If you missed the rain-slick sonic madness of this year’s Dripping camp-out in Sparta, NJ — or you’re craving another dip into its enigmatic waters — this Nonstop is for you. The festival’s always-unpredictable soundscape returns to Nowadays with a full range of deep forest frequencies emerging from moonrise and spanning into daylight hours. Nema Hän and aka-Sol perform their fusion dance as DJ Synclaire, tracing the fluid edges of the shapeshifting sonic palette Dripping has become known for. Isabella Koen takes the reins at peak hour with a live hardware techno set, a pulse-driving encore to her sweaty, no-holds-barred performance in the Barn at this year’s Dripping. Carrying the energy into the witching hour, New York hardcore queen Kilbourne and Dripping co-founder Relaxer link for a live set as CRY, building chaotic waves of gabber kicks, bass and leftfield techno hypnosis. Following into the deepest hours of night, Foodman arrives from Nagoya, Japan with a live hardware set, supplying some of his renowned energy-rich techno sustenance cooked to perfection for a second (or third, or fourth) wind. Bridging the twilight hours is NYC’s own Doula, a true experimentalist behind the decks whose ever-shifting sound oscillates from the sublime to the extreme. Spirits rise in sync with the early morning sun as Dripping alum DJ Primo delivers a rush of revitalizing acid and progressive house selects to sooth and energize. Veteran bass connoisseur DJ Plead and Dripping co-founder Baby Leo bring into the afternoon with an encore of their dynamic duo pairing from Dripping 2025. Finally, Mark Ernestus of the legendary dub techno duo Basic Channel carries us out in an earthen cradle of deep rumbling grooves and atmospheric bass. /// RSVP is $10 before 11pm and $15 before midnight. An RSVP is good for one person. If you're bringing friends, please have them RSVP here as well. We stop taking RSVPs at 6pm on the day of the party. In order to receive the RSVP discount, you must be at the ticket desk by the cutoff time and not just in line. It's wise to arrive early to make sure you're not standing in line when the time comes. An RSVP does not guarantee entry. Sometimes parties do sell out, so if you want to be sure you'll get in, it's best to grab a ticket in advance. /// Entry is at the discretion of our door staff. Online purchases are limited to four tickets maximum per person. If tickets are sold out here, we always hold a good amount at the door. We will do our best to admit those without tickets but entrance is not guaranteed. Nonstop tickets are divided by entry time. You must arrive during the hours listed on your ticket. For example, if you buy a "10PM–4AM" ticket, you must get here between 10pm and 4am. After you've arrived during your designated time window, you can stay as long as you'd like, so long as you abide by our safer space policy (more on that below). You're also welcome to come and go as you please. Re-entry is based on capacity and is not guaranteed. Nonstop attendees can attend Mister Sunday in the backyard starting at 3 pm without buying a separate ticket, and Nonstop re-entry is honored during Mister Sunday. Violence, non-consensual touching, racist, homophobic, transphobic, sexist, ageist or other discriminatory language, and leering are not allowed within our walls or in our back yard. If someone says or does something to make you feel uncomfortable while you’re here, let us know. /// Accessibility: The wheelchair entrance to our indoor space is in the driveway, which is the access point most commonly used to enter Nowadays. During parties the driveway gate is locked, so please ask staff at the street entrance for assistance with entry. All of our bathrooms are gender-neutral. There is one accessible stall indoors. Just ask any Nowadays staff member for the key, and they can show you the way. During parties, seating is available both on and off the dance floor. While we don’t have a dedicated quiet space indoors during parties, the booths next to coat check are a little quieter, and the deck and back yard a little quieter than that. Most nighttime parties include the use of strobe lights and water based haze.