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Seva Granik

Brooklyn underground promoter behind SHADE, UNTER, and Zero Chill; co-founder of the QNCC

Promoter2000s–present1 room · 9 connected figures

Biography

Seva Granik is a Brooklyn-based party producer and promoter, born in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, and widely cited as a central figure in New York's queer underground for more than two decades, i-D once dubbed him 'the reigning king of NY nightlife.' He is associated with the open-bar listserv MyOpenBar (2005–2009), the queer rave series SHADE (2013–2015, co-created with Ladyfag and often called the first queer underground rave series in New York), the long-running techno party UNTER (2015–2023) and its spinoffs, and later parties including Faggots Are Women (with the poet Kay Gabriel) and Zero Chill (both 2024). In 2025 he co-founded the Queer Nightlife Community Center with Michael Falco.

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Brooklyn queer undergroundwarehouse rave scene

Rooms they shaped

Queer Nightlife Community Center (QNCC)

2025–present · East New York, Brooklyn

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Promoter, Co-founder and Creative Director; Brooklyn-based since arriving from Tashkent, Uzbekistan at 16; produced SHADE (2013–15, with Ladyfag), UNTER (2015–23), ZERO CHILL and Faggots Are Women (2024–). Advocate at NYC Office of Nightlife that catalyzed the QNCC concept ca. 2016–17.

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Ladyfag1 shared

Canadian-American nightlife producer and LadyLand founder, dubbed 'a nightlife sorceress' by the New York Times

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