You're Invited: Secret Dance Party to Be Held This Saturday at a Secret Location

What do you get when you mix a restaurant owner, and two event company owners? Well, we don’t really know either because it’s a secret. This Saturday, Delores Tronco of Work & Class is teaming up with Josh Sampson of the Big Wonderful and Kevin Earle of MC Presents to...

By Chelsea Keeney

August 11, 2016

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Update: Good news! We've learned early where this super-secret party will be: 2060 West Colfax Avenue, which is across the street from Mile High Station. Find more details about the party below.

Original post:

What do you get when you mix Work & Class, TheBigWonderful and event-production company MCP Presents? Well, we don’t really know, either – but we can't wait to find out.

This Saturday, Delores Tronco of Work & Class is teaming up with Josh Sampson of TheBigWonderful and Kevin Earle of MCP Presents to throw a secret pop-up dance party/DJ set/art show/light show/food truck and cocktail extravaganza. So what are they calling this magical mash up of events? The Secret District.

Tronco says she had been wanting to create a secret dance party inspired by New York in the ’80s when she coincidentally met Earle on a plane home from New York. The two began talking and eventually hatched a plan to turn Tronco's idea into reality.

Tronco and Earle were in the process of planning their secret dance party, dubbed “Downtown 82,” with twelve different DJs when they discovered that Sampson had his own event, Denver Secret Show, planned for the same night. They decided to combine their ideas and throw in some live art, food trucks and who knows what else.

Indeed, from dancing to art to food to drinks, the night is meant to have something for everyone. The location will be revealed Friday, August 12, but we're told that guests can expect warehouses, shipping-container bars and double-decker buses.

We'll update this story as soon as we find out the location, but here's what we know as of today: Doors for the Denver Secret Show open at 6 p.m. Saturday, August 13, and Downtown 82 doors open at 8 p.m. Tickets, which get you into everything, are $20 pre-sale on the Ticketfly website, $25 at the doors.

Chelsea Keeney

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