Monday, October 5, 2026, 10:00 PM - 4:30 AM ยท The Back Room, Lower East Side, New York City
Emily Day and the Cosmo Alleycats bring West Coast swing jazz to The Back Room with a free beginner Lindy Hop lesson at 9pm and live band at 9:30. DJ Spooky Cookies spins swing records between sets, vintage cocktails come served in teacups, and there's no cover charge.
One of two Prohibition-era speakeasies in New York still operating from the original address, hidden behind a sign reading THE LOWER EAST SIDE TOY COMPANY. Through a gate, down an alley, and up a flight of stairs. Cocktails arrive in teacups, beer comes wrapped in brown paper bags, and the low-ceilinged, dimly lit room looks more or less as it did in 1918.