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    Rock/Pop

    The Red Party: Live Performance by Mark Steiner Problems

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    Saturday, January 10, 2026

    10:00 PM

    Mercury Lounge

    New York, NY

    Scheduled

    About This Event

    Live rock/pop performance at Mercury Lounge

    About The Red Party

    The Red Party brings a rock/pop set to Mercury Lounge, one of the city’s smaller rooms where new bands often get their first real measure. The bill includes Mark Steiner Problems, Sean Templar, Jarek, and George Grant, framing the night as a cross-section of working NYC acts rather than a single-headliner event. The music leans on tight song structures and melody, with enough grit to keep it from turning slick. In New York’s club ecosystem, shows like this function as informal premieres: local scenes defining themselves in real time.

    About the Artist

    Sean Templar

    Sean Templar is a New York City–based rock/pop artist and DJ with a regular connection to the Mercury Lounge, moving between live performance and late-night dance-floor programming. Under the DJ Sean Templar name, he curates sets that pull from goth, post-punk, death rock, new wave, and obscura, including Nite Church’s Red Party nights and the Forever Young New Year’s Eve event.