Go to bed early and get excited early.
Millennials who want to party like rock stars but sleep like their grandparents have found a safe haven in the East Village.
Matinee Social Club Joyface, a 70s-themed cocktail bar on 7th Street, hosts dance parties twice a month on Saturdays. The event runs from 5pm to 10pm sharp, giving you plenty of time to hide in bed for his eight hours of blissful sleep.
“I danced my face off and walked away. I was literally in bed by 11 o’clock,” Alicia Roldan bragged of her first time attending the party in January. “It’s nice to be able to dance all night and get home before midnight.”
Last weekend, she and eight friends returned to Joyface, which was decorated in true ’70s fashion, including a disco ball, retro sofa and waterbed. One of them has a child.
“The timing is perfect for high-functioning adults with a variety of responsibilities, from demanding jobs to children and families, to make the most of their weekends,” said Roldan, 37, an internist who attended the party from his home in Westchester. It’s the right time,” he said.
“I can now party and still wake up early enough to have a productive and fulfilling Sunday.”
Matinée Social Club is the brainchild of Mike Vosters, a deejay and event planner living in Williamsburg.
“I was talking to my friends about getting together more, but no one wanted to stay out late,” said Vosters, 34.
“There’s no place where a 30-year-old can go dancing without having to be out until four in the morning. So I jokingly said, ‘We should hold a matinee so everyone can go to bed on time.’ .”
He held his first event in September and thought it would last for a limited time, but A video of it went viral With 16.3 million views in December, he kept the party going and now hosts two parties a month.
To keep mature millennials comfortable, partygoers are required to purchase tickets, eliminating the long lines that typically form outside clubs. There is also a limit on the guest list.
Nicole Matthews, who first moved to the Big Apple to attend New York University, remembers her college days hanging out at the clubs in the Meatpacking District. She misses cutting her rugs at matinees, she said.
“New York’s nightlife scene is definitely geared toward 20-somethings,” said Matthews, 36, who lives in the East Village. “It’s fun to be around people my age.”
Melvin Cross, an emcee from the Bronx, attended his first matinee birthday party with his girlfriend and was happy that he didn’t have to wait all night for a party.
“I’m a professional host, so I’m always going to parties, sometimes ending at 1 a.m., and I’m exhausted afterwards,” said Cross, 38. “We danced all night and were home and in bed before midnight.”
Nightlife photographer Jade Green feels there’s a difference between matinee guests who are just there to have a good time and don’t care about impressing anyone.
“When you go to a party, people look at you and you feel like you’re there to show off how much money you have or what clothes you’re wearing,” said Green, 31, who lives in Washington Heights. I can feel it,” he said.
“The atmosphere here is that we’re here to dance, have fun, meet people, sweat, and then go home and sleep. It’s very healthy.”
