R.I.P., NEON

It is with sad regret we announce the impending end to the NEON dance night on December 9. Started by DJs Konsept and Motley Cruz (also known as Edwin Morales and Stevie Cruz, respectively), NEON has been a Thursday night staple in Lawrence for nearly a decade now.

With humble beginnings as a small dance party at Mexican restaurant Coco Loco, it quickly grew to be the way college students in the know got an early start to their weekend. According to Morales, NEON’s purpose was pretty basic: “I started the night as a joke or dare of some sorts in June of ’01. Somewhere to play my cheesy records but still be able to play tunes that were new and that I was into.”