About me: Welcome to the FunHouse.
The home of the FunHouse Buggers
Location:
The FunHouse
526 West 26th Street
NY, New York
Owner: Joe Monk
Resident Dj's:
Jim Burgess
Jonathan Fearing
John "Jellybean" Benitez
Tony Smith Ted Currier
About The FunHouse
The FunHouse is a legendary club to clubbers and DJ's all over the world. The club opened up on March 30, 1979 and invited guests were only allowed to enter. The peak of the club was in the 1980's, and it is also were Madonna met up with John "Jellybean" Benitez.
On the opening night the legendary DJ and Remixer - Jim Burgess - along with Bobby "DJ" Guttadaro, kept the dancefloor moving. Jonathan Fearing took over the DJ booth as the first resident DJ of the club. Jonathan played the crowd a mix of classic Disco tunes together with a blend of harder dance tracks. He also had worked at the hip radio station 92.3WKTU, this took more and more of his time and he had to give up his DJ'ing at the Fun House and he was replaced by Jellybean.
The FunHouse had this clown for its logo. The clown even became famous far outside the New York area. Even the DJ-booth was painted as a giant clown, with this red light ball nose and where the DJ was seen in the clown's mouth.
The club got so famous that it got included in many news articles about disco and the dance scene. There was an article called "Beatin' it with the Juice Crew (Saturday Night at the FunHouse)" written by Steven Hager for the Village Voice back in May 17, 1983.
Some of the Groups that performed there were: New Order, Run-DMC, Yellow, Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam, Full Force, Planet Patrol, Bohannan, Grace Jones, Jenny Burton, George Kranz, Dan Hartman, Lime, D-Train, Soul Sonic Force, Divine, Man Parrish, Frances Joli, Lil Suzy (when she was just a kid), and the list goes on.
Now..20+years later..read what other's are still saying about The FunHouse! Click Here to Read. If you have photos or would like to add anything to this page msg me, and I will add them.
Who I'd like to meet: Thanks to DJ Jeff Nec, Betty Boop and Marie Tuna for hooking us up with some photos for this page. Please note the "FunHouse Clown" is a registered trademarked logo and is not to be used in commerce without written consent from us, the former owners of the FunHouse. We appreciate your consideration.
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DMC FAIRFAX VA: Champion - DJ As-One - 2nd: DJ Ty Handswell 3rd: DJ Webb DMC SAN ANTONIO TX: Champion - DJ Ohm - 2nd: DJ Q-Base 3rd: The Don Santos
JUNE 13: NEW YORK CITY - 2009 DMC EAST COAST + DMC BATTLE FOR USA SUPREMACY DJ BATTLES 4pm - 11pm. House DJs: Rob Swift & DJ Spictakular. Host: DJ Fatfingaz. Judges: DJ IXL, Precision & Spictakular. All Ages. $10 in adv. at ticketweb.com. $15 day of. Santos Party House 96 Lafayette St NYC 10013. santospartyhouse.com. A C E N Q R W J M Z or 6 to Canal.
JUNE 27: LOS ANGELES CA: 2009 DMC WEST COAST + 2009 DMC USA TEAM DJ BATTLES 6pm-? Judges: P-Trix, D-Styles, Kidragon, Mista B, Quixotic & more tba. 18+. $15-$25. Sabor Lounge 847 S. Union Ave. LA CA 90017. saborlounge.com. myspace.com/bombandsystems
JULY 10: DMC NEW ORLEANS DJ BATTLE 9pm - ? Showcases by Teeko and DJ I-Dee. Judges: I-Dee, Teeko, DJ Spin & Shortkut. Host: Truth Universal. Howlin Wolf 907 S Peters St NO LA 70130. $10 at howlin-wolf.com. neworleansdmc.com & myspace.com/dmcneworleans.
AUGUST 1: 2009 DMC USA FINALS DJ BATTLE - NEW YORK CITY 4-11pm. Host: Kool DJ Red Alert. House DJ: Lord Finesse. All Ages. $15 adv. through ticketweb.com. $20 day of. Santos Party House 96 Lafayette St. NY santospartyhouse.com. A C E N Q R W J M Z or 6 to Canal.
Visit: myspace.com/dmcusa and dmcdjchamps.com for more info!
FRI. MAY 29: SAN ANTONIO TX - 2009 DMC SOUTHWEST HEAT Judges: DJ Donnie Dee, DJ Kico, DJ AK & Manila Ice! 8pm. All Ages. $10 cover. Blue Bubble Ballroom 9315 Broadway SATX 78217. bluebubbleballroom.com + myspace.com/dmc_south
SAT. JUNE 13: NEW YORK CITY - 2009 DMC EAST COAST + DMC BATTLE FOR USA SUPREMACY 4pm - 11pm. House DJs: Rob Swift & DJ Spictakular. Host: DJ Fatfingaz. Judges: DJ IXL, Precision, GrandWizzard Theodore, Spictakular and more tba. All Ages. $10 in adv. at ticketweb.com. $15 day of. Santos Party House 96 Lafayette St NYC 10013. santospartyhouse.com. A C E N Q R W J M Z or 6 to Canal.
SAT. JUNE 27: LOS ANGELES CA: 2009 DMC WEST COAST + 209 DMC USA TEAM BATTLE 6pm-? Judges: P-Trix, D-Styles, more tba. 18+. $15-$25. Sabor Lounge 847 S. Union Ave. LA CA 90017. saborlounge.com. myspace.com/bombandsystems
FRI. JULY 10: DMC NEW ORLEANS 9pm - ? Showcases by Teeko and DJ I-Dee. Judges: I-Dee, Teeko, DJ Spin & Shortkut. Host: Truth Universal. Howlin Wolf 907 S Peters St NO LA 70130. $10 at howlin-wolf.com. neworleansdmc.com & myspace.com/dmcneworleans.
SAT. AUGUST 1: 2009 DMC USA FINALS - NEW YORK CITY 4-11pm. Host: Kool DJ Red Alert. House DJ: Lord Finesse. All Ages. $15 adv. through ticketweb.com. $20 day of. Santos Party House 96 Lafayette St. NY santospartyhouse.com. A C E N Q R W J M Z or 6 to Canal.
Visit: myspace.com/dmcusa and dmcdjchamps.com for more info!
I wish I could go but I just had spine surgery maybe nextparty. Iwould have loved to have gotten one of those cd's can you purchase them? Love to all. Happy Holiday's Ciao Gina :)
