The useful way into Public Records this coming Thursday through Sunday, October 8–11, is through the building itself. The Gowanus campus occupies the former ASPCA headquarters and spreads across five distinct spaces: The Atrium, the Sound Room, Cafe Public, UPSTAIRS, and The Nursery. That layout gives the venue a programming vocabulary beyond a single stage and a single bar. Its calendar divides presentations among live music, club events, listening-oriented gatherings, and daytime programs, with the Sound Room serving as the sonically immersive performance hub. Across three selected nights, the run moves from a full live ensemble to two late club bills, making Public Records feel like a carefully routed set of environments for sound.[1]

Thursday, October 8: Midnight Magic brings the band format

Thursday at 8:00 PM, Hearts & Diamonds: Midnight Magic [Live] arrives with Three of Hearts—Rok One, Andi, and Danny White. The booking matters because a band changes the room’s proportions: people gather around a performance in real time, and the architecture’s club infrastructure becomes a frame for ensemble interplay. Midnight Magic’s own catalog locates the group in Brooklyn and presents its music through disco, funk, dance, and electronic tags. Its 2016 album Free From Your Spell credits vocalist Tiffany Roth, keyboardist Morgan Wiley, bassist Andrew Raposo, horns, drums, percussion, and trombone, a personnel list that conveys a large-group approach with room for rhythmic detail and arrangement. The current program supplies a live entry point before the weekend turns toward DJs.[1][3]

That sequence also fits the broader Public Records identity. The venue describes its work as an intersection of sound, design, hospitality, ecology, and community, and its physical campus pairs a music lounge with an intimate listening lounge, a restaurant, cafe, and outdoor nursery. Midnight Magic’s ensemble scale gives Thursday a focused reason to arrive early: this is the date for hearing a club-adjacent Brooklyn band in a room designed equally for concerts and dance music. Three of Hearts supplies the additional live-bill context, keeping the evening rooted in performers and giving the bill its own concert-scale focus.[1][3]

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Friday and Saturday: AADJA and NAYGOD test the multi-room model

Friday, October 9 at 11:00 PM, AADJA leads a bill with Kyle Geiger, Softi, DJ G, and Zotos. Public Records places the club program across the Sound Room, The Atrium, and UPSTAIRS, an arrangement that turns one ticketed night into a choice of adjacent atmospheres. AADJA identifies as a DJ and producer working between Toronto and Berlin, a concise clue to the bill’s translocal club orientation. The supporting names make the appeal less about a solitary headliner and more about how pairs and individual selectors can shape separate pockets of the building over the same late stretch.[1][2]

Saturday, October 10 at 11:00 PM, NAYGOD follows with Donis, Colored Craig, and Cosmo, using the Sound Room and The Atrium. Seen beside Friday’s three-space setup, the change is revealing: Public Records can concentrate a night within fewer rooms while retaining a multi-artist structure. The venue’s published hours run through 4:00 AM on Fridays and Saturdays, so these 11:00 PM starts belong to the full late-night portion of its schedule. For a reader choosing between the two, Friday offers the wider room-to-room drift; Saturday presents a tighter two-space route with a distinct lineup.[1]

A practical route through the weekend

Start Thursday at 8:00 PM for Midnight Magic if a live set is the priority. Choose Friday or Saturday for the later club hours, with AADJA’s Friday program beginning at 11:00 PM and NAYGOD’s Saturday program beginning at 11:00 PM. Public Records is at 233 Butler Street in Gowanus, Brooklyn. Recheck Public Records’ official calendar and each event page before leaving for room assignments, door policies, set times, ticket availability, and any schedule changes.[1]

Sources

  1. Public Records — Public Records
  2. AADJA — AADJA
  3. Free From Your Spell — Midnight Magic on Bandcamp