About Louie Vega

A leader in global dance music, Louie Vega has painted an award-winning career from a palette mixed with everything from house, salsa and afro-beat, to jazz, hip hop, gospel and soul.
What distinguishes the Grammy winner and 7-time nominee as one of the best living house music deejays is his ability to evolve alongside the times, distill the current musical landscape through his unique taste and put his own timeless spin on all the music he creates.

“Little” Louie Vega, as he is sometimes affectionately known, was born in the Bronx into a musically gifted family (his father is a jazz saxophonist and his uncle, Salsa King Héctor Lavoe). The “Little” moniker is ironic, given the fact that by the 80s he was deejaying at clubs he wasn’t even old enough to attend, holding residencies at Studio 54, Devil’s Nest, Hearthrob, Roseland and playing at the Palladium, Area, 1018 and other seminal New York City Clubs. Soon Vega was producing his own remixes, which included Information Society’s “Running”, “What’s On Your Mind”, Noel’s “Silent Morning”, Cover Girl’s “Because Of You”, and Debbie Gibson’s “Only in my Dreams.”

Then in 1991 he joined Atlantic Records and recorded an album — hitting the mainstream. Teaming up with an up-and-coming Marc Anthony, he produced “Ride on the Rhythm” co-written with India & Derek Whitaker. An immediate club hit, the single put Vega and Anthony on the map. The duo would rock the club circuit with their success culminating when they opened for Tito Puente at his 100th Album concert at Madison Square Garden.

One of the keys to Vega’s success is his refusal to be boxed into any one category, marked by the various styles his songs play with and by his fruitful collaboration with other artists.

Upcoming Events

Mar 23 Louie Vega & Friends Pool Party @ Kimpton EPIC Hotel , MiamiMar 28 Disco Disco @ fabric London Apr 07 A Spiritual Thing (Day Party) @ Safari Club , BaltimoreApr 12 Bang the Drum @ The Heart Ballroom (Banquet Hall) , NewarkApr 20 Resolute @ Brooklyn Apr 30 Flash Forward @ Rockerill , Marchienne-au-PontMay 05 Haçienda Open Air @ Canvas Yard , HolbeckMay 07 Defected Ibiza @ Ushuaïa Ibiza Club , Sant Jordi de ses SalinesMay 26 Movement Festival @ Hart Plaza , DetroitMay 28 Defected Ibiza @ Ushuaïa Ibiza Club , Sant Jordi de ses SalinesJun 11 Defected Ibiza @ Ushuaïa Ibiza Club , Sant Jordi de ses SalinesJun 15 MAW - Boothstock Festival @ Kralingse Bos Aug 03 Defected Croatia @ The Garden Croatia , TisnoAug 04 MAW | Defected Ibiza @ Ushuaïa Ibiza Club , Sant Jordi de ses SalinesAug 17 EOL | We Out Here Festival @ Wimborne St. Giles , DorsetAug 27 The Ritual | Defected Ibiza @ Ushuaïa Ibiza Club , Sant Jordi de ses SalinesSep 03 Defected Ibiza @ Ushuaïa Ibiza Club , Sant Jordi de ses SalinesMar 16 Southport Weekender @ Butlin's Bognor Regis Resort Past EventFeb 23 The RItual w/ Anané & Louie Vega @ Flash , WashingtonPast EventFeb 16 The Ritual w/ Anané & Louie Vega - Holiday Weekend Launch @ Musica Club NYC , ManhattanPast EventFeb 10 Minimal Effort Presents - The Ritual w/ Anane & Louie Vega @ 2811 , Los AngelesPast EventJan 26 HERE at Outernet @ Outernet London Past EventJan 17 Elements of Life (2nd Show) @ Blue Note , ManhattanPast EventJan 16 Elements of Life (1st Show) @ Blue Note , ManhattanPast EventDec 24 The Ritual w/ Anane & Louie Vega @ Click club , NapoliPast EventDec 10 Art Basel - Dante's HIFI @ Dante's HiFi , MiamiPast EventDec 09 Space Basel @ Floyd Miami Past EventDec 07 The Ritual w/ Anané & Louie Vega @ , MiamiPast EventNov 25 Groove Odyssey: 14th Birthday @ Ministry of Sound , LondonPast EventNov 24 Glitterbox Milan @ Magazzini Generali , MilanoPast EventNov 22 Flashback @ 3 Dollar Bill , BrooklynPast EventNov 19 The Ritual w/ Louie Vega & Anané @ Soluna Toronto , Old TorontoPast EventNov 18 Glitterbox New York @ Avant Gardner , BrooklynPast EventNov 17 Respekt Music @ 161 , San FranciscoPast EventNov 12 Flashback @ MDC - Wolfson building 1 , MiamiPast EventNov 11 Disco Trip @ Grand Park , Los AngelesPast EventNov 10 The RItual w/ Anané & Louie Vega @ Smartbar , ChicagoPast EventNov 03 Flash DC @ Flash , WashingtonPast EventOct 04 The Ritual with Anané & Louie Vega @ Club Chinois Ibiza Past EventSep 29 Jackies pres: Louie Vega 4h set at Tunnel @ Sala Bikini Barcelona Past EventSep 27 The Ritual with Anané & Louie Vega @ Club Chinois Ibiza Past EventSep 20 The Ritual with Anané & Louie Vega @ Club Chinois Ibiza Past EventSep 13 The Ritual with Anané & Louie Vega @ Club Chinois Ibiza Past EventSep 06 The Ritual with Anané & Louie Vega @ Club Chinois Ibiza Past EventSep 02 Phi Beach Party @ Phi Beach , Baja SardiniaPast EventSep 01 Jazz:Refound @ Via Ottiglio , RomaPast EventAug 30 The Ritual with Anané & Louie Vega @ Club Chinois Ibiza , EivissaPast EventAug 25 Dream Valley @ Damyns Hall Aerodrome Ltd , UpminsterPast EventAug 23 The Ritual with Anané & Louie Vega @ Club Chinois Ibiza Past EventAug 19 The Ritual With Anané & Louie Vega @ Musica Club NYC , ManhattanPast Event

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