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

Oct 16 Louie Vega All Vinyl Set @ Rush Hour Records , Amsterdam-CentrumOct 17 Jackies ADE Boat Party @ SUPPER Cruise , Amsterdam-CentrumOct 19 House Nation Madrid @ IFEMA , BarajasNov 09 Glitterbox - Bristol @ DOCUMENT , Saint Jude'sDec 13 Glitterbox - Melbourne @ 170 , MelbourneDec 14 Glitterbox - Sidney @ Ivy , SydneyDec 15 Glitterbox - Bali @ Savaya Bali Oct 13 Live in ATL @ Future Atlanta Past EventOct 05 Kings of House @ Pacha , EivissaPast EventSep 29 The Ritual w/ Anané & Louie Vega @ Canneto Beach , LeporanoPast EventSep 28 10th Anniversary Sunclock @ Country DiscoClub , PalermoPast EventSep 18 Reworks Festival @ Kiverneio-Palataki , KalamariaPast EventSep 03 Defected Ibiza @ Ushuaïa Ibiza Club Past EventAug 27 The Ritual | Defected Ibiza @ Ushuaïa Ibiza Club Past EventAug 22 Shapes Festival @ Zakynthos , ZakinthosPast EventAug 17 EOL | We Out Here Festival @ Wimborne St. Giles , DorsetPast EventAug 15 Rebirth @ Super Paradise Beach Club , MykonosPast EventAug 04 Defected Croatia @ The Garden Croatia , TisnoPast EventAug 04 MAW | Defected Ibiza @ Ushuaïa Ibiza Club Past EventJul 28 The Ritual @ Reverse Rotterdam , CentrumPast EventJul 27 Glitterbox | Superaurora @ Castello Chigi , RomePast EventJul 20 Flower Power @ Pacha , IbizaPast EventJul 19 Animo @ Shelter Amsterdam , Amsterdam-NoordPast EventJul 14 House On The Beach @ Cariocas Beach Bar , Agia SotiraPast EventJul 13 The Ritual w/ Anané & Louie Vega @ Super Paradise Beach Club , MikonosPast EventJul 10 NON Rooftop @ The Met Hotel , ThessalonikiPast EventJun 16 Heidegluehen @ Seestraße , MittePast EventJun 15 MAW | Boothstock Festival @ Kralingse Bos Past EventJun 11 Defected Ibiza @ Ushuaïa Ibiza Club Past EventJun 09 Resolute BDay Bash @ Industry City , BrooklynPast EventJun 02 NEUHM Day Time Edition @ Noah Mediterranean Beach , Lido di LicolaPast EventMay 31 Barutana @ Barutana , BelgradePast EventMay 28 Defected Ibiza @ Ushuaïa Ibiza Club , Sant Jordi de ses SalinesPast EventMay 26 The Ritual with Anané & Louie Vega (Movement Afterparty) @ Spot Lite Detroit Past EventMay 26 Movement Festival @ Hart Plaza , DetroitPast EventMay 25 The Ritual with Anané & Louie Vega: Open Air @ Socceroof , BrooklynPast EventMay 19 It'll Do Club: Day Party @ It'll Do Club , DallasPast EventMay 18 Trippin The Love @ Heights House Hotel, Houston, Texas Past EventMay 11 Boiler Room x Ballantine's @ Johannesburg Past EventMay 07 Defected Ibiza @ Ushuaïa Ibiza Club , Sant Jordi de ses SalinesPast EventMay 05 Haçienda Open Air @ Canvas Yard , HolbeckPast EventMay 04 Louie Vega London @ Maroto London Past EventMay 03 Jaiva @ Sub Club , GlasgowPast EventApr 30 Flash Forward @ Rockerill , Marchienne-au-PontPast EventApr 20 Resolute @ Brooklyn Past EventApr 12 Bang the Drum @ The Heart Ballroom (Banquet Hall) , NewarkPast EventApr 07 A Spiritual Thing (Day Party) @ Safari Club , BaltimorePast EventMar 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 Event

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