties are the brainchild of Jesse Sprague, a DJ who has worked on the club scene for 20 years, and his wife Jenny Song. They say the raves are great fun for a child. The couple got the idea after throwing their son’s first birthday party at New York club Cielo. In concession to the tender age of clubbers, they keep the volume in check, screen songs for content and restrict ravers to cupcakes instead of cocktails, though parents can sip vodka or a beer from the bar.

They get to come into a really cool space, socialize with their friends, get away from televisions, iPads and tablets, and come in and experience something that has a very cool vibe.

Jenny Song

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