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Ayanna Heaven

61 listings in 26 named rooms, over the last three years · 3 ahead

Ayanna Heaven is a DJ, Radio, and Event Producer living in Brooklyn, NY. She spent her childhood in her native St. Mary, Jamaica in the golden age of Jamaican Dancehall of the 1990s, followed by ten years in Atlanta, Georgia at the apex of Southern hip-hop. She moved to New York City in 2010 to pursue studies in Ethnomusicology at The New School.

She can be heard weekly playing soul and funk on WKCR's long-running "Across 110th Street" program, as well as monthly on her show "Sounds of Heaven" on The Lot Radio. Her first regular broadcast platform was the Power of Reggae radio show. She has played at venues across New York City, including Elsewhere Space, Nowadays, Public Records, Lovers Rock, The Delancey and events including Coney Island Reggae On The Boardwalk. She recently performed in London, UK with Rockers London and Dubwise Jamaica. She has performed in Jamaica at The National Gallery in Kingston as well as Miss Lily's at The Skylark in Negril.

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With sets ranging from roots and rocksteady reggae, to afrobeats, hip-hop, dancehall, and funk, she brings a passion and the cachet of a diverse background to her DJ aesthetic and event curation. She recently launched Doing It In The Park at Brooklyn's new Under The K Bridge Park in September 2021.

In her spare time, she enjoys dining out, facetiming with her sister Shaari, thrifting, relaxing in the park, and making art.

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The nights

2026

2025 — 17 nights
2024 — 16 nights
2023 — 6 nights

Their rooms

One tick a night, on the one axis this page has — Aug 2023, where the listings start, to Jan 2027, the last night anybody has announced. The shaded end has not happened yet.

Aug 2023Jan 2027
4 more rooms they have played twice or more

Once each: Signal, Sunset Park Rooftop, The Sultan Room, Ace Hotel Brooklyn, The Lot Radio, 154 Scott Ave, H0L0, Crown Hill Theatre, Agency of Record, Industry City, Jupiter Disco, Black Flamingo, Friends & Lovers and Union Pool. Three of the 64 listings never named a room, and are not counted as one.

Who they play with

Counted from the bills themselves, over bills of twelve names or fewer. A pair's count includes a night that is announced and not yet played; where there is one, the row says when.

  • Honey BunBossa Nova Civic Club ×3, and 3 more rooms · Nov 2024 – Oct 20266 nights
  • AkanbiBossa Nova Civic Club ×1, Honey's ×1, and 1 more room · Aug 2024 – Oct 2026 · together again Fri 30 Oct3 nights
  • Carter Van PeltSilence Please ×2, Ace Hotel Brooklyn ×1 · Nov 2025 – Aug 20263 nights
  • JonnyGo FigureAce Hotel Brooklyn ×1, Pianos ×1, and 1 more room · Oct 2023 – Nov 20253 nights
  • shekdashBossa Nova Civic Club ×1, Sunset Park Rooftop ×1 · Jun 2026 – Oct 20262 nights
  • Kiernan LaveauxBossa Nova Civic Club ×1, The Lot Radio ×1 · Sep 2025 – Jul 20262 nights
  • CosmoMansions ×1, Signal ×1 · Jul 2024 – Jul 20262 nights
  • AnastazjaH0L0 ×1, Sunset Park Rooftop ×1 · Jun 2025 – Jun 20262 nights
10 more, 2 nights each
  • DazegxdMood Ring ×1, The Sultan Room ×1 · Jan 2024 – Jun 20262 nights
  • samisosaMood Ring ×1, The Sultan Room ×1 · Jan 2024 – Jun 20262 nights
  • The LargeBossa Nova Civic Club ×2 · Aug 2024 – Feb 20262 nights
  • Vonnie MackBlack Flamingo ×1, Bossa Nova Civic Club ×1 · Nov 2023 – Feb 20262 nights
  • JADALAREIGNGood Room ×1, The Lot Radio ×1 · Nov 2024 – Sep 20252 nights
  • Lee MajorCrown Hill Theatre ×1, Union Pool ×1 · Aug 2023 – May 20252 nights
  • DJ Taraan unnamed room ×1, Good Room ×1 · Nov 2024 – Apr 20252 nights
  • LovieGood Room ×1, Jupiter Disco ×1 · Dec 2023 – Nov 20242 nights
  • SnipsIndustry City ×1, public records ×1 · Oct 2023 – Jul 20242 nights
  • Rich FazoBlack Flamingo ×1, Elsewhere ×1 · Nov 2023 – Jul 20242 nights

The nights, the rooms and the bills are the listings themselves. The biography and the photograph are Resident Advisor's. Nothing on this page was written for it.