Vans House Parties are happening again to celebrate 50th anniversary
If you haven't already heard, one of the scene's most beloved brands, Vans, is turning 50. As part of a year long celebration, Vans is bringing back Vans House Parties, a House of Vans summer series. These parties will host musicians and visual artists, all honing in on New York City’s punk, hardcore and hip hop heritage alongside Vans’ one-of-a-kind culture.
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Vans is welcoming DIIV, Sleep, Rae Sremmurd, Battles, Quicksand, Converge, Neon Indian, Jon Hopkins, The Field, BadBadNotGood and more to perform. Visual art will come from Ken Farmer, who created a special light installation, WANE ONE and Stash, who contributed graffitti installations, Scott Ewalt, who made a massive collage using vintage NYC punk flyers, and Bayeté Ross Smith, who offered a fully functioning boombox wall commemorating ‘80s hip hop and street culture.
You can RSVP to these free events in Greenpoint, New York here.
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House of Vans is cultural hub for the Vans brand as a music venue, art house, skatepark, DIY workshop and more and has two physical locations: one in New York's Greenpoint neighborhood and another under London's Waterloo Station.
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House of Vans Brooklyn 2016 House Parties Lineup
(Location: 25 Franklin Street in Brooklyn)
May 19: Jon Hopkins, The Black Madonna, The Field – RSVP Open 5/10
June 9: DIIV, BadBadNotGood, Sunflower Beam, The Paranoyds – RSVP Open 5/25
June 16: Rae Sremmurd, Denzel Curry, Kamaiyah – RSVP Open 5/25
June 23: Sleep, Battles – RSVP Open 6/13
June 29: Neon Indian, Factory Floor, Kim Ann Foxman – RSVP Open 6/13
July 6: Quicksand, Converge – RSVP Open 6/28
