Weekend's best nightlife: Riddle of the Sphinx, Solution Showcase#6, PillowTalk and more

By Ru Johnson and Amber Taufen Fri., May 25 2012 at 1:16 PM

Categories: Best Dance Music

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SATURDAY, MAY 26

Add-2 rocks the Solution Showcase #6 tonight at the Meadowlark with BLKHRTS and Mass Prod & Mo Heat of the Foodchain.

Tonight at the Meadowlark, DJ Low Key and the Solution crew are hosting Solution Showcase #6 with Add-2 from Chicago, with BLKHRTS and Mass Prod and Mo Heat of the Foodchain making their production debut as Izaak Haze. As always, Low Key will be on the ones and twos. Tickets are $5 in advance at Family Affair and $8 at the door. 21+

Beta hosts dance-floor diva Sydney Blu on Saturday night with Cognition + T-Rav and Sergio Santana in full support mode. (9 p.m., 18+, $10) The Fusion Factory hosts the weekend-long Playa Bazaar-B-Q Saturday and Sunday all day long; you can shop for Burning Man worthy wares while M.I.T.H., Mentat, Kanyon, Seeda and Ether provide tunes. (12 p.m., all ages, no cover) Riddle of the Sphinx entrances participants tonight with Darin Epsilon at the Aztlan, Atnarko, Chris Domingo and many more; it's a big night with some big names. (18+, 8 p.m., $15+)

Darin Epsilon

Boogie Boutique takes place tonight at Norad, the venue formerly known as 2200, with Foxx, Sami Tee, Tess, Tony Rodelli and Ejay, with live percussion by Tian Chi Chi. Get down to the sounds. (8 p.m., 21+, free before 9:30 p.m., $7 after) Ignition fires up at a secret location on Saturday night with Manipulation, Skroller, Asymptotic, Paradigm and more; if you're looking for the best in underground tunes, this will be where to find it. (8 p.m., 18+, $10-$15)

The Hundred celebrates seven months at Beauty Bar on Saturday with deep house, disco, nu-disco and disco house by option4, Babyshoe, Captain Safety, boyhollow and Gigamesh. (9 p.m., 21+, $6) New Zealand-based dubstep production duo Mt. Eden scales the Bluebird on Sunday along with FieVel, Lolo, Candy Cobra and Tyr. Wrap up the weekend with a bass fix. (8 p.m., 16+, $22.50-$26) The Larimer Lounge hosts French electro superstar Danger with DJ Shannon von Kelly, boyhollow and Dylan le Disko; join them to see the all-around experiential universe Danger's known for creating in his live sets. (8 p.m., 21+, $10-$15) Future Jazz Project will brings its electro/funk soul sound to Herb's for a live show. All the favorites will be in attendance, including DJ Check One, Venus Cruz, Greg Harris, Charlie Mertens and more.

DJ Big Spade is kicking off the Memorial Weekend celebrations with his fifth annual all white affair at Teddy's Nightclub. DJ Mark Da Spot from California will be on hand to provide the sounds for this ladies night. Dress in all white, 21+up.