NEWS: Emo Night LA - Taking Back Tuesday 2015 - One Year of Tears In Review

January 05, 2016 • Leave a Comment

January 5th, 2016 - Los Angeles, CA - In just 12 short months, the three founders of Emo Night LA: Taking Back Tuesday took their idea of having a small get together of like-minded music lovers, brought it to fruition and expanded it into a nationwide community. Below is a recap on the highlights of 2015 for one of this year's newest hit events.

January 2015: Emo Night LA: Taking Back Tuesday holds their second event at Short Stop in Echo Park; the line forms all the way down the block and many attendees are unable to get in due to capacity; Buddy Nielsen of Senses Fail guest DJs.
February 2015: Event moves from Short Stop, which has a 150 capacity, to the Echoplex, which is a 800 cap venue; renowned musician Mark Hoppus of Blink-182 DJs the event for the first time; Emo Night LA is featured on Time Out LA.
March 2015: Emo Night LA: Taking Back Tuesday is featured on LA Weekly, reminding those interested that they can "wear [their] emo colors with pride"; fans learn how Emo Night LA came about on LA Times.
April 2015: Emo Night LA opens the outdoor patio to DJs for the first time with Jesse Mack Johnson of Motion City Soundtrack and Ian Cohen (Pitchfork); Coachella performers Joyce Manor and Desaparecidos guest DJ.
May 2015: Emo Night LA holds Cinco De Emo event; phhhoto booth is stationed out front for those waiting in line; Travis Shettel of Piebald and Marko DeSantis of Sugarcult guest DJ; event wraps up with a full hour of music from scene favorite Brand New.
June 2015: Stay Home Club holds up pop-up merch booth at the event and releases collaboration t-shirts and patches with Emo Night LA: Taking Back Tuesday; Jason Butler of letlive. DJs.
July 2015: Jack Barakat and Alex Gaskarth of All Time Low guest DJ; the phhhoto truck returns out front of the venue; Emo Night LA fills the venue with "Sad As Fuck" balloons and large Emo Night balloons; Emo Night LA creates and releases iPhone app, the Emo Keyboard; Emo Night LA presents Say Anything and Modern Baseball show at The Regent in Los Angeles.
August 2015: FIDLAR guest DJs; Annuals DJs on the outside patio; Martin Johnson of Boys Like Girls and Captain Cuts (Ryan Rabin of GroupLove) guest DJ; Emo Night LA releases collaboration with OBEY Clothing; featured on Stryker's podcast on KROQ.
September 2015: Emo Night LA has their first surprise acoustic performance from The Spill Canvas; Bryce Avery of The Rocket Summer guest DJs.
October 2015: The Used hold a surprise guest acoustic performance at Emo Night LA and announces their Live and Acoustic show at The Palace for later that week; Emo Night LA announce new collaboration with Stay Home Club; We The Kings guest DJ; The Movielife hold surprise acoustic performance at the LA event; Emo Night LA releases their second OBEY collaboration t-shirt; Emo Night LA hits the road for the first time, holding events in Seattle and Portland.
November 2015: Craig Owens of Chiodos and The Wonder Years guest DJ the LA event; Emo Night holds an event in Omaha,the founders begin their weekly podcast every Tuesday at 7PM PT on idobi Radio.
December 2015: Emo Night LA is featured on Rolling Stone for the exclusive announcement of their One Year Anniversary event; a Biillboard advertisement is placed on Sunset Blvd in Silverlake; one-year event features live performances from Dashboard Confessional, Have Mercy, Seahaven, and more, plus guest DJs Mark Hoppus of Blink-182, Mikey Way of My Chemical Romance with Jack Barakat of All Time Low, Tay Jardine of We Are The In Crowd, FIDLAR, and more; hold events in Denver and San Francisco; announce 2016 tour dates.