No Lights No Lycra ATX

05/26/2025

Our final regularly-scheduled No Lights No Lycra is this Wednesday, 8:15pm at 3rd Eye Meditation Lounge. We hope you'll join us for one last dance in the dark before the lights come up for good.

05/13/2025

As we look ahead toward our final two NLNLs—on May 14 and May 28 at 3rd Eye Meditation Lounge—we’re also looking back at the past 6+ years and 183 times that we’ve held this event. All told, we’ve played thousands of different songs on the NLNL dance floor. But there are a few that we’ve returned to many times, that just *feel* like NLNL at this point. So we made a playlist of some of them. Give it a listen here.
Are there songs that you always associate with NLNL?

Austin stuff that's worth doing

05/09/2025

We have some bittersweet news: At the end of this month, NLNL ATX will end its residency at 3rd Eye Meditation Lounge. We're doing two last regularly scheduled parties on May 14 and May 28, and then we're turning on the lights.

We've been holding NLNL in Austin on a regular basis for more than six years. For 13 months we did it every week at Guan Yin Tea House. When the pandemic hit, we streamed NLNL every week on Twitch. When lockdown ended, we hosted NLNL every other week at West China Tea. When West China's space closed to make way for I-35 expansion, we moved to our current home at 3rd Eye. We've loved being part of the local community of non-traditional parties, and being part of the global community of dancing in the dark.

We intend to continue to hold occasional NLNLs in Austin, so this isn't goodbye! But we'll no longer be keeping to a predictable schedule. We have some exciting events in the works, and after 6+ years of organizing NLNL, we're looking forward to having more time and energy to devote to new ideas.

We hope to see you at 3rd Eye Meditation Lounge on May 14 and May 28. Let's send this party off with a bang. And please subscribe to our weekly newsletter at https://liteandbriteatx.com/ to get updates on upcoming one-off NLNLs and on all our other events.

Austin stuff that's worth doing

04/22/2025

Tomorrow at NLNL we’ll be celebrating co-host Leila’s birthday! Expect 90 minutes of some of her favorite danceable music (lots of indie, britpop, synthpop, and more), plus chocolate cake.

04/09/2025

Tonight at 8:15pm we’ll be dancing in the dark at 3rd Eye Meditation Lounge

03/25/2025

We'll be dancing in the dark on Wednesday evening. Come out for a mid-week boogie!

02/26/2025

No Lights No Lycra is tonight 8-9:30pm. We hope you'll join us on the dacefloor!

02/11/2025

Tomorrow night at 3rd Eye Meditation Lounge! 90 minutes of dancing in the dark to the funnest love songs. Bring your boo, your crush, your friend, your parents, or just bring yourself.

01/18/2025

A great refresher on what to expect at our events!

01/08/2025

Our first dance party in the dark of 2025 is happening tonight at 8pm at 3rd Eye Meditation Lounge. Expect to hear some of our favorite songs of 2024, in addition to our regular mix of danceable indie, rock, pop, disco, synthwave, + more. If you're aiming for a healthy January, NLNL is the perfect evening activity: no booze, plenty of physical activity, and you'll be done and home while the night is still young.

12/09/2024

Here's a partial playlist from our most recent edition of NLNL!

11/20/2024

We're bringing our dance party in the dark to Sky Candy Studios this Friday at 6:30pm. Expect the danceable songs, powerful sound system, and darkened dance floor that NLNL always offers—but this time at a brand-new venue, on a brand-new day of the week! Reserve your spot here: https://bit.ly/nlnl-skycandy