Disco Day

National Disco Day is celebrated in New Zealand every year on July 2. The day is a salute to all things disco, from the music and dancing to the entire culture of the 1970s. National Disco Day is an unofficial observance that focuses on the genre of dance music that wielded significant influence on modern music, developing into an entire subculture over the 1960s and 1970s in America. While the popularity of disco declined in America around the 1980s, it only gained popularity in the rest of the world, including New Zealand.  National Disco Day is held in New Zealand every year on July 2. This annual observance is an unofficial day where everyone gets together to celebrate the fun music, dance, and culture that evolved from disco. Disco developed from several influences. Philadelphia soul, funk, psychedelic soul, and pop all inspired dance music in American nightlife. Disco started as a reaction to the popularity of rock music in the 1960s and
emerged as a subcultural response to how current dance music was ignored and dismissed by music fans. The music was a mixture of the melodies and rhythms played at venues popular with Italian, Hispanic, Latino, and African Americans. Artists in America. Europe expanded the genre further, and well-known bands of the time include Boney M, ABBA, the Bee Gees, Thelma Houston, Chaka Khan, and Donna Summer, to name a few. Discos, derived from venues known as discotheques, began in Europe and were popularized by the American press to become centers of disco culture. Disco music is characterized by synthesized sounds and reverberating, bass-heavy style. It created a beat-driven ambiance that attracted people to the illuminated dance floors where they could groove through the night. It also gave rise to a fashion style distinguished by bold,
clashing colors, dramatic designs, and fabrics that shimmered on the dancefloor. Clubs started playing phonograph records rather than live music. Disco brought a sense of collective euphoria, emanating through the music, the dancing, and the culture surrounding it, and the essence of why the genre is so important even today. The sense of unified joy is worth celebrating, which is why New Zealanders join in the fun by
enjoying the music and the dancing of disco culture every year on the unofficial National Disco Day. The first discotheques emerge, playing swing music and serving as the hot spot for dance and dance music. As a reaction to the dismissal of dance music, disco develops, taking inspiration from the dance music popular among Italian, Latino,
and African Americans. With artists like ABBA and Boney M, disco is the mainstream music popular across the world. Nudisco emerges and the stage is set for disco and disco-influenced music to come back into the mainstream.

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