A circuit party is a mega dance event, extending through a night and into the following day, almost always with a number of affiliated events in the days leading up to and following the main event.
[1] Circuit parties were first developed in connection with the early
tea dances attended by a subset of
gay men, and theme parties held on
Fire Island, in the days after police abuse and before the beginning of the health crisis of
HIV/
AIDS. They came to resemble underground
rave parties in some respects, but differ in that circuit parties are highly publicized and professionally produced, and tend to attract people from a wider age range and a broader geographic area.
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