Cafe con Leche (Sunday party)

The party's span as a weekly event was over seven years and continues to be celebrated, with its 28th anniversary having taken place at The Q Club in New York City on Sunday, June 27, 2021.

[1] As a weekly, Cafe con Leche began at the Danceteria nightclub on January 1, 1993, and ended at Cheetah (formerly Sound Factory Bar) on July 11, 1999.

Although Club Expo received the highest attendance, the celebrated Sunday night fortified at Mr. Fuji's Tropicana, that was located on 13th Street and 5th Avenue in lower Manhattan.

Guest DJs would eventually include Danny Tenaglia, Little Louie Vega, Junior Vasquez, Jackie Christie, Teri Bristol, Kenny Carpenter, Roger Sanchez, Dmitry from Dee-lite, Troy Parrish, and Armand Van Helden.

Numerous promoters and hosts affiliated with the party and helped maintain the unusual diversity, in particular, Lisa Collins and Diane Lloyd (production managers), Willi Ninja, Atom, E-man (Manager of Sound Factory), Louis M., Yamil Xtravaganza, Franklin Fuentes,[10] Father Chris, Alonso (Soriano), Malvin(Colon Ramos), Peter Oasis, Cris AC, Robi Martin, Michael Kosh, Angel Melendez, Dalila, Asia, Bob Tillary, Steve Rodriguez, and Jason (Alvarez).

According to press interviews, the founder, Joey Sheridan, a Buddhist, believed he was responding to the spirit of Keith Haring, artist, when establishing the event.

On July 21, 1998, a deadly scaffolding collapse on 4 Times Square (the Condé Nast Building) occurred, closing the Kit Kat Klub until September 1998.

In the month of September 1998, Cafe con Leche ensued its weekly party at the Kit Kat Klub, facing restructuring obstacles and later moving to Speeed, a defunct nightclub located on 20 West 39th Street.

The new Cafe Futuro opted for Cheetah (formerly Sound Factory Bar) on 12 West 21st Street in the early Fall, remaining there until late May 1999, when displaced due to NYPD scrutiny.

During the late nights and early mornings (1:30 a.m. - 6:30 a.m.+), the prints were circulated both outside and inside nightclubs such as Tunnel, Roxy, Limelight, Palladium, Carbon, Club USA, Sound Factory (46th Street), and Twilo.