Bad Times Disco

On September 1, join us for Bad Times Disco, a community gathering at our Niemetzstraße space. This party and community organizing platform based in Hong Kong is building a global network of values-aligned, progressive, leftfield, and leftist partygoers from Berlin to Hong Kong and back (RSVP here).

Co-founder Ani Phoebe will be leading a presentation and Q&A session discussing how the party operates independently in Hong Kong, its identity as a community-oriented underground dance party based upon real community organizing, and their current involvement in leading the Living Wage Campaign in Hong Kong in solidarity with migrant domestic workers, and in the global KKR boycott. Entrance is free, but a suggested donation or purchase of 'Workers, Not Helpers' is encouraged to help support the Living Wage Campaign.

Ani Phoebe has transformed the musical landscape in Hong Kong with the balearic and outsider digger musical direction of her party Bad Times Disco, and also tours regularly as an in-demand and multifaceted vinyl-oriented DJ. With incredible range and depth, she is able to transform the atmosphere with peak time oddball club sets, deep leftfield selections for openers, and eclectic upbeat, globally oriented storytelling for day parties. She’s toured Asia, Australia, Brazil, Europe, and the US, always a favourite returning to community-oriented clubs, parties, and festivals. In 2024, she made her debut at Wonderfruit Festival and Magnetic Fields Festival, cementing herself as a key figure in Asia.