--- title: Zero Gravity Nightclub: Party in an Airbus A310 description: Frankfurt-based music promoter BigCityBeats is hosting a nightclub on an airplane in zero gravity. canonical: https://time.com/5119833/zero-gravity-nightclub-big-city-beats/ author: Eli Meixler article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-01-26T06:29:26.000Z article:modified_time: 2023-12-12T22:34:48.000Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: The World’s First Zero-Gravity Nightclub Is Here og:description: Top DJs including Armin van Buuren, Afrojack, and Steve Aoki will perform og:url: https://time.com/5119833/zero-gravity-nightclub-big-city-beats/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0dd919a139f952be/6988f9854ee262ee24310a0a/gettyimages-696863654.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: 21st Annual Electric Daisy Carnival - Day 1 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The World’s First Zero-Gravity Nightclub Is Here twitter:description: Top DJs including Armin van Buuren, Afrojack, and Steve Aoki will perform twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0dd919a139f952be/6988f9854ee262ee24310a0a/gettyimages-696863654.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # The World’s First Zero-Gravity Rave Is Here and the Nightclub is an Airbus A310 > Sponsored content. 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Terms and conditions apply. * Savings buckets are a feature of Ally Bank's Savings Account. * No ATM fees from Ally Bank at Allpoint and Moneypass ATMs plus we reimburse for fees charged by other ATM owners nationwide up to $10 per statement cycle. * Early direct deposit offers eligible direct deposits up to two days sooner. * Spending buckets are a feature of Ally Bank's Spending Account. ## Video: Police Shut Down This Wild Rave on a Train: 'There's a Time and a Place.' [Watch (HLS stream): Police Shut Down This Wild Rave on a Train: 'There's a Time and a Place.'](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/DLICyKOZ.m3u8) (0:48)  _Published 2017-04-12. It was a party on public transportation Monday night when a DJ and MC took to a crowded London subway car to set up a "fully-fledged" rave, in the words of the police who arrived to shut down the fun._ by [Eli Meixler](https://time.com/author/eli/) ## Eli Meixler Updated: Dec 12, 2023 10:34 PM UTCPublished: Jan 26, 2018 6:29 AM UTC  DJ/producer Armin Van Buuren performs during the 21st annual Electric Daisy Carnival at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on June 17, 2017 in Las Vegas, Nevada. DJ/producer Armin Van Buuren performs during the 21st annual Electric Daisy Carnival at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on June 17, 2017 in Las Vegas, Nevada.Steven—Getty Images by [Eli Meixler](https://time.com/author/eli/) ## Eli Meixler Updated: Dec 12, 2023 10:34 PM UTCPublished: Jan 26, 2018 6:29 AM UTC A German music festival and nightclub operator is taking the [party](http://newsfeed.time.com/2012/02/27/scientists-imagine-a-playboy-club-in-space/) to new heights — and zero gravity conditions. Frankfurt-based BigCityBeats is [hosting a nightclub](https://www.yahoo.com/news/space-final-frontier-nightclubs-144842721.html) in an airplane next month. Named [World Club Dome Zero Gravity](https://www.worldclubdome.com/news/WCDzeroG), the event will treat top-tier DJ’s and a small cadre of lucky partiers to a zero gravity rave, Agence France-Presse reports. “We have already turned many extraordinary locations into a club, but \[this\] opens up a whole new dimension,” BigCityBeats director Bernd Breiter said [in a press release](http://www.bigcitybeats.de/news-en/wcdzerog2018). The company is known for its wacky event locations, including cruise ships and high-speed trains. The club for the evening, a modified Airbus A310, is normally used by European Space Agency astronauts to train for the weightlessness of space. The event, which BigCityBeats is advertising as the “smallest club in the world” as well as the highest, is set to take off from Frankfurt on Feb. 7 with 55 passengers, including 20 intrepid clubbers. But the adventure will be fleeting — the flight will last 90 minutes, with only 25 minutes in zero gravity-like conditions. Performers will include some of the biggest names in electronic dance music, including Dutch DJ’s Armin van Buuren, and W&W, as well as legendary Los Angeles-based producer [Steve Aoki](http://time.com/4563402/steve-aoki-dj-interview/). “I think it will look really funny,” van Buuren told AFP. “You can make really unique dance moves, like twists in the air, that you wouldn’t normally be able to do on a dance floor.” The party coincides with the 10th anniversary of the launch of the ESA’s Columbus Laboratory Module to the International Space Station, according to BigCityBeats, and in recognition of the date, two astronauts will also be attending the frontier-breaking bash. “The feeling of weightlessness is something unique,” said Spanish astronaut Pedro Duque, who will be joined by France’s Jean-Francois Clervoy aboard the in-flight club. “A parabolic flight is the only way you can feel \[like you are\] in space without having to climb \[into\] a rocket.” **Correction:** The original version of this story misstated whether Afrojack will perform at the World Club Dome Zero Gravity event. 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