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Lauren Murada

66 listings in 27 named rooms, over the last three years · one ahead · Sydney

Just like the ‘80s soundtrack bangers she’s known to slip into many a peaktime set, Lauren Murada’s origin story is a classic coming-of-age movie straight off the big screen—but make it NYC, and definitely make it disco. In search of the perfect dance floor to call home, she booked a one way ticket from Sydney to the City That Never Sleeps in 2014, and never looked back…

One step into the world of her infamous party series Love Games and it’s clear that she’s made her dreams come true: It’s a love letter to disco made manifest, forged in part from her nine-year tenure as Production Manager at Good Room, and carefully honed through countless nights spent on Brooklyn dance floors and behind the decks.

Championing beloved pioneers from the Golden Era of disco with reverence, the party equally sets the stage for the joyfully abundant expressions of the next gen. Lauren and fellow party resident Finn Jones host legendary DJs and devotees alike as they spin across the spectrum of timeless classics, leftfield treasures, mind-melters and guilty pleasures. Swept off their feet by undeniable grooveladen sets served by the likes of François K, Mark Grusane, CC:Disco!, Session Victim, Dee Diggs and more, dancers are held in the warmest embrace of balloons and mirrorball kisses—at Love Games, everyone’s a winner.

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Joy continues to take the lead in Lauren’s production work. Her hot n’ ready edits [out on the cheeky Fundido chaps’ eponymous Brooklyn-based label] range from funky tongue-in-cheek serenades [“Married Men”], sleaze-tastic glam rock gems [“Paradise Garage”], to blazingly glorious femme anthems [“Under Fire”] that will have you reaching for your hairbrush mic! They’re a perfect extension of who she is today as a DJ and selector—an irrepressible force of Fun, dedicated to surprising her dance floors with an open invitation to Love.

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The nights

67 listings across 64 nights — three dates carry more than one listing, and all of them are here.

2026

2025 — 19 nights
2024 — 24 listings
2023 — 8 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
2 more rooms they have played twice or more

Once each: Qncc, Xanadu, SILO, 99 Scott Ave, H0L0, Earthly Delights, Café Balearica, Libera, Dead Letter No. 9, The Sultan Room, Roberta's, LeFrak Center at Lakeside, Nightmoves, Sleepwalk, Le Bain, Windham Mountain Club and Razor-N-Tape Flagship Store. Two of the 67 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.

  • Party Dadacross twelve rooms · Sep 2023 – Aug 202619 nights
  • Finn JonesGood Room ×13, and 5 more rooms · Aug 2023 – Nov 2026 · together again Fri 27 Nov18 nights
  • Love GamesGood Room ×6, Xanadu ×1 · Jul 2024 – Aug 20267 nights
  • Ryan McKnightThe Exley ×2, and 2 more rooms · Jun 2024 – Apr 20264 nights
  • Kristine BarilliCafé Balearica ×1, Good Room ×1, and 1 more room · Oct 2023 – May 20263 nights
  • Alex McCrackenan unnamed room ×1, Good Room ×1, and 1 more room · Dec 2023 – Aug 20253 nights
  • Timo LeeGood Bar ×2, Sleepwalk ×1 · Mar 2024 – Jun 20253 nights
  • Steph VayeGood Room ×1, Jupiter Disco ×1 · Dec 2025 – Sep 20262 nights
14 more, 2 nights each
  • Universal CaveGood Room ×1, Jupiter Disco ×1 · Mar 2024 – Aug 20262 nights
  • LloydskiGood Room ×2 · Jul 2024 – Jul 20262 nights
  • Dj incognito modeGood Room ×1, The Exley ×1 · Feb 2025 – Jun 20262 nights
  • XANDERGood Room ×1, Jupiter Disco ×1 · Feb 2024 – Jan 20262 nights
  • Midnight SnackDead Letter No. 9 ×1, Jupiter Disco ×1 · Jan 2025 – Oct 20252 nights
  • Planet BEarthly Delights ×1, Good Room ×1 · Mar 2025 – Oct 20252 nights
  • Ivan BerkoGood Room ×2 · Nov 2023 – Aug 20252 nights
  • Neil FrancesGood Room ×2 · Oct 2023 – Jun 20252 nights
  • Justin StraussGood Room ×2 · Nov 2024 – Feb 20252 nights
  • Nick Schiarizzian unnamed room ×1, The Sultan Room ×1 · Aug 2024 – Dec 20242 nights
  • Session VictimGood Room ×2 · Mar 2024 – Nov 20242 nights
  • Jacques RenaultElsewhere ×1, LeFrak Center at Lakeside ×1 · Oct 2023 – Jun 20242 nights
  • For Future's Sakean unnamed room ×1, The Last Call ×1 · Dec 2023 – May 20242 nights
  • Ale BenitezGood Room ×1, Sleepwalk ×1 · Aug 2023 – Mar 20242 nights

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