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
Apr
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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
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EOL | We Out Here Festival @ Wimborne St. Giles , DorsetAug
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The Ritual | Defected Ibiza @ Ushuaïa Ibiza Club , Sant Jordi de ses SalinesSep
03
Defected Ibiza @ Ushuaïa Ibiza Club , Sant Jordi de ses SalinesMar
28
Disco Disco @ fabric London Past EventMar
23
Louie Vega & Friends Pool Party @ Kimpton EPIC Hotel , MiamiPast EventMar
16
Southport Weekender @ Butlin's Bognor Regis Resort Past EventFeb
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The RItual w/ Anané & Louie Vega @ Flash , WashingtonPast EventFeb
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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
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HERE at Outernet @ Outernet London Past EventJan
17
Elements of Life (2nd Show) @ Blue Note , ManhattanPast EventJan
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Elements of Life (1st Show) @ Blue Note , ManhattanPast EventDec
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The Ritual w/ Anane & Louie Vega @ Click club , NapoliPast EventDec
10
Art Basel - Dante's HIFI @ Dante's HiFi , MiamiPast EventDec
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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
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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
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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
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The Ritual with Anané & Louie Vega @ Club Chinois Ibiza Past EventSep
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The Ritual with Anané & Louie Vega @ Club Chinois Ibiza Past EventSep
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The Ritual with Anané & Louie Vega @ Club Chinois Ibiza Past EventSep
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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
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The Ritual with Anané & Louie Vega @ Club Chinois Ibiza , EivissaPast EventAug
25
Dream Valley @ Damyns Hall Aerodrome Ltd , UpminsterPast EventAug
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The Ritual with Anané & Louie Vega @ Club Chinois Ibiza Past EventAug
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The Ritual With Anané & Louie Vega @ Musica Club NYC , ManhattanPast Event