Week-End Club: Nicky Siano

Over the past 13 years, the Cologne Week-End Fest has repeatedly provided all visitors with unforgettable experiences. International artists have performed at the boutique festival, which has become known for its lovingly curated program and the projects initiated especially for the event. Names such as The Sun Ra Arkestra, Arthur Verocai, Joyce Moreno, Nu Genea, Gilberto Gil, Mulatu Astatke, Caterina Barbieri, Suzanne Ciani and Laurel Halo have performed at the festival, and the list of other luminaries who have taken part is too long to list here.

Week-End Fest's forward-thinking program has always been good for surprises, and this year promises to be no exception. The festival takes place from October 31 to November 2 at the Stadtgarten in Cologne and is another date you should mark in your calendar immediately.

Without question, no disco has ever achieved the reputation of Studio 54. It was the place for debauchery and NY haute volee. The music then came from the very special DJs who knew how to combine the high NRG of a Sylvester with the sex of Donna Summer. While the others freshened up in the "Powder Room", Nicky Siano hit the right notes. Lesson learned: at the age of 17, the New Yorker opened the equally legendary club "The Gallery", where Grace Jones was to begin her career - and someone like Frankie Knuckles learned to DJ from Siano. He shows what disco meant back then during an exclusive DJ set at the Week-End Fest.