Exterior of The Castle nightclub in Ybor City, a historic brick building with white trim, arched windows, small balconies, and a crenellated tower reminiscent of a fortress.
The Castle in Ybor City, Florida on April 22, 2018. Credit: Skyler Sargent / Shutterstock

In 1990, DJ Rob Pittman began playing classic 1980s new wave music Monday nights in the long-shuttered north Tampa alternative music dance club DNA. By 1997, Pittman began deejaying Monday “Old Wave” music nights in Ybor City’s goth-alternative music mecca, The Castle.

And until 2012, Monday nights at The Castle meant dancing back into the alternative club soundtracks of new wave, industrial, goth and alt rock dance floor classics from the mid-1970s to the early-2000s. Since 2012, The Castle doors have been closed Monday nights, but from 9:30 p.m. to 3 a.m., Nov. 10, Pittman will for one night bring the sounds of classic new wave back to the Castle ballroom.

Joining in on the reunion in the Castle dungeon will be VJ Mike Roehr, who from 2003-2013 hosted the popular Thursday “Pop ‘n Wave” nights and will be coming in from Reno, Nevada to DJ pop hits and some of popular and obscure new wave acts. On the patio will be Castle resident DJ Sean, spinning a mix of futurepop, goth, synthpop, industrial and others.

Tickets for The Castle’s “Old Wave” party reunion happening Monday, Nov. 10 in Ybor City are still available and start at $15.

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