Snap 90’s Dance Party At Holocene

This place was horrible! And big on discrimination! I was there for the 90s night and because I was not dressd up in a short skimpy outfit (i was in shorts a dress top and some converse, typical 90s attire) so I was told «I can’t let you in you are slurring when you talk» so English is a second language, and I have its hard for me to pronounce certain words. Anyhow the bouncer asked me to do the whole lift ya leg up balance bullshit on a hill.
Yeah I was totally discriminated against. Cause the girls behind me were totally drunk and they got I just fine with their ass out of the skirts or shorts.

The dance floors and stage are packed, the. DJs play some of the best 90s dance tracks in the history of the decade, and the drink deals are as good if not better than anything on the west side of town. Love the posters and their 90s icons, the dancers and their positive energy, and the cheap prices! As a gay person with social anxiety, I feel comfortable at the Snap 90s Dance Party.

Ah-​mazing! One of my favorite monthly events. Can’t wait for the next one. Doc Adam comes correct!

Yeah, one-​nine-​nine-​fo’, The indo blow and the grass grow.
This is how we chill from ’93 til
1990 Chubb Rock breaks on to the scene…
Damn, I love old skool hip hop. Snap! at Holocene is tight. The jamz bring me back to high school. They were playing everyone you expected like Dr. Dre, Biggy, Wrex-n-effect.and jams you weren’t expecting like Set adrift on Memory Bliss by PM Dawn and Candy rain! I literally could not stop dancing. Yes, they will throw in some bullshit like Ace of Base, but that is what pee breaks are for. I’d rather pee during Ace of Base than Humpty Dance.
Cover is $ 3…phhhht. I could’ve afforded that back in 1995.
Wells are $ 4-​$ 5. Ranier tall bays are $ 3. Definitely an affordable place to drink and dance.
This is where this becomes my most strongly critical and worded 4 star review. Snap! Rotates 3 DJs. 2 of the 3 were 5 stars. They played old skool jamz and mixed to the next one when appropriate. The 3^rd DJ, the one who played 11÷25÷11 between 11:30PM-12AM, YOU SUCK! If you paid attention to the crowd, much of us were booing your ass. When you play Ain’t no fun, don’t mix to the next song before the Warren G verse (Wooo hey, now you know, inhale, exhale with my flow), When you play Boyz n tha hood, get past the first two lines! In short, you played the songs way to short. We are there to reminisce. When we hear an iconic jam we want to HEAR the song. In general a good DJ’s song would go like this: verse, chorus, verse, THEN MIX. You went 1^st three lines of 1^st verse, then mix. When you mixed G thang after the first 3 lines much of the dance floor was in disarray and booing you. But, you are a mark for yourself, a tool, you didn’t notice. You were mixing for yourself and not the customers. My wife and I were having a blast. The other 2 DJs here hype. In general they would play at the very least Verse, chorus, then mix. We left after enduring 30 minutes of your abortion of 90’s music. SNAP! at Holocene is 5 stars without you. Break yourself before you wreck yourself.

Snap is good until the DJ’s get drunk and start playing bad techno. Then, not so good. Don’t get me wrong, we go whenever we can, but we leave early because 90’s techno pop was terrible the first time around. After 11 the dj’s seem to play music that ONLY appeals to anyone that wasn’t old enough to have heard it in the 90’s. That’s when I, and my motley crew of beautiful girls, make our exit.
I wish that they would just stick to old school hip hop and fun 90’s music, I can’t count the number of times they’ve started playing something like tribe, and then not 10 seconds later changed the beat entirely and alienated the dance floor in the process. It frustrates me every time!
I don’t want to go to a rave, I want to dance to hip hop and pop. I went to enough Raves, and if I want to listen to techno and house I have it, ON VINYL.
I think that it would improve the experience if they would play the things that they advertise, and to be honest Dig a Pony is right down the street, free, and their DJ’s have rocked every time I’ve been in there.

Dope!!!
If you come to this party with the expectation, «I need to hear Tupac. I need to hear Biggie. I need to hear Snoop Dog. I need to hear Rumpshaker,»
You may be disappointed, but if you hang out there long enough you will hear it. Doc Adam plays stuff like that all the time and mixes very well. Colin Jones does all vinyl, and more obscure sets. Freaky Outy is all over the map.
Each of the DJ’s do their homework to make the night unique. Many times they pick the non obvious tracks, which I like because you could walk into a club any night of the week and hear artists like Biggie and Tupac.
I like the challenge of the off beat, forgotten 90’s artist, and the feeling of «WTF is that?»
And there are guest DJ’s that rotate through every month. Bigger names like the b-​more DJ Sammy Bananas from out of town that have amazing sets specifically lined up for this night.
It’s somewhere between an early 90’s warehouse rave, and a house party.

I was so excited about a ‘90s night! Unfortunately, this was not the ‘90s dance music I was expecting.
We walked in and «Tom’s Diner» was playing… weird for dancing, but okay. The music only got worse for me from there. The most enjoyable song that played while we were there was «Barbie Girl.» Other highlights included Ace of Base and Wilson Phillips. Where was the advertised Color Me Badd and Snoop Dogg? Where was the alluded to «Rumpshaker» and «Knockin’ Boots?» Where was all the good music? Most of the recognizable songs they played were from later in the ‘90s while I was craving early ‘90s… what can I say, I’m a hootchie mama at heart when it comes to dancing!
Thankfully, we arrived before 11 so there was no line and no cover. On the other hand, the sad news was that they were already out of the plum vodka that is the main ingredient in their Ume Thurman drink that was on special. I opted for a vanilla vodka and coke instead… so instead of being charged $ 5 for the special, it was $ 8 for my drink! I could have gotten the special with blueberry vodka instead, but what’s an ume drink without plum? Answer: NOT an ume drink. And Buruberi Thurman just doesn’t make any sense.
I had fun dancing even though the music was more rave-​like than what I expected. Also, the lights were a little intense. The tiny strobing lights were making my head hurt and my eyes tired. The dance floor was definitely crowded, but I guess that’s what people are looking for in a club. It was nice that people were fairly polite in such a tight crowd. Actually, the more I think about it, the most fun part was the company. Thank goodness we were here with friends who made dancing to non-​ideal music a blast!
I definitely will not be coming back for any other ‘90s nights here. It definitely didn’t fulfill my yearning for Kris Kross, Boys II Men, 2 Live Crew, Paula Abdul, BBD, NKOTB and the like. I’ll continue my quest elsewhere to find fun booty-​shaking tunes to fill my dancing needs!