Body & SOUL Catskills

There's always the guarantee of noise. The past 50-some years have seen New York's seemingly endless cultural cachet transform from secret in-group escapist knowledge to being earnestly co-opted by instagram-scrolling 20-somethings whose parents might not have even owned a copy of the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack. New York is so spoiled with life, so incomprehensibly teeming with people and ideas and kineticism that idioms, genres, whole ways of life and being are synthesized with such rapidity and force and then... inevitably forgotten save for the chosen few; suddenly passé. What just a few months prior was enough to reshift tectonic plates becomes a stale flavor of the month. Trends come and go, real sometimes does not recognize real even when there's eye-to-eye contact, and what are now deemed forgotten and reclaimed histories have been someone's active life for longer than the hip tastemakers have been alive. Who else wants a bite bigger than they can chew? Who else wants to feel something real and alive? From the start, these three were there. Through the storied clubs of the New York's de-facto dance music Hall Of Fame, to the studios, record shops, and 5th-floor walkups where the ancillary action took place, Danny Krivit, Joaquin ‘Joe’ Claussell and François K. have been there. Very few can say the same. As this trio of artists have seen the tides of taste change from R&B, Rock, Disco, House, Techno, Hip Hop, and back again in all new amalgams, they’ve acted as a throughline, a connective thread conveying the sacred and the profane, the personal and the public. Both preservers of the dance culture’s history as well as active participants in its contemporary form, Body & SOUL has been a resolute fixture of authenticity and egoless abandon for decades, spreading the message both far and wide. After celebrating a proper 30th Anniversary in Brooklyn this July, Body & SOUL will finally take the up north trip to Locust Grove, where the babbling brooks and sparkling night sky will host Krivit, Claussell, & Kevorkian for the first time on September 5, 2026. While the party has stepped out of club walls plenty of times in the past, this will prove to be a Body & SOUL unlike any other, as the end-of-summer lushness of the Kaatskills provides a natural environment wholly removed from the confines of the city. Speakers’ frequencies extended over dancers’ heads to the feet of mountains, the primordial fire is stoked and burning, the air a welcome relief rather than a compressed density to escape from. Make your travel and accommodation plans accordingly - this will be a Body & SOUL not to be missed. 𝗙𝗔𝗤 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗟𝗼𝗰𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗚𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗲? Locust Grove is a slice of heaven nestled in a verdant corner of the Great Northern Kaatskills, in the picturesque hamlet of Oak Hill, NY. Formerly operated as the Locust Grove Creamery, the property was owned by the Hull Family for generations. Today, Locust Grove is a collaborative clubhouse manifested as a community of like-minded creative friends who like to have fun, build, dance, light shit up, commune with the lush natural surroundings and celebrate the endless joy of ecstatic rural life. We are not a cult and we are against labels, acronyms and stereotypes (but not stereos). All and everyone who carry and offer open hearts and minds are welcome. 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗱𝗼 𝗜 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲? GPS: 318 RT 22 Oak Hill NY 12460 𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗱𝗼 𝗜 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗸? Look for signs and please park responsibly & considerately. 𝗪𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗯𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗼𝗱? Food will be available for sale throughout the weekend. No outside food allowed unless you are camping. 𝗪𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗯𝗲 𝗱𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗸𝘀? Their will be a full bar. Outside alcohol is not allowed. 𝗜𝘀 𝗶𝘁 𝗸𝗶𝗱-𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗹𝘆? Yes! 𝗪𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗯𝗲 𝗯𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗺𝘀? There will be port-a-potties - please keep them clean and stocked. Don’t be a sloppy pisser. 𝗖𝗮𝗻 𝗜 𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗽? A limited supply of camping tickets will be available to purchase. Every person camping needs to purchase a camping ticket. Please leave no trace – take out whatever you bring in! Those without camping tickets will have to find their own accommodations off-site. Glamping tickets are for custom canvas tents with a queen size bed.